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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some jealousy in the mix, right, along with a bunch of serious long running problems at BASIS DC that never seem to be addressed. Most of these issues appear intractable: they can't be tackled for lack of resources, space and/or weak autonomy on the part of admins (w/Arizona calling the shots). Poor use of senior year looms large among them.

Fact is, plenty of high schools in the DMV--public, parochial, independent--have a "pretty incredible record" of getting kids into great schools. Walls certainly does; J-R, too. These programs have better facilities than BASIS (generally far better), broader curricula and better trained and paid teachers overall.

Plenty of BASIS DC grads don't get into great schools, the type admitting in the single digits or teens.

Sorry, we weren't bowled over by the colleges my children's BASIS middle school pals who stuck with the program went to, not after the years of relentless test pressure these kids had to contend with.

From what I've observed, BASIS haters are few among families who enrolled. BASIS boosters even fewer. [/quote]

I dont know. I think the only public school in DC that is comparable to BASIS in college admissions is Walls, especially if you do it on a per student basis. JR has about 9,000 kids in each grade so seems hard to compare. [/quote]

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