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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No gym, stage, library, grass, language instruction before 8th grade. No instrumental music program, serious sports or arts. High, chronic teacher turnover. Weak leadership and v. uneven ms instruction in core subjects. All course work done by the end of jr year in HS. These aren’t minor weaknesses. Families with the dough for private high schools leave.[/quote]

Sure, but if you're leaving in middle school for a [b]worse DCPS public or charter,[/b] that's not why you're leaving -- you're leaving because the coursework was too much too soon. [/quote]

Not necessarily true. The parents I know who chose BASIS because they saw it as a good school which they initially defined as great test scores, rigorous expectations (they valued their kids having AP in the middle grades) and what they deemed a high performing cohort of kids. They realized their kids could do well elsewhere but have more access to other types of schools offerings (arts in particular). They didn't think of the school they chose as "worse" though -- the test scores were good but not as good as BASIS.  How are you defining a "worse DCPS public or charter"?[/quote]

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