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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Are the AZ campuses in office buildings like DC? Because that is problem number one.[/quote]

The AZ campuses I visited looked nothing like the DC building. They had playing fields, nice media centers/libraries, gyms, stages and an abundance of natural light inside. [/quote]

The other BASIS schools charge tuition, don't they? [/quote]

No. And for anyone who is still confused on this point NOOOOOOO!!!!

There are two different BASIS school organizations. The BASIS Charter schools are free, lottery schools. Those are in AZ, LA, TX, DC, etc. The BASIS Independent Schools are private, for profit schools that charge tuition. The one in VA is a for-profit.

And because there is a DCUM troll who likes to talk about Chinese influence, the Independent schools took an investment from a Chinese investor. That is unrelated to the Charter schools.[/quote]

Then why are BASIS DC kids being assigned weird pro-China essay prompts?[/quote]

This person makes this same post on every BASIS thread. It is weird.[/quote]

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