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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, BASIS, exceptionalism rears its ugly head. Yes, B[b]ASIS knocks it out of the park academically for an open lottery DC public school. Unfortunately, that's not saying much in this particular Metro area.[/b]

I taught a humanities subject in the BASIS DC middle school for one school year, 5 years ago. I've also taught in a couple suburban GT programs in this Metro area.

BASIS DC just isn't what it's cracked up to be on these threads. The program just doesn't have the resources to begin to compete with suburban GT. Admin and teacher pay isn't too hot, meaning that faculty and staff members are disproportionately inexperienced, minimally trained and disinclined to stick around. Many of the students are a poor fit for the curriculum and facilities are abysmal in relative terms. [/quote]

So BASIS is a very good school based on DC schools but not based on schools located outside of DC? Even assuming that was accurate, and...? The weather in Southern California is nicer than DC and the beaches in the Caribbean are nicer than Rehobeth. We don't live there so that's not really relevant.
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