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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of the day, every school has its pros and cons. I don't like the IB curriculum so I didn't want DCI, and I'm not a fan of "Classical/Latin" education so I didn't want Latin. I do like the BASIS model, even though many hate it, so I lotteried for it and my child got a seat, and has been happy. She is now at the BASIS high school.

The real problem here is that there are not enough seats to guarantee that a person gets the type of education they want. I lucked out. I would have been unhappy if my kid had to go to DCI or Latin. Lucky for me they didn't, but that is why you see so many posts like this.[/quote]

Basis has seats but refuses to backfill them. If they offer so much support as described above, why can’t they backfill and provide that support to new students? In a system with so few opportunities for bright kids, esp those “far from opportunity,” why doesn’t Basis even try?
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You obviously didn’t read this thread.

They aren’t allowed to backfill in DC.

Please educate yourself before posting.[/quote]

Oh the irony. You are exactly wrong, but stating it with such confidence and condescension.

Yes, they are allowed to backfill, just as Latin and DCI backfill. There is no rule in DC against it.

What they are not allowed to do is institute an admissions test -- charters are not allowed to screen candidates for admission and must take whatever students the lottery gives them. BASIS *chooses* not to backfill. They likely would backfill if they could screen candidates in older grades, but they can't so they don't.

Of course, BASIS boosters on this thread claim that BASIS offers tons of support to kids who are struggling to keep up, so it's a bit of a mystery why they couldn't just offer that support to students coming in at higher grades who struggled with the work. And others have pointed out that likely there are students in DC who could come into BASIS at 7th, 8th, or 9th and handle the coursework at their grade level. But BASIS has chosen instead to not backfill at all.[/quote]

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