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[quote=Anonymous]+1.  BASIS weeds out kids who could handle their curriculum with a little more support, particularly a proper summer school to prepare to retake comprehensive exams instead of just a study packet.  BASIS also weeds out too many of its strongest students, mainly by practically locking them in a less-than-healthy environment all day long, showing 11 year olds endless PP presentations in darkened rooms.  By this time of year, too many BASIS kids are pale and look exhausted.  Also, BASIS is absurdly anti field trip, in one of the best locations for walking field trips on earth, and doesn't promote other forms of cheer (spirit weeks etc.).  Teachers have too much on their plates to organize fun.

To be fair to BASIS though, funding constraints limit what they're trying to do - they need more resource people they can't afford, which will remain true as long as our politicians won't agree to give charters the same per student outlays DCPS gets.  Loads of BASIS parents seem to have taken the position that the kid can gut the place out for middle school to gain an edge on Walls or private school admissions.

BASIS has my support for keeping families like mine in the city, period; I just wish they'd do what they're doing a whole lot better, with a campus with grounds and a gym, a real PTA, student government, much more fresh air (e.g. reinstating 7th grade PE) etc.

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