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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am sending my child to Basis because:

1) can't afford an independent middle school
2) don't want to move to the burbs after building a life on Capitol Hill
3) feel that Latin is too far, with too much goofing around on the bus involved in getting there, and that other MS charters don't cut it
4) don't see Stuart Hobson as an acceptable alternative for a DC who, for the most part, has been bored at Watkins for 2 years

Am not sending my kid because I object to selective admissions.

The Basis crew, and involved parents, have bought into the open lottery paradigm.  What can you do, but save your pennies for HS and college and try to hang on in the city.  The chorus of voices recognizing that other school systems know what they're doing in screening for magnets, offering a model that could be replicated in the District, is too small.  Argue this and stand accused of racism, elitism, being a dreamer, you name it.   I'll leave it to other parents to wax enthusiastic, and plan for boatloads of AP tests.  [/quote]

Well the city has a magnet HS and many parents are not bothering to apply to the school.  Ask yourself why.  [/quote]

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