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Nonsense. BASIS exceptionalism gets old. It's not all that unusual for students in DC privates to take, and excel at, calculus by 10th grade, along with a few at Walls and Wilson.  The foreign language requirements at BASIS are light (absurdly so) for kids coming in from strong K-8 language immersion programs, years in weekend heritage schools, bilingual and bilterate homes etc.  AP history in 9th or 10th grade is nothing special in the District.  There doesn't need to be wiggle room if BASIS DC would bother to identify and admit 9th graders who could handle their curriculum, which is hardly stratospheric.  Some private school parents would switch to public if 9th grade at BASIS were an option, to save dough.
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I'm not suggesting any degree of BASIS exceptionalism.  Most schools don't prioritize math acceleration to the degree that BASIS does.  Thus, most kids would not be sufficiently advanced in math to be allowed into BASIS.  I can't speak for DCPS kids, but it is quite rare for FCPS AAP kids to take Algebra II in 8th.  That would be needed to be ready for pre-calc at BASIS in 9th.  I don't necessarily agree with the rigid math requirements at BASIS, but they are a significant barrier.

[b]AZ BASIS schools allow kids to join at any grade level beyond 5th, providing that they pass a placement test for that grade level.  [/b]My kid joined in 7th and had to score highly enough on the pre-Algebra final exam as well as on a grammar/reading/writing test to indicate readiness for Algebra I and 7th grade language arts.  I don't know why BASIS DC doesn't do the same.  [/quote]

How heartening. AZ school systems must not be plagued by the toxic racial and class politics that afflict DC public schools.  Also, it sounds like charter LEA arrangements must be quite different than in AZ.  Finally, DC interprets federal charter law a lot more strictly/narrowly than many states.  Really a shame.[/quote]

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