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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.[/quote]

That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.[/quote]

Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique. [/quote]

Really?  Name one.[/quote]

Every bilingual school in the city?[/quote]

What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades. [/quote]

No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you. [/quote]

You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.[/quote]

It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city. [/quote]

No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.[/quote]

Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.

You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house. [/quote]

Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective. [/quote]

Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective. [/quote]

You first[/quote]

I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich. [/quote]

Which school would that be? If it's not BASIS, then why does BASIS have a lower economically disadvantaged percentage than JR and Deal?[/quote]

Remind me which neighborhoods you're required to live in before your kid can attend BASIS. [/quote]

It's not a requirement of JR or Deal either. There are non-residential ways to get in, such as through feeder schools.[/quote]

It's not a requirement if you went to Janney! Which school, BASIS or JR, takes kids who live in Congress Heights? [/quote]

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