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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People go to Latin because they are zoned for schools where 70-80% of kids test below grade level and they can't afford your $2M home or $5k rent in upper NW where you look down your nose on them for going to Latin.
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I mean yes, it's an excellent choice for many families who are not in bounds for Deal, Oyster or Hardy, don't have a feeder to DCI, and don't think their kids would do well at BASIS.

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When making our lottery list we talked to lots of families that might have gone to DCI but chose Latin just to see if it was worth our applying (and talked to DCI parents too). It's wild but it turns out different families felt their kids had different needs. Some kids excel with chrome books and actively reaching out for help when struggling and organization. Other kids don't. Some kids like small community and some hate it.

All these posters sound sour and it's so unclear why.[/quote]

Well Basis would fit the bill above like Latin but many families don’t choose Basis because their kid is not high performing and can’t handle it like mentioned above.

The average kids who need hand holding go to Latin.  Nothing wrong with being an average kid but that’s why it’s not surprising Latin is ranked so low. [/quote]

I don't get this summary dismissal of Latin as the charter for families with "no other options", OR this apparent assumption that kids don't go to BASIS solely because they couldn't cut it there.  Latin serves smart kids wonderfully, and BASIS is not the only charter who attracts high performing kids.

We don't go to Latin but are close with multiple, high SES families with super smart kids who thrive there.  Their grads get into college, including many to Ivies like Yale or Brown, Stanford, UC Davis, U Chicago, Cornell, or Georgetown, any just about any public flagship you can name (Penn State, Wisconsin Madison, Illinois, Maryland, UNC) as well as the military academies.  Their kids also get huge scholarships again again (multiple winners of Posse, Trachtenberg, Denton, Gates, etc.).

We also know families at BASIS who love it for their kids but who admit freely it's not for everyone, and cite reasons that have nothing to do with a kids' "performance level".

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