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My hypothesis:

BASIS  might well reflect a wave of charter school openings (perhaps initiated by Latin) that are doing an end-run around DCPS and will finally provide high-quality public middle and high school options for people who cannot afford to buy IB for Deal/Wilson (or perhaps do not want to for some other reason).

These types of charter schools will accelerate the on-going gentrification of DC, and there any many people who feel threatened by that gentrification.

If BASIS were just another charter school, why would anyone feel the need to invest so much time into bashing it.  It won't have any impact on your life if you don't have any kids attending, right?

Wrong.  High-quality charter schools such as BASIS will cause middle class families (both AA and non-AA) to move into (or not move out of) DC.  These families will bid up home prices and apartment rentals, making it more difficult for working class families and families dependent on social programs to stay in DC.  Furthermore, since charter schools offer no IB preference, these families can bid up prices throughout the city.

I think that the bashers recognize that BASIS might be just the tip of the iceberg and are thus heavily invested in its failure. [/quote]

Basis parent here.  Your post is the type of post that brings out Basis bashers.  All of these generalizations about what native Washingtonians may feel.  Excuse me, we were here working to make the city better long before the gentrifiers came in.  People have chosen to not "move out" of the city for reasons that have nothing to do with gentrifiers or schools.  People have chosen to "move into" the city for reasons that have nothing to for gentrifiers or schools.  The city did not just get "discovered" when you got here. BTW - where do you think all of these "working class families and families dependent on social programs" are going to go.  Not to MoCo, PG, or Anne Arundel County where the social net is less expansive.  A lot of the people that are going to get pushed out are the solid middle class.  You sound like the person who is always "wishing the poor children will fail" out of Basis.  Let me guess - AA maybe with an Ivy League education. [/quote]

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