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[quote=Anonymous]Reading everyone's posts has been very interesting.  I live in the District so I can't compare BASIS to any school outside the District.  I cannot afford to send my children to a private school so comparing BASIS to a private school is unrealistic for my family. My children were attending one of the better DCPS Elementary and Middle school (depending on what information you were looking at, the middle school was ranked #2 or #3 in the District). My children were not being challenged at school; the youngest would also not do any work that the other students were not doing. At BASIS my 5th and 7th graders are getting A's and B's. My children are very strong in Math so they do not have hours of homework each night.  The students that I hear that have lots of homework are the students that are not that strong in Math. I suppose my family could move out of the District to find better school choices for my children but why should we have to move! I am also not looking for my children to go to IVY League schools (but if they were, I think BASIS would provide a better learning environment for them than the DC public schools).  I want my children to be engaged and challenged at school and I want them to feel safe.  BASIS is not for everyone and I wish that DC had better public schools but that is not our reality. The sad reality is that most public schools are teaching to the test and that test is the DC CAS. BASIS is not a perfect school (I don't know if there is a perfect school). BASIS has provided an opportunity for a higher level of education for my children than they were getting at the public school.  Yes, it will be hard and we as a family will have to make compromises because of it but the education my children have gotten so far this year is amazing. [/quote]

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