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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The BASIS DC policy on leaving temporarily isn't that cut and dried. Permission to leave temporarily can be granted by the HoS.  Indeed, to my knowledge, permission to come and go has been granted by past heads.  Problem is, the current head has been less open-minded about students taking leaves of absence (and almost everything else) than recent previous heads.  He's also been much longer lasting, going into his 5th year.  I've heard of the case where a family asked for support from Ward 6 and the OSA chief student advocate after taking leave for half a school year.  Since this family has able to stay at BASIS DC, apparently over the objection of the HoS, he would probably think twice about hassling families asking to take leaves of absence in the future.

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"Leave of absence"?  Wow, people feel really entitled.

BASIS DC has a waiting list.  A BASIS DC education is a scarce resource, each year builds on the previous year, and they don't backfill.

If parents want to pull a kid out to homeschool on a yacht and head to St. Barts for a year or two, they should go elsewhere for school in DC.

[b]Give another kid a chance.[/b][/quote]

I don't get this post and I don't get BASIS' hostility to family's taking a brief leave of absence. It's BASIS that isn't giving another kid a chance. Your kid gets in for 5th grade, or takes one of the handful of 6th grade spots available (almost always going to younger sibs) or your kid can't go.  If your kid leaves after 6th grade, they won't be replaced.

Why would BASIS block a family that left the area temporarily after 6th grade from leaving and returning if the student had kept up academically? [b]Why would they want to lose the funding for that student through 12th grade?[/b]

Life happens. Sometimes parents need to take a leave of absence for good reason, not to tool around on a yacht. [/quote]

They don't. They flex the 5th grade class to achieve full enrollment. In the unlikely event they needs to they will then go to the WL in 6th.[/quote]

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