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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bottom line, choose Basis and high chance it will not be a good fit either in middle or high school.

No guarantee of anything and you take your risk, play lottery, try to get into private or move.

Chances of any of the above options gets lower each year.  [b]The only sure thing is move[/b].

The end [/quote]

Or you can send your child who loves facts and is good at math there, he can make a bunch of sweet, nerdy friends, learn a lot, experience zero bullying, and then end up extremely well prepared for college?

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Exactly right.

BASIS kids are laughing as they go to top colleges.[/quote]

Right, because no other teens in DC public schools go to top colleges.

Signed Parent of BASIS student who left for Walls and went on to an Ivy with sibling who went to DCI and went on to top 5 SLAC. No idea if they went laughing. [/quote]

This.  The justification to send your kids to such a limited and narrow school with the justification to try to get into a decent college is laughable.

And I bet PP’s kid above had a much more enjoyable, enriching, annd well rounded experience. [/quote]

Most people enter Basis with a healthy wait and see attitude and pivot as necessary without too much drama. One can extract value from a few years at Basis but pursue something else for high school and not be bitter or otherwise emotional about it.

Of course, some families have optionality going in to Basis and don’t need the school to be a silver bullet high school path —- middle school is fine.  But this is something families can/should know well before the 5th grade lottery and plan accordingly.

And please realize that plenty of families who couldn’t afford housing in a “good” elementary school zone and didn’t otherwise luck out in the PreK or later lottery, felt frustration and disappointment several years prior and had to make their pivot then.

This is DC - we all know what the game is and how cruel it can be. [/quote]

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