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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have had a good experience at basis. Much of the loss is just people moving, as they focus on new starts in grade 5. They don’t generally add new students in later years. I am very thankful for the school.[/quote]

They lose a lot after 8th.[/quote]

About half that leave attend Walls, Banneker, or go elite private. That’s a great result overall. And the core that stays seems to do fantastic in terms of college admissions. From a parent perspective, these are the metrics that matter in the main, especially when compared to other DC middle schools (which are  oddly off the hook). [/quote]

It's just not a great result overall.  No secret that many of the BASIS 8th graders leave in search of halfway decent school facilities, extra-curriculars and electives, much better. BASIS also loses students after 9th, 10th and even 11th grades to greener pastures, and not just because families move. Clued-in BASIS parents know that college admissions don't always go well for students with weak extra-curriculars, particularly if they're white and UMC students, no matter how many AP exams they may have aced.  [/quote]

It’s a great result if those who leave indeed find greener pastures (which most do) and those who stay get great college admissions (which they do). What’s the complaint?

[/quote] Nonsense. Everybody at BASIS doesn't end the journey with great college admissions results. The HS electives that BASIS offers serve the kids poorly because they run on shoestring budgets and don't offer much variety or quality either. The set-up negatively impacts college admissions.

Some of us get fed up with the BASIS way or the highway. Think about it. Is there a good reason for preventing students from studying languages at school before 8th grade, and then only at the beginning level? The arrangement says all you need to know about BASIS (so far from educational best practices that best practices were clearly given scant consideration in planning the curriculum). For that matter, why are they only teaching one of the 4 AP physics classes?  The school is only so good: where is the demand for expansion?

We ran out of joy of learning at BASIS around 7th grade.  [/quote]

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