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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have found that, on average, parents care so much more about the building issues than the kids do. Parents have ideas in their head about the schools they went to but kids don’t know anything other than what you show them. The students make some great friends and they don’t dwell on the building. Sure everyone would prefer a better building (no question!!) but it’s not the dealbreaker for many kids the way it is for their parents.[/quote] Such an easy claim to make. I worked at BASIS at one point. The miserable building combined with a dearth of outdoor space/recess has the younger kids, especially 5th and 6th grade boys, bouncing off the walls. Yes, students can survive the building but, no, it's not a reasonable physical plant for a public school in a world-class US city in this century. It's crap but won't be changed. DC families desperate for decent public middle schools will put up with an awful lot. Far too much, really. [/quote]
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