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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many parents bail for Basis or Latin l/ll (if they can) not because SH is that bad but to have a guarantee HS option (and no application headaches) that is better than Eastern. [/quote]

I don’t know too many people who plan to stay at Basis for high school. I chose it got middle school only.[/quote]

Many BASIS MS parents claim this. But in reality, at least half BASIS MS families stay on for HS and I won't be surprised if more do as time goes on, especially from the Hill.

Unless parents can afford private HS, or are prepared to move to the burbs, where else will the Hill MS kids at BASIS land?  Walls admissions has become much more of a crap shoot in the last couple years, Eastern is going nowhere for in-boundary families, OOB spots at Jackson-Reed (Wilson) are almost impossible to come by these days, and the new HS in Ward 3 on McArthur Blvd (not an easy commute from the Hill, like the BASIS schlep) may or may not materialize within the next few years.  [/quote]

BASIS middle school kids and parents should really try to talk to BASIS high school kids and parents. [b]HS is so different than MS. [/b]Senior Project presentations are next week. You should go and see what the kids have accomplished. [/quote]

I don't agree. The BASIS MS experience set the stage for the HS experience. Same focus on math and science achievement, vs. on technology (the budget doesn't stretch to much), humanities, arts, languages.  Same push for all AP tests to be taken no later than spring of junior year. Same so-so extra curriculars, with more students finding their own outside the program. Same cramped building/facility. HS get more choice over subjects than MS students, and smaller classes, but there aren't a lot of subjects to choose from. HS students do more independent research, and internships, but only after they've crammed in all their APs by the end of junior year.  I note this having worked in the BASIS HS.[/quote]

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