“Target Populations,” outlined below, reflect BASE’s recruitment strategies, geographic focus areas for recruitment, and how BASE explains its program to the community. BASE admission policies, described in section 9 of the charter, reflect only the admissions priorities listed and are non-discriminatory.

Target Population:
BASE places special emphasis on serving youth who have been unsuccessful or unchallenged in traditional schools.

Diversity is an important aspect of BASE. BASE seeks a group of youth who will be ethnically, culturally, personally, and academically diverse.

Enrollment Levels:
BASE enrollment had grown over the term of the charter:
• 2001-2002 Pilot Year: 45 youth enrolled
• 2002-2003: 76 youth enrolled
• 2003-2004: 75 youth enrolled
• 2004-2005: 98 youth enrolled
• 2005-2006: 92 youth enrolled• 2001-2002 Pilot Year: 45 youth enrolled
• 2006-2007: 87 youth enrolled

In 2006-2007, BASE enrollment breaks down as follows:
Grade Level Total Alameda Residents Non-Alameda Residents
9th Grade 15 8 7
10th Grade 19 8 11
11th Grade 20 6 14
12th Grade 28 7 21
Total 87

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BASE intends to grow to between 115 and 130 youth during the next charter term depending on the capacity of future facilities.

Age & Grade Range:
BASE serves high school youth in grades 9-12. Usually this means youth between the ages of 14 and 19, however, BASE will admit any youth who has been promoted from the 8th grade by a WASC accredited school and will allow youth to continue to be enrolled until they earn a diploma or turn 22 years old, consistent with the conditions for continuous enrollment and progress towards a diploma set forth in state law.

Geographic Area Served:
BASE does not determine admissions by geographic area and any residence of California can attend BASE. However, the focus of BASE’s recruitment efforts is on Alameda, Oakland, and, to a lesser extent, other East Bay communities.

Demographics:
Gender: 59% Male, 41% Female
Ethnicity: 62% Latino, 20% White, 11% African
American, 2% Native American, 2% Pacific Islander, 1%
Asian , 2% Other or Decline to State
Special Education: 30% IEP and 504s
Income Levels: 35% Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch
Program

Competition for Target Students:
BASE offers a specialized program that has no clear parallel in the Alameda Unified School District. Generally speaking, there is no program in AUSD seeking to attract the same group of youth. There are programs in Oakland with similarities, such as Met West and Life Academy, which BASE has competed with for students.