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You realize that the most important part of K is to learn how to be a good citizen, not be disruptive, learn to deal with boredom and be able to control oneself. You need to get a handle on this. Private schools don't want kids with behavior issues no matter how smart.

I totally disagree that it is reasonable for a K student, who is already reading at much higher level, to be happy with educational material meant for those who are not reading yet.

My ds was reading at a high school level in K and was not happy with the curricula at all and hence had some behavioral problems. His behavioral problems were resolved once we placed him into a school with curricula that provided him with a challenge.

Your statement of learning to deal with boredom is quite inappropriate IMHO. Of course, life has boredom and one must learn to deal with it. However, it is unreasonable for a child to sit through classes day after day where he/she is not learning anything at all since they have already mastered the material. This is educational malpractice!!

Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private. I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.

Anonymous wrote:blah,blah,blah. Tell that to the hundreds of kids getting a fantastic education there.

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Anonymous wrote:blah,blah,blah. Tell that to the hundreds of kids getting a fantastic education there.

Could we just wait until the school yr is over before declaring "fantastic education". Give Basis at least 5, lets see how the kids who survived the rigor score on their SATs. Please.

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised at the level of English instruction especially in writing. The 6th grade teacher indicated that they were working on organizing paragraphs. I asked her about when they worked on 3 and 5 paragragh essays or big book projects and it was not on her radar. Currently, this was my main concern with Basis. In all fairness, only the privates in DC and MD seem to put an early emphais on teaching writing, even though MoCo does at least introduce the material and because they assign book projects you can control the level of the project. What is your experience with the writing?

Anonymous wrote:blah,blah,blah. Tell that to the hundreds of kids getting a fantastic education there.

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Visit Latin, dude, the other charter built on great rigor. Observe many white and Asian kids (many adopted by whites) in 5th grade. Observe a handful of white and Asian kids in 10th through 12th. Note that the white parents aren't talking about leaving, the opposite. Put two and two together. High SES attrition is rampant at Latin and will occur at Basis. The only questions are how high the attrition will be and if the school will care to address the problem head on. Departing parents speak euphamistically about "good fit" schools" elsewhere when, privately, most aren't convinced that academic standards will be terribly high, or social environments all that positive, when most of their kids classmates come from multi-generational low-income families.

This is why we need gifted elementary and test-in middle school programs, and much stronger test-in high school programs, in this city - if affluent parents know that low-income kids had to clear a high bar to enter, the well-heeled will generally stay with enthusiasm. It's why whites beat down the door to get their kids into Stuyvesant High School and Thomas Jefferson, and largely stay the course. DC's leading education reformers don't get it and Basis' may or may not. All too easy to term a charter "succesful" despite the fact that most of the high SES/white families drop out along the way. But then I don't know my charter legislation, right?

The big difference between Latin and Basis is that Basis has made top ten lists for high schools multiple times and therefore has a reputation. Latin has not made these lists as far as I know.

The other difference is that Basis requires the passing of comprehensive exams to pass on to the next grade. Again, I have not heard that Latin requires this.

Therefore, I think Basis will have a much better track record of retaining students than Latin.

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Thanks but not helpful at all (can't even mention which states) and even more vague than the endless boosting (criticisms, too) about BASIS.

Sorry but I value my privacy.

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Thanks but not helpful at all (can't even mention which states) and even more vague than the endless boosting (criticisms, too) about BASIS.

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Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private. I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.

The schools we used were out of state. However, Basis is now fully meeting our DC's needs.

Try me. I also have a Ker who reads at a high school level but his taste in reading material and his comprehension isn't at the same level as his decoding ability in English. Luckily, he attends an immersion school and he is at grade level, K, for the other language. No behavior problems. But I would love to know schools that caters to kids like this in case we move which is always a possibility.

We came from manyl states away. We used schools that were able to individualize and that did not specifically cater to only gifted students. One school that did this was particularly small. We also did a lot of after schooling. In terms of options, it seems like immersion would be a great way to meet an advanced learner's needs which your child has right now. We did not have that option.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private. I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.

The schools we used were out of state. However, Basis is now fully meeting our DC's needs.

Try me. I also have a Ker who reads at a high school level but his taste in reading material and his comprehension isn't at the same level as his decoding ability in English. Luckily, he attends an immersion school and he is at grade level, K, for the other language. No behavior problems. But I would love to know schools that caters to kids like this in case we move which is always a possibility.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private. I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.

The schools we used were out of state. However, Basis is now fully meeting our DC's needs.

Anonymous wrote:
Any kid in K who is reading at a high school level would be bored at any school, public or private. I would love to know the private school that she went to that solved this problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You realize that the most important part of K is to learn how to be a good citizen, not be disruptive, learn to deal with boredom and be able to control oneself. You need to get a handle on this. Private schools don't want kids with behavior issues no matter how smart.

I totally disagree that it is reasonable for a K student, who is already reading at much higher level, to be happy with educational material meant for those who are not reading yet.

My ds was reading at a high school level in K and was not happy with the curricula at all and hence had some behavioral problems. His behavioral problems were resolved once we placed him into a school with curricula that provided him with a challenge.

Your statement of learning to deal with boredom is quite inappropriate IMHO. Of course, life has boredom and one must learn to deal with it. However, it is unreasonable for a child to sit through classes day after day where he/she is not learning anything at all since they have already mastered the material. This is educational malpractice!!