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Learn the demographics of the city. Considering there are very few Asians living in DC proper, liberal whites will suffice. [/quote]

Liberal whites don't stay much at Wilson (less than a quarter white in a school district that's around three-quarters white) but we are to believe they will stay at BASIS in droves?  Hope so but doubt it.  The very few Asians living in DC proper are onto something where high schools are concerned - they head to MoCo because they know the whites stay there as much as anything else.   Sadly, wishing that the whites will stay at BASIS to 12th proportionate to their 5th grade representation is really unlikely to make it happen without any sort of vetting of applicants at any point of entry.   Wish it weren't so.  
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BASIS students are vetted every year from 6th through to graduation, via comprehensive exams.  Also, incoming students higher than 5th grade take placement exams to determine what grade level they should be going into.  Once they do get into BASIS, however, they will have extensive supports - STARS tutoring, labs, and other help, along with the opportunity for summer school and retaking comprehensives if they didn't pass them on the first try.

MoCo schools on the other hand don't have any kind of vetting, no test-in, and no comprehensives to advance.  [/quote]

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