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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Um, WOW! I stepped away from this for the Christmas/New Year and I am flabbergasted by the responses. For a newbie to the area, you are really making me feel insecure about all the Middle School options here in DC. Awesome. Thanks.

Honestly, it looks like it is all really a crap shoot. I might make decisions on schools with my children, but it seems like unless we are going to Jefferson, it is a gamble whether or not we are going to the school of "choice". And if we are lucky enough to get into one of these "choice" schools, we'd be dealing with a whole host of issues that I am clearly not prepared for.   - OP[/quote]

no you could rent in the Deal area and then your kid would be guaranteed to be in a good (albeit large) MS - and this is only if you play the lottery and lose, because every child who is IB for Deal is able to attend by right whether they show up the first day or the third month.

We were at Latin and it has a lot going for it, but science, math, and tracking are not their philosophy.  And it is hard to get in, and as someone else here mentioned some AA parents have had real problems with stereotyping.....

Latin is hard to get into, BASIS DC is still not.  They I believe ultimately accepted every 5th grader this year, and they definitely accepted every 6th grader.  The education is excellent, the facilities are subpar, but if you want your kid to get a good MS education (as long as you do not mind a bunch of poor AA kids, which IMO is why many high SES parents are still reluctant to send their kids) what they offer is better than any other school, public or private, in this area.  The school is small, and they are still having some growing pains, but the caliber of the education is not one of them.  If your kids like and are good at math and science they are the only real game in town.

We have two there and while lots of things could be better, just like at any school, we are very happy with what we have and the backing of AZ means there is quality control and it is not really a start up per say.  Have of the exams are uniform across all BASIS schools so they can really see how DC is doing and what we need to work on. The people running BASIS are very smart, and they are ascending a steep learning curve with their first inner city school pretty darn well after a bad first year.  And for the most part, the poor AA kids are just as smart and hard working as the high SES kids, because if they are not, they do not last past 6th grade.... and many decide to drop out before that.

Basis has developed a reputation for academic rigor and I think the kids who apply now know what they are getting into and most are prepared to do the work and to try to catch up if they need to.

Just be prepared - it is a lot of work, especially for a 5th grader.  But they go through high school, and will reap the benefits in terms of college admissions.....[/quote]

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