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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My suspicions were right about segregation at BASIS S DC.  My wife and other parents brought this matter to the Paul Morrissey ( then head of school) months ago.  There were a group of students being tracked.  Mr. Morrissey was evasive with our questions. His vagueness seemed suspicious to many of us.  Was he tracking these kids so he would later throw them out? Our sixth sense told us something was not right here. I can't believe it was true.  My kids were not in the group but I can't have my child in this kind of this environment.  I was a strong supporter of BASIS but it's dwindled.   After these revelations, I'm forced to question the real motives of the school.  I can't believe it was happening here in DC.  I'm outraged!!![/quote]

This doesn't ring true with me -- I call BS. Why would BASIS open a public school in AA-majority DC if it didn't intend to educate AA students? There aren't that many white students in DC for it to be worth their while to try to have a school that segregates in order to throw out the AA students. The only environment BASIS is cultivating is one where it's cool to be smart. Now, if certain students don't want to get on board with that and do the work required, then they are choosing to throw themselves out.[/quote]

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