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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6th grade BASIS parent here.  
Do I feel sad that the facilities suck? yes, I do. Is my kid learning things above and beyond any other public DC middle, yes he is.
Does it suck to not have a proper auditorium, yes it does.

BASIS is for strong academic content. Nothing else. If this is what you and your kid want, then BASIS is for you. It's not that complicated.[/quote]

Some of us want both strong academic content and also things like on site performing arts and athletic opportunities. Which is also pretty simple.

OP's premise was that BASIS "fills a gap that shouldn't exist" meaning the lack of academically challenging MS and HS (but especially MS) options in DC, especially outside upper NW. That's true. The problem that many of us are articulating is that it doesn't fill this gap particularly well. There is still a huge gap.[/quote]

Other institutions need to step up. [/quote]

PP here and I agree, but this is why people push back on this thread about how BASIS "fills a gap." For us it doesn't. We are still in a gap. I'm happy for families who are happy at BASIS, but I'm still stuck in a situation where we could maybe choose BASIS (if our kid got a spot) to address our academic needs that are not met at our IB middle school, or we could could choose another school that offers the more well-rounded approach to education we prefer but without academic rigor. Either way, our kid has unmet needs.

Yet I keep being told over and over that I shouldn't complain because "at least BASIS is an option." But I don't really view it as an improvement over my existing options. With BASIS we have to supplement all the stuff BASIS doesn't offer. At our DCPS, we have to supplement academics. How is one of those better than the other? They seem like two sides of the same coin to me.[/quote]

Although difficult to get in if not in a feeder but not impossible, look into DCI.  Meets both and offers well rounded education.  This is why the school has had such a fast upward trajectory with buy in from families and very high retention rate.[/quote]

It's lacking. Way too much time on Chromebooks, weak administration, tons of kids below grade level. PLUS you have to jump through major hoops just to get a spot (either move to an immersion feeder, or push your kid to one of the less popular language tracks and hope you get lucky in the lottery). This is not some great option.[/quote]

You don’t have to be in a feeder at all.  You can get in thru the lottery.  Yes it is winning the lottery but you can’t win if you don’t play.  No hoops at all.  Easy to just list it in the lottery.

Also once you are at a certain language level, you can take a 2nd language of your choice.
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