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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am all for this, and if they do open I hope I can get my 3rd grader in from the lottery.

Genuine question to this group, especially those who oppose this. If I have an elementary-age kid who is very advanced, and is struggling with boredom at our DCPS school, where do you think I should send them?

I have asked around and don't get the sense that charter schools are any more advanced, so I haven't really bothered to go that route. It feels like maybe our only option is to move to a Wilson feeder, where it sounds like maybe the classes are a bit more advanced just due to the socio-economics of the students. But I'd love to not have to buy a $2 million house just to give my kid a little extra challenge in elementary school. A BASIS elementary feels like a great alternative, and it offers something new for EOTP families. Happy to be told I'm wrong though! Please do tell me what kind of options you'd recommend. [/quote]

Honest response is to move to Fairfax. If you want to stay in DC and don't want to move to W3, then you need to supplement on your own.[/quote]

Never happening. This is why I support a BASIS elementary school. I shouldn't have to move my entire family just to get a little extra challenge in upper elementary + middle schools. The city has great school options for early childhood through 2nd grade; and great high school options. There's a huge hole in the middle that needs to be filled. BASIS elementary would be just the start. [/quote]

If your kid is legitimately advanced, it is not a trivial thing to provide them with an appropriate curriculum in a middle school where most kids are years behind grade level. And you could easily find yourself shut out of not just any middle school option with a significant group of at grade-level kids, but also shut out of the selective high schools because they're now a lottery among kids with good grades. [/quote]

True child geniuses are going to be difficult to accommodate in any public school, in the same way that kids with very extensive learning difficulties can't really be accommodated, but there is absolutely no reason DC cannot provide the kind of rigor that on- and above-grade level kids get in, e.g., FCPS as a matter of course.  [/quote]

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