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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree w/post above. BASIS can rightfully claim bragging rights to being the strongest of the DC public middle schools overall. Not so for high school.[/quote]

Seems to be the strongest non-selective high school in DC (it accepts 100% of its students by lottery), and one of the strongest in the entire country.  It is absurd to compare it to schools that get to select 100% of their students.

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Yes - the performance of most schools is largely attributable to their student bodies so I give Basis little credit for producing academic high fliers by attrition. But that’s neither here nor there if your kid is one of the thriving survivors. It’s sort of perfect to have a HS student body whittled down to true academic peers. And I’m fully aware that many other high achievers prefer/need something different.

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Hey everyone, apparently BASIS changed its policy. They’re now accepting 100% of 9th grade students by lottery, just like Washington Leadership Academy and Thurgood Marshall![/quote]

Basis should be limited to at-risk kids.  Signed - the Liberal Avenger [/quote]

BASIS can do what it likes. It’s just repellent when people who are specifically referring to the high school hold BASIS out as superior to high schools that really do admit 100% of their 9th graders by lottery. BASIS DC HS is a test-in school, it’s just that you have to win a lottery to be allowed to sit the test. It is absurd to brag that BASIS is doing better than high schools that really do accept 100% of their 9th graders by lottery. [/quote][/quote]

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