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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in DC EotP, where the BASIS elementary school will take off in the next few years and the most gentrified Ward 6 elementary schools will suffer as a result. Nothing to be done: the pols won't give a hoot.
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I doubt this. Many parents know that BASIS isn’t a good fit for their kid, and it’s not worth toughing out MS if the end result is poor grades that trap you into staying at BASIS for HS. So if you wouldn’t go for the MS, then why would you go for the ES?[/quote]

Agree. I don’t think the Basis elementary school will significantly detract from any of the W6 DCPS elementaries. [/quote]

There are plenty of W6 families who would jump as a BASIS elementary.  Maybe you mean W3?

And there are lots of W3 families at BASIS—namely, those that didn’t want the J-R pyramid.[/quote]

Not that many that I know of. Some but not enough to make the elementary schools “suffer” especially since its a lottery. Most W6 parents are not seeking a “rigorous” ECE/early elementary experience. It’s more likely to be the opposite. [/quote]

If you think W6 families will not jump at the chance at a guaranteed middle/high school option, you clearly know nothing about the W6 school situation.  [/quote]

i know the W6 school situation very well. What most people would jump for is another Latin MS/HS.

If you think people would join BASIS just to get a guaranteed MS/HS option, I don't think you know the W6 situation very well. Most people going through the lottery during 4th grade do their research and many realize that BASIS is not for their kid. If they have no other immediate option, they might join to buy time to figure out Plan B, but most of these people leave after 6th grade.[/quote]

I live in Ward 6 and have two kids at BASIS. This is an ignorant take. Capitol Hill in particular will pull out of elementary for a guaranteed middle and high school feed. The DCPS options are universally bad. [/quote]

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