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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the inveterate boosters are the worst on these threads.

BASIS admins can do no wrong.

C'mon, the program doesn't go from around 130 mostly bright and hard-working 5th graders to four dozen seniors without a whole bunch of families finding BASIS lacking.[/quote]

Basis parent here. There's plenty of things not to like or not to like about Basis. [b]But I would argue it's a bit early to claim this is the permanent trend[/b]- its first class of 5th graders only graduated last year.[/quote]

What are you smoking, PP?  It is a permanent trend, by design, not a secret.  The AZ campuses ensure that most of the middle school students don't stay for high school.  Somewhere between half and two-thirds of the middle school students have been gone by high school at the original campuses since the 90s.  That's the BASIS model.  The franchise gets away with weeding out most of their public school students by 9th grade everywhere they operate. [/quote]

Look Basis is not for everyone.  I don’t have any kids at Basis.  But with the amazing low standards in DC, I have no problems with a school that focuses on STEM and academics over other things like advanced languages, extracurriculars, outside spaces, facilities, whatever.  I think it’s good that a school has certain academic standards and doesn’t take political BS with equity and weeds out kids if they can’t perform.

If your kid doesn’t fit above, then don’t lottery in the school.  If your kid can’t adapt to whatever inflexibility you think Basis has, then transfer your kid out.  [b]If your kid can’t handle the homework or pressure or whatever related to it, then transfer out.  [/b]

Although PRACC scores are not the be all and end all, it’s obvious by their scores that they are one of the highest performing school.

Some parents in DC are in a bubble thinking everything is peachy with the academic standards in DC when it’s not.  Others supplement like crazy.  [/quote]

This sort of blame-the-families take on BASIS isn't reasonable.  My kid could handle the homework, the pressure, the inflexibility without difficulty.  But it wasn't a humane set up. Kids who weren't going to last were routinely shunned by others (don't bother with him, he won't be in our grade next year). Middle schoolers, particularly boys, bounced off the walls without enough natural light, space or exercise to thrive. Just not a very happy place. Not what the taxpayer should be paying for.  [/quote]

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