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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not the pp you're slamming. I'm a ms parent who can tell you that all the BASIS campuses don't do things the same way despite having the same curriculum. The way the curriculum is implemented varies. We visited a couple AZ campuses last year when considering a move to the Phoenix area. At these campuses, we observed advanced ms classes in session, not just for math, like here in DC, but for humanities subjects and foreign languages. We also observed hs classes that aren't offered in DC.

Have you visited AZ campuses? Let me guess, no, yet you persist in insisting that what happens at our DC campus is what happens at the other campuses.[/quote]

Interesting. I thought the change to linguistics classes rather than language was BASIS-wide. Are you saying that is a DC thing and other campuses start foreign languages in 5th and continue?[/quote]

I only know what I was told and shown when I visited AZ campuses. Those BASIS branches, established in the 90s, were clearly offering challenge and enrichment that BASIS DC doesn't, in a variety of ways. One of the campuses supports an after-school language program subsidized by the parent organization catering to advanced students. The other campus offered academic electives at the ms level that we don't have, e.g. detective forensics, instrumental music lessons and collecting oral histories. My impression was that the leadership (board, HoS, parent organization) of these campuses was far dynamic than ours, drawing in grants, raising money, creating hands-on learning opportunities for particularly enthusiastic and able students. Middle schoolers were competing in academic competitions at the city and state levels. On paper, the ms classes might have been the same, but the experience for the kids seemed much richer.[/quote]

DC has had middle schoolers competing in, and winning, academic competitions at the national level.  The opportunities are there.[/quote]

Looks like the parents need to step up. Why haven't DC parents organized and made things happen?[/quote]

You mean BASIS DC parents?  As far as I can tell, mainly because the school hasn't had strong or stable leadership, unless you count the current HoS (in his 4th year).  There were at least 8 heads in 13 years before his time.  [/quote]

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