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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can you be ok with Inspired Teaching and SWWFS and not BASIS?

May as well keep them at EH then.
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BASIS has such high attrition rates that you can be ok with BASIS for 5th grade, but there's a good chance it's not going to turn out to be the full middle school plan. It's on my list, but that concerns me -- that a lot of families that go to BASIS initially wind up having to figure out alternatives in a couple of years later anyway.   [/quote]

I have a theory about this.  The attrition comes from the kids who did not want to go to BASIS in the first place, but didn't get into Latin, and parents felt they should give BASIS a shot when offered a spot.  BASIS is not for everyone. I know lots of families who did not put it on their list.[/quote]

BASIS has the most advanced curriculum of any public school in DC and is the only school in DC that doesn’t backfill or socially promote.

So that means it is a good fit for academically advanced kids and those with the potential to be academically advanced, but not for others.

If you are only sending your kid to BASIS because he or she didn’t get into Latin and not because he or she is a good fit or BASIS, your kid will likely drop out.
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