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Anonymous wrote:Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern. Did you figure that out all by yourself?

It's actually amazing how much you're missing the point. The question is whether there's demand for BASIS K independent of BASIS middle. There is already a BASIS middle, DC doesn't get value add out of adding a BASIS K unless there is *independent* demand for it. Shuffling different kids into BASIS earlier doesn't help DC overall. MSes are not entitled to open ESes just because they want to.

This. Look, lower Ward 5 is fine on elementary seats. If BASIS wanted to locate somewhere that wasn't close to so many other schools and wasn't close to well-performing schools, that would be more appealing. A BASIS elementary in lower Northeast doesn't benefit the school system as a whole in any significant way.

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Anonymous wrote:Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern. Did you figure that out all by yourself?

It's actually amazing how much you're missing the point. The question is whether there's demand for BASIS K independent of BASIS middle. There is already a BASIS middle, DC doesn't get value add out of adding a BASIS K unless there is *independent* demand for it. Shuffling different kids into BASIS earlier doesn't help DC overall. MSes are not entitled to open ESes just because they want to.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.

I do know that, I just wanted to hear the BASIS boosters say it.

Please explain how BASIS elementary will be different from Maury and Ludlow-Taylor's offerings.

Well for starters it will have a MS and HS path that doesn't involve moving or private school tuition!

But this already exists. The MS and HS are not a benefit that DC gets from the ES, they are things DC already has. I would argue that allowing people to opt in to BASIS in 5th serves DC better, because parents then have a much better sense of what MS/HS will work for their kids. Very few families will have any idea in PK4 whether BASIS HS will be a good fit for their kid. I don't see locking people into to a feeder pattern early to be an independent benefit if it means locking other people out later.

Bolded is the money shot and where you expose yourself. These are by definitions scarce resources. If someone has a seat, it means someone else cannot also have that seat. What you are saying is that you object to other people who are willing to commit sooner than you (i.e., before you are done with your good ES) getting something you want to lay claim to a few years later. This is nothing more than that. Just own it.

No, the point is that it doesn't add extra good MS and HS slots or give extra people access to a desirable feeder. It's just different people. There's no value add unless you think locking people into a feeder pattern early is independently valuable. I think not only isn't it valuable, it's actually detrimental since pre-K is not a good time to determine a MS/HS fit. It's actually even worse here if BASIS continues not to back fill, because I think they'll have even more attrition in this model. If I judge BASIS ES on its own merit alone, then I don't think it's needed in the area in which it's seeking to locate and I would vote no. Folks are acting like BASIS has a right to open a K-4 and that's crazy; lots of charter applications get rejected and the PCSB has been incredibly stingy about locations where there are good schools and no need. This is exactly that.

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Anonymous wrote:Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern. Did you figure that out all by yourself?

Hence the continued interested in MV

Bingo! This all boils down to people who want to have their cake (Brent, LT, etc.) and eat it too (BASIS at 5th). Everything else is noise.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.

I do know that, I just wanted to hear the BASIS boosters say it.

Please explain how BASIS elementary will be different from Maury and Ludlow-Taylor's offerings.

Well for starters it will have a MS and HS path that doesn't involve moving or private school tuition!

But this already exists. The MS and HS are not a benefit that DC gets from the ES, they are things DC already has. I would argue that allowing people to opt in to BASIS in 5th serves DC better, because parents then have a much better sense of what MS/HS will work for their kids. Very few families will have any idea in PK4 whether BASIS HS will be a good fit for their kid. I don't see locking people into to a feeder pattern early to be an independent benefit if it means locking other people out later.

Bolded is the money shot and where you expose yourself. These are by definitions scarce resources. If someone has a seat, it means someone else cannot also have that seat. What you are saying is that you object to other people who are willing to commit sooner than you (i.e., before you are done with your good ES) getting something you want to lay claim to a few years later. This is nothing more than that. Just own it.

So exactly what is BASIS planning to offer that isn't available at Ludlow-Taylor and Maury?

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Anonymous wrote:Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern. Did you figure that out all by yourself?

Hence the continued interested in MV

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.

I do know that, I just wanted to hear the BASIS boosters say it.

Please explain how BASIS elementary will be different from Maury and Ludlow-Taylor's offerings.

Well for starters it will have a MS and HS path that doesn't involve moving or private school tuition!

But this already exists. The MS and HS are not a benefit that DC gets from the ES, they are things DC already has. I would argue that allowing people to opt in to BASIS in 5th serves DC better, because parents then have a much better sense of what MS/HS will work for their kids. Very few families will have any idea in PK4 whether BASIS HS will be a good fit for their kid. I don't see locking people into to a feeder pattern early to be an independent benefit if it means locking other people out later.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

You seem not so bright. The point of the second para was that YOUR worldview is that everyone YOU know wants granola ES. The existence of so many filled seats in DC that offer something else tells us there is demand for alternatives to crunchy granola.

Let me repeat: just because YOU don't want it doesn't mean no one else does. Why is that so hard for you?

Right, so, if demand for KIPP means that there is demand for BASIS, why are there so many extra seats at KIPP?

Serious question: are you a troll or just nor bright? No one suggested KIPP=BASIS. The response was made in reply to the person who suggested that all families want granola for ES and then rigor in MS. The point is that what "parents want" isn't monolithic. That said, KIPP offers something different than BASIS, and BASIS something different than Brent, and so on and so on.

I am done with you now.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

You seem not so bright. The point of the second para was that YOUR worldview is that everyone YOU know wants granola ES. The existence of so many filled seats in DC that offer something else tells us there is demand for alternatives to crunchy granola.

Let me repeat: just because YOU don't want it doesn't mean no one else does. Why is that so hard for you?

Right, so, if demand for KIPP means that there is demand for BASIS, why are there so many extra seats at KIPP?

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

You seem not so bright. The point of the second para was that YOUR worldview is that everyone YOU know wants granola ES. The existence of so many filled seats in DC that offer something else tells us there is demand for alternatives to crunchy granola.

Let me repeat: just because YOU don't want it doesn't mean no one else does. Why is that so hard for you?

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.

I do know that, I just wanted to hear the BASIS boosters say it.

Please explain how BASIS elementary will be different from Maury and Ludlow-Taylor's offerings.

Well for starters it will have a MS and HS path that doesn't involve moving or private school tuition!

Anonymous wrote:Would love to see BASIS be allowed to open w/ the condition that there's no feed to the MS and see how many people actually want BASIS-style education for their K-4th graders. I bet they'd fill, but with a totally different population than their MS.

Saying that people will go to BASIS K for the MS feed does *not* mean there's demand for BASIS K; it means there's demand for BASIS MS. We already have BASIS MS, so the question is why an ES in an area already saturated by serviceable to very good ESes serves DC's interests. The fact that every other BASIS has K-4 does not answer this question at all.

In a forum filled with dumb takes, yours takes the cake, madam. All school decisions are in essence about not just that year or that school, but the feeder pattern. Did you figure that out all by yourself?

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.

I do know that, I just wanted to hear the BASIS boosters say it.

Please explain how BASIS elementary will be different from Maury and Ludlow-Taylor's offerings.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the Basis franchise is highly strategic and is most likely targeting that particular area. Basis likes areas with relatively high-income/education levels where there is a perception that the neighborhood public schools are “bad.” The immediate area in NoMa is high-density residential. It is close to both Capitol Hill and Shaw.

This. The BASIS model depends on having majority high-income kids, because it doesn't perform well enough with low-income kids.

I was thinking this too. They want to populate the ES with Cap Hill kids.

It’s a decent strategy if they don’t want their middle/high school to crash and burn. Unfortunately I’m not sure how many Cap Hill parents are going to opt for a BASIS model. Cap Hill parents tend to want no homework crunchy granola elementary schools and rigorous middle high schools.

Your comment doesn't exist in a vacuum. What you've described is a world where parents can choose Brent for ES and then decamp for BASIS in 5th. The possible expansion eliminates that as a viable choice. That's the point. That's what is driving so many NIMBY folks who think nice things are there for them and them only. The question is what parents will do when the decision matrix requires more rigor in ES to guarantee rigor in MS and HS.

There is also no evidence to support the idea that parents don't want rigor in ES. The existence of KIPP tells us that many parents want discipline and structure. It is no surprise that people on DCUM don't understand that universe.

Please explain, then, why we need BASIS when we already have KIPP and DC Prep in the area.

I'm sure you already know the answer... because KIPP and DC Prep opened to give more opportunities to kids in DC who were considered underserved. KIPP DC's mission is to "improve life outcomes" and DC Prep's mission is to "bridge the educational divide." Approximately 70% of KIPP students are at-risk and DC Prep is slightly less than that. The level of at-risk suggests that these schools are likely providing structure, discipline and foundational skills. BASIS has 7% at-risk. A family that wants/needs rigor at BASIS may not appreciate nor need the emphasis on foundational skills provided at other schools.