Brent staying through 4th and maybe 5th. I think we're moving to Fairfax County. We live near a really busy Hill street, our house is small for five, basis and Latin don't seem like a great fit for our kid, we want more of a developed honors/gifted curriculum than they have at Hobson. I'm sad about the thought of moving because I love our neighbors and Brent.

We plan to stay at Brent through 4th or 5th, not sure about BASIS or Latin. Forget EH or SH. We are Asian immigrants looking for a MS/HS sequence where our kids won't end up being about the only Asians in 12th grade (at least the only ones not adopted by non-Asians), so probably MoCo. I'm not concerned about the quality of MS education at either, but am concerned about HS at under-funded and highly experimental charters. BASIS and Latin are only receiving a little more than half the per student allocation as MoCo schools, which shows in the facilities they can offer. I'm not knocking these schools, which I've visited, I'm just not confident they will be a good bet for HS for us, IF we can get into MS. Big IF in a few years.

I've interviewed half a dozen BASIS Arizona kids on the phone for my Ivy (which doesn't have enough alums on the ground in the Southwest to interview all local applicants) in the last few years and they were as dull as paint. Well-prepped and polite but boring, not competing in national science competitions or, it seemed, thinking much for themselves. I don't doubt that BASIS is a hundred times better than some the DCPS middle schools though.

Stayed at Murch through 5th then went private.

Maury no question.

We are at Eaton and it has been a good fit thus far. We plan on going all the way there.

Hyde

Anonymous wrote:Happy family with a Brent 5th grader here. DC2 will also stay thru 5th, as far as I can see at this point. Certainly don't anticipate Latin and absolutely not BASIS.

Where will DC1 enroll for sixth? Why stridently not BASIS but perhaps Latin?

Happy family with a Brent 5th grader here. DC2 will also stay thru 5th, as far as I can see at this point. Certainly don't anticipate Latin and absolutely not BASIS.

Hey pp. I know for sure that the parents didn't think the style of education was right for their child. Not a good fit. Not meant to be a good fit for everyone.

What do you know for sure and what are you making up to match what you think you know?

Anonymous wrote:Lots of the people I have observed moving on from Brent to Basis and Latin in the last few years have been OOB AA parents who came to Brent from another school because they know quality and they moved on because they know their kids, they have high expectations and they know quality. I believe one or two may have left Basis and returned to 5th at Brent which is simply more evidence that parents who are in search of a good fit for their own child can be relied upon to do what it takes. It's all good.

They were forced out of BASIS. It's not "all good."

Parent of Brent 4th grader back--

thanks so much for the responses from the Latin parent and the BASIS parent. That is really helpful!

Lots of the people I have observed moving on from Brent to Basis and Latin in the last few years have been OOB AA parents who came to Brent from another school because they know quality and they moved on because they know their kids, they have high expectations and they know quality. I believe one or two may have left Basis and returned to 5th at Brent which is simply more evidence that parents who are in search of a good fit for their own child can be relied upon to do what it takes. It's all good.

Not PP, but BASIS IS really good, and we are experiencing things much like the PP. SO glad we didn't waste another year at our DCPS for 5th. And, if all goes as expected, my DC will graduate from BASIS -- how's that for continuity?

I am the free range kid poster and I guess I was just countering the idea that only upright, over protective parents are deciding to move on after 4th grade. For what it is worth, my children are not at Basis. They are at Latin and I can't imagine a better, safer, warmer or happier place for them to spend those awkward years between 10 and 15 or so. And hopefully it will be awesome for the blossoming high schoolers as well.

Anonymous wrote:PP: I had not really been paying much attention to the BASIS booster/detractor debates flying around this board, but your post really made me sit up and pay attention. This sounds pretty good. What grade is your child in?

5th