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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's always so interesting how these BASIS threads go. Every thread brings out a cohort of posters who cannot stop themselves from maligning the school. Some people have legit complaints based on actual experiences and facts (and you can tell who they are) but many have no idea what they're talking about and simply accuse others of being boosters when they get called out. Of all the problems this city has with education, it's unbelievable how much energy people seem to spend dumping on this school. [/quote]

LOL!  THIS is hilarious.  You don’t seem to realize that this thread was purposely started by OP who is dumping on all schools except Basis as if it’s the be all and end all for any high performing kid.

So yea, pot calling kettle much.

I don’t have any skin in this game.  But I looked at Basis for my high performing kid and it was a hard no.  Too many negatives weighing the positives. And there are many.[/quote]

Ok. And I'm someone who spends a lot of time on this thread and was almost discouraged from trying BASIS for my kid by posters like you (maybe literally by you), until lottery time came and thank goodness I talked to real families, real BASIS teachers and spent time there with my husband and realized it was an excellent fit for our child (99th percentile PARCCs with a very good memory). It's not stressful for him, but it's appropriately challenging and I can see him getting smarter. It's also one of the only schools that is very low tech.

Now that we are there, I can't believe I almost didn't take this opportunity because of "secondhand information" people like you. There is no other middle school the city where he would be learning as much. Is it appropriate for every kid? Absolutely not. I can see a lot of his classmates are quite stressed. But it's filling a niche in the city for advanced kids. It just is. [/quote]

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