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[quote=Anonymous]We just looked at BASIS.  What we found is a cave-like building, no gym, no stage, no decent music or art room.  Dim, loud, bare hallways in which loads of kids shove and trip one another.  Very young teachers and admins in there, looking a bit over-whelmed.  Many kids fidgety and distracted seeming in one class after another (trying to absorb dry material obviously over the heads of a good half).

My kid has attended Johns Hopkins CTY, where he has no trouble keeping up with classmates bound for MoC HGCs (Centers for Highly Gifted, 4th-5th grades).  We're not sure where to head for 5th grade and beyond. We don't want to move to the burbs, don't like the idea of DC being with pampered kids at privates (or jeopardizing our college and retirement savings by sending him), and doubt Latin would differentiate enough.  Also, we don't see serious sports at either Latin or BASIS for an athletic child and fierce competitor, and don't like Latin's down-heel new neighborhood.  Yea, we're too picky, snooty, whatever.

I don't see GT programs coming in with Gray/Henderson.  Rhee used to talk about her desire to introduce them, starting in Ward 8.  Henderson doesn't.

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