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BASIS just isn't great at innovating, as a franchise or a DC campus.  BASIS is hardly the only program in which middle school kids can cover chem, bio and physics.  Mine currently take on-line science courses through Johns Hopkins CTY and Stanford's on-line middle school program covering roughly the same science content.[/quote]

Ok, but why should they spend extra resources to bring new kids up to speed - what you propose is setting them up to fail.  And[b] they can't select based on what classes a kid has taken before ore not. [/b]

They seem comfortable with their set up, so it is what it is.[/quote]

This is it. They cannot administer an entrance exam, for example. They are transparent about this. To the PPP if you think it's wrongheaded, raise your concerns with the PCSB.[/quote]

BASIS DC must operate differently than the BASIS charters in other states.  They can and do give entrance exams for both math and English for kids entering after 5th.  If you don't pass the exam, they'll offer admission for a lower grade instead.  My DD joined BASIS in 7th in another state.  While she has missed some content in the science courses, she's doing fine so far.[/quote]

I don't know how it works in other places, but in DC, charter schools are forbidden to have entrance requirements. It wouldn't be equitable for students who have access to supplemental or accelerated curricula to have an increased chance to access a public school (and charter schools are public).[/quote]

How does Walls, Banneker, McKinley Tech get around this?[/quote]

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