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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS boosters have furnished most of the one-note drivel on DCUM for almost a decade now. Kid loves the place, really. Who needs a well-rounded education? Not us!! We’re thrilled with a middle school where there’s little fun, creativity or choice to be had, an institution w/out a stable teaching force, a stable admin team, well-paid teachers etc. etc. Yes, it gets old. This has been an unusual thread because the boosters haven’t dominated.[/quote]

If its been almost a decade, it's not some small group of parents.

I have never understood the Basis animosity out there -- its surreal. Why can't a kid like Basis and want to go there? I'm the ward 3 poster who is sending a kid to Basis over Deal. Both schools have benefits and drawbacks. [b]But the anger on this board about the school is just bizarre and makes people sound unhinged.[/b] [/quote]

Such an easy statement to make from Ward 3. Upper Caucasia is just bizarre.[/quote]

PP here. Not sure I understand. Why is it easy to make a statement that the anger towards the school is bizarre? It is. It sounds more like people are just angry that they feel they don't have enough choices -- in which case, why are they ranting about Basis and not ranting about DCPS?

Separately, if you don't live in the Deal catchment , you also may not know about the drawbacks of the school, which are many. It's not a promise land; its a mixed bag like Basis and everything else.[/quote]

Pointing out BASIS' limitations is hardly tantamount to "ranting," PP.[/quote]

Nope, and every school has limitations. Couldn't agree more. But that's not what people are doing. They paint broad brush strokes and call names.

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