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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While it’s far from perfect, there is a good amount of self-selection that already occurs at Basis.  The incoming 5th grade definitely reflects a higher-performing group of kids than most schools.  And at my high-performing Capitol Hill elementary school, a number of parents opted against Basis because they assessed it wouldn’t be a good match for their kids.  (But a small number of kids with academic challenges still enrolled at Basis.)

While threads like this, which overall reflect badly on the school, tend to make me defensive, they do serve a purpose in warning parents to think hard about whether their kids are a good match.
 
Signed,
Very happy parent of a thriving Basis kid, with a younger kid who will not be enrolling at Basis, as she’s a poor match[/quote]

Yes, and a good amount of self-selection occurs at BASIS on the part of families where kids can work fast enough to burn through homework, but leave before HS anyway.  My kid was a "good match" student, but we left for a parochial school anyway because it's a dreary school with weak facilities.  He wanted to perform, play on a serious sports team, play in an orchestra, get fresh air and exercise during the day, attend a school with its own TV station, with a language lab, computer lab, library/media center, decent art and music rooms etc.[/quote]

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