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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on, it's not just a few disgruntled UMC parents who reject DCI after 5th grade in feeder schools. Most do.  I've been dismayed to discovered that more than a dozen 4th graders at our feeder (not YY) bolted for BASIS this fall.  You're relying on anecdotal evidence to look at DCI through rose-colored glasses.  DCI isn't a bad school.  It's just not better than Hardy academically, and it's future isn't as bright.  
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Basis goes deep in their waitlist.  Most families like ours want a typical middle and high school experience for our DC where in addition to academics, there is a larger school and cohort, varied curriculum offerings, sports, outdoor green space, diversity, etc..,

Basis doesn’t cut it for many families.  Maybe the families you know but large majority no[/quote]

OK, but I've observed that the stronger students from our feeder have a strong tendency to peel off for BASIS.  Wish it weren't so.  DCI feeder parents who bail for BASIS worry that social promotion at DCI sinks the rigor, especially for math.  Also, the partial language immersion just isn't serious outside Spanish (can't possibly be w/out native speakers).  I've observed that parents of stronger students tend to give up on Mandarin and French after elementary if they can find more rigor for math, science, maybe social studies and English lit. If the Chinese and French were stronger, maybe they'd stay.  DCI doesn't seem to care that they go, which gets us nowhere in particular.[/quote]

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