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The kids that have left are so much happier and well-adjusted, have tons of friends, and are doing well academically in their new schools. They find school to be a fun and balanced place to learn, as well as to grow physically and socially without the dreaded surprise of failing a class during the last week of school. [/quote]

[b]Very revealing -- you have no clue.  My child is one of the 7th graders who left despite all was going very well and learning was exciting and fast-paced.  None of those things are true where my child is now, and I rue the day we left for private.  Basis will not take back students who have left.  [/b][/quote]

Thank you for posting this.  There are many in the BASIS MS who go private for high school and I have wondered whether in addition to academic success they find the same academic rigor...............

The first year when 13 kids left for Walls, several wanted to return to BASIS after a few weeks - which is why we changed our charter.  But Walls makes it very difficult to know what you are getting in to - they only allow accepted students to shadow, within a very small window of time, and so those who are admitted off the wait list have to make the decision basically blind.  My BASIS kid shadowed and was not impressed at all - and apparently they have the same amount of homework at Walls as they do at BASIS anyway.  Most top private schools admit that by 11th grade 4 hours of homework is the norm, and this is after their kids come home from sports in order to be "well rounded."  We are taking the risk and staying, but just hearing your experience makes me feel better about our decision.[/quote]

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