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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child was matched with Basis as a rising 5th grader. Since I have heard mixed reviews from parents, with some who love the school and the academic challenge, while others say that despite their child being in the 90th percentile they were failing, I wanted to get more insight on other people's experiences. I have heard that some parents have had to hire tutors and their child dropped extracurricular activities in order to spend more time studying, I am curious if this is typical.

For those that have a child at Basis I want to know if they had a good experience in 5th grade. Were the teachers competent and capable? Was the school administration pro-active and did they keep parents informed?  Would you keep your child here through 12th? Or do you see this as more of a middle school option?

Unfortunately, the school is not offering any more shadow days, but they are doing an "open house" on April 26th. This will be our only chance to see the school before we need to make a decision. [/quote]

To go back to OP’s questions:

I have 2 kids at BASIS. 1 in HS, 1 in MS.

— no I have not hired tutors, nor have they needed to drop ECs to study
— in 5th grade, some teachers were great, some so bad that they were replaced mid-year (this happened for both kids)
— Admin has kept me informed
— older kid got into both Walls and privates, but decided to stay at BASIS for HS after visiting schools/doing shadow days. When younger kid reaches 8th, we will again offer to apply out in case they want to leave and have a different HS experience
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