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

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The complaint is that BASIS is not in fact all that green a pasture. And the kids who stick it out and get into good colleges are not necessarily getting in because of anything about BASIS. They'd probably be fine at any number of schools. [/quote]

Bingo!

Basis boots the kids who don’t get high scores and keeps the strong students and markets themselves as a place to turn your kid into a great student… but it’s not. Statistically, your kid won’t make it through - most kids leave - and if they’re one of the minority who is going to do well, they could do it anywhere and possibly be better off not going to a school run for profit and the benefit of shareholders in Phoenix. It’s a place for great students to do what they can do elsewhere, at a much lower cost to dc taxpayers. [/quote]

Bitter much?

Too bad the facts contradict your lunatic ravings.

https://enrollbasis.com/2024-us-news-rankings/[/quote]

+1.  Bunch of Basis haters here who didn’t do their research and whose kids washed out.  Pathetic.[/quote]

Total BS. We did our research. Plenty. We lasted four years. Our eldest was in the top math group the entire time but made few friends and felt isolated socially. The leadership was more miserable, and the teaching more uneven, than we could have imagined. Our kids certainly didn't wash out academically. No, all three made 90s Club or better the entire time. They simply disliked BASIS. When the eldest refused to stay for high school we bailed for J-R and Deal for the younger sibs by moving to a small house we own in NW. Not great options but much happier ones. The dreary program should not expand. [/quote]

This is it.

Basis lures hopeful parents in with promises of high achieving - but those kids who will high achieve there can do it anywhere - why not send them somewhere that makes them happy? Everyone else will wash out and be discouraged by the process … such a shame.

But hey - those shareholders want their money!!![/quote]

Do you really think that most smart, motivated kids who would take a dozen AP courses will "high achieve" at any neighborhood DCPS HS? Or even say, McKinley? Yes, they might do fine at Walls, JR, private schools, or some schools in MD or VA, but that's not "anywhere."[/quote]

No one is taking 12 APs, but let’s say you are - the kid is extraordinary! It’s not the school that makes them.

Basis didn’t make that kid who they are and they don’t need basis to be great. 
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