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[quote=Anonymous]This former BASIS parent can't agree with you, PP. Most families who bail don't leave because their children fall behind, because the curriculum is over their heads. That dimension of BASIS, while real, is not what makes the program divisive, not here in 2025, 15 years in. BASIS DC still attracts so much derision, particularly from former families, because, overall, it doesn't provide a happy or thoughtful learning experience for students.  This is true no matter how industrious, enthusiastic and bright the kids may be on arrival at any point along the way. Same for parents and teachers. From where I sit, weak, tin-eared, bullying leadership and a franchise that hasn't been founded or run by educators have long been the crux of the problem.

Even so, BASIS has become the jewel in the DPCS crown, getting rave reviews for two reasons, neither of which should wow us. Reason #1:half a dozen seniors with unusual stamina for a dreary high school experience crack some of the country's most highly competitive colleges. Reason #2: public school alternatives for the most academic and ambitious students/families EotP remain even less appealing.

From where I sit, top public-school programs shouldn't operate as survival courses, with self-satisfied pols demurring to BASIS' corporate leadership on almost all aspects of how the place operates. No surprise that the great majority of families in the Deal-J-R pyramid avoid BASIS.[/quote]

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