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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.[/quote]

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. [b]All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern[/b]. Did you figure that out all by yourself? [/quote]

It's actually amazing how much you're missing the point. [b]The question is whether there's demand for BASIS K independent of BASIS middle. [/b]There is already a BASIS middle, DC doesn't get value add out of adding a BASIS K unless there is *independent* demand for it. Shuffling different kids into BASIS earlier doesn't help DC overall. MSes are not entitled to open ESes just because they want to.[/quote]

Two things:
1. These are not independent. I know for you (with your good ES) it feels like they are, but that doesn't make it so.
2. If they fill the seats there is demand. At which point you will be back on here saying the people who chose BASIS should not have been allowed to or should have stayed in their IB school. Because what is best for you is clearly the choice everyone else should make?[/quote]

Exactly.  The demand for the BASIS MS seat will drive the demand for the BASIS ES seat.[/quote]

No one is denying that BASIS ES will fill because of demand for BASIS MS. BASIS could also fill PK3-4. Latin could fill PK3-4. DCI could fill PK3-5. None of these prove that there is independent value to the ESes/PKs in question, which is the standard that needs to be met for opening a new school. Locking people into feeder patterns early is not an independent value. And, as explained, when BASIS refuses to back fill, it is actually a detriment. [/quote]

If the seats fill it is because families decided that BASIS was where THEY (not you) wanted to be. Could be because they want a good MS/HS feeder. Could be because BASIS ES is a better option than their IB ES. Could be because they want a school that doesn't socially promote and attracts kids of a certain type. Could be because of proximity. What confounds me is that you and your sisterhood thin it is up to you to decide whether people should be allowed to make their own decisions on what is best for their families. You don't know whether BASIS will backfill in K-4. And they will add @45 seats in 5th (from the projected 90 in 4th) so there will be new students and new seats.

You conclude it is a detriment. For families that decide it is what they want and the best option for them it is certainly a benefit. Or did I miss the part where someone elected UMC CH families arbiters of what is good or bad for other families?[/quote]

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