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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you sent your kid to a MS with weak facilities, enrichment and extra curriculars and teachers and staff who aren't paid well enough to stick around for many years.

If he were at a MS in Fairfax or maybe MoCo or Arlington, he'd have a good library and computer lab to haunt in search of inspiration. He's probably have access to a robotics lab, band and orchestra sessions during class time, a serious chess club, debate club, a range of languages to choose from, school musicals to get involved with etc. His teachers and school counselor would probably be more experienced than at BASIS.

BASIS was too short on fun, staff cohesion and inspiration for us. I'm an MIT grad who works in STEM.  [/quote]

[b]Obviously, you don't know much about Basis DC, Mr/Ms. MIT grad who works in STEM[/b].  Maybe in your day kids hung out in the library and computer lab, but I don't think that this is a "thing" nowadays.  Moreover, kids in DC can walk to libraries and--breaking news--many even have their own computers.  Maybe not where you live?  In fact, Basis kids on Capitol Hill can stroll over to the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, and use that if they wish.

Here is a link if people are interested about activities at Basis:

[url]https://www.basised.com/washington-dc/files/2021/01/dc-tour-kit.pdf[/url]

One update from the above: USN&WR recently ranked Basis DC the number #1 public middle school in DC.
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His statement that BASIS doesn't have a library or computer lab is factually correct. His statement that BASIS has high staff turnover, coupled with low pay, as compared to high-performing suburban middle schools in this Metro area is also factually correct.  He's 2-2.  Your activities list sounds great, but BASIS DC can only run so many high quality activities with the facilities and resources available to it (shoe-string budget for extra-curriculars).

#1 MS public MS in DC obviously isn't a high bar to clear.  That's why the award goes to a school with a crappy building, mediocre ELA scores and so-so college acceptances, other than for a handful of grads bound for MIT and one or two Ivies.[/quote]

This is a fascinating comment, in terms of language. Normally we default assume the people here are women. However, you assume this person is a man. The only thing we know about them is that they have a STEM degree from MIT.[/quote]

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