Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:16
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
You first
I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.
Yes we know you like it. But please do explain the criteria for promotion from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. We all want to know.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:15
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
You first
I'd rather have a school have high academic standards, and stick to those standards, than have a school that discriminates against children whose parents don't happen to be rich.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:10
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
I get your point you are aiming to make, but you realize that "wealth" (in relative terms) *is* the difference of these schools. Other than the non-disadvantaged state of kids, there is nothing different about Janney, Deal, or J-R from the rest of DCPS.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:07
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
JR is 14.6% economically disadvantaged and BASIS is only 6.9%, so get off your high horse. Deal is 12.8%.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:04
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
The arrogance of BASIS posters to call all the other schools in the city "steaming piles of shit" is why people hate to see them coming. Maybe try appreciating what other schools add to the DC ecosystem. There are good and even excellent schools on both sides of the park. Basis is not the only or even, necessarily, the best middle school or high school. Finding the best fit for each kid is the goal. Why not acknowledge that BASIS is a good fit for some, and not for others. For this reason it's a GOOD thing that many different schools are available to educate our students.
Again, arrogant BASIS posters provoke a negative reaction from parents at other schools. This should not be a surprise to anyone.
I'm the PP, and boy there's a lot of projecting going on here. I dont have any connection to BASIS. I happen to live in an area of town where the schools are extremely bad, despite being extremely well funded. And no one seems to care! Everyone just accepts it. But, boy, people sure care about BASIS, which I don't get. Y'all get angrier at the good schools than the ones that aren't doing their jobs.
Your ignorance of the long-standing dynamics of this board (and of the many good schools in the city) does not mean I'm projecting.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:03
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
You first
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:03
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
Because there isn't. That would be misleading. And JR boosters aren't constantly saying "pure lottery" and "we're #1!!!!".
Anonymous
08/27/2025 11:01
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
The arrogance of BASIS posters to call all the other schools in the city "steaming piles of shit" is why people hate to see them coming. Maybe try appreciating what other schools add to the DC ecosystem. There are good and even excellent schools on both sides of the park. Basis is not the only or even, necessarily, the best middle school or high school. Finding the best fit for each kid is the goal. Why not acknowledge that BASIS is a good fit for some, and not for others. For this reason it's a GOOD thing that many different schools are available to educate our students.
Again, arrogant BASIS posters provoke a negative reaction from parents at other schools. This should not be a surprise to anyone.
I'm the PP, and boy there's a lot of projecting going on here. I dont have any connection to BASIS. I happen to live in an area of town where the schools are extremely bad, despite being extremely well funded. And no one seems to care! Everyone just accepts it. But, boy, people sure care about BASIS, which I don't get. Y'all get angrier at the good schools than the ones that aren't doing their jobs.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:53
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
The arrogance of BASIS posters to call all the other schools in the city "steaming piles of shit" is why people hate to see them coming. Maybe try appreciating what other schools add to the DC ecosystem. There are good and even excellent schools on both sides of the park. Basis is not the only or even, necessarily, the best middle school or high school. Finding the best fit for each kid is the goal. Why not acknowledge that BASIS is a good fit for some, and not for others. For this reason it's a GOOD thing that many different schools are available to educate our students.
Again, arrogant BASIS posters provoke a negative reaction from parents at other schools. This should not be a surprise to anyone.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:52
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Why don't you explain to us why there's a wealth test that parents must pass before they can send their kids to Janney and Deal and JK? That's where it is selective.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:37
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Why don't you explain to us what's required to be promoted from 6th grade to 7th grade at BASIS. That's where it is selective.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:36
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Seems like an abuse of the word selective. Were you required to submit test scores or grades or a writing sample or literally anything at all when you applied to BASIS? No, you were not.
You can say there's self selection going on, but that happens across the city. Hard to go to any public school WOTP without being able to afford a $2 million house.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:29
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
Yes - it’s such an odd dynamic. If you don’t like Basis don’t send your kid.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:28
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Oh stop. There's lots of schools in DC that have similar policies. BASIS is not unique.
Really? Name one.
Every bilingual school in the city?
What on earth are you talking about. That's definitely not true. Name even one school that does that, with cites. LAMB and YY stop accepting kids at a certain grade but they don't require anyone to repeat grades.
No one ever raised the issue of repeating grades, except for you.
You said "similar policies", and incentivizing kids to leave with developmentally inappropriate retention policies is key to how BASIS operates.
It seems very DC that people hate BASIS, one of the best schools in the city, but they have no problem with the dozens and dozens of steaming piles of shit that pass for public schools in this city.
No, it's because BASIS boosters are narcissistic and annoying, and they're constantly claiming that BASIS is the best when really it's a selective school pretending not to be selective, so the comparison isn't meaningful.
Anonymous
08/27/2025 10:27
Subject: USN&WR high school ranking are out!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow—won’t be long before BASIS DC, a 100% lottery school, ranks above Walls, which only takes straight A students.
That is totally misleading. Yes, basis accepts by lottery -- in 5th grade. It then forces out kids who aren't successful and refuses to accept any new students for 9th grade.
Feature not a bug.