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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS is extremely honest about the rigor there.  There is no hiding the ball.  Parents should know what they are getting their kids into.  I can see how parents might think that even if their kid is not the best student going in that they might rise to the occasion with the right supports and peer group.  Unfortunately the lack of good middle school options in DC, however, means some parents send kids to BASIS who don’t stand much of a chance at doing well there.  [/quote]

+100 The problem is not BASIS being too rigorous for some kids. The problem is that there are so few decent MS options that parents are left with bad alternatives; many choose BASIS because their other options are so poor. I said it in response to another poster above; the issue here is not BASIS. The issue is DCPS provides so few decent MS options that families are forced to choose a bad fit (BASIS) for their kids out of desperation. That's not good for the kids. [/quote]

The issue here IS BASIS, but not entirely, not by a long shot. The rigor is overrated outside math + science. The English instruction at BASIS isn't super challenging, and the foreign language instruction is well below par. Kids who are fluent in Spanish wind up taking beginning Spanish in 8th grade. No languages taught from 5th-7th. A school without green space, much natural light or fresh air isn't a "great fit" or "good for" human beings. The desperation part makes sense though.[/quote]

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