Ah, to be a naive 5th grade parent again … |
As if DCPS is not a top down system?
I mean, the options in DC are few. So unless you are moving, I'd just take BASIS as is for a rigorous education. Beggars can't be choosers. |
Beggars? Is that what DC voters are these days? |
Ha, truth! |
Even elite independent prep schools have Trustees, Head of Schools and chains of command. Demanding bitter parents don't get to dictate curriculum or policies there either. PPP's never ending whining about "top down" makes no sense outside of the context of homeschooling. |
Do you never run out of excuses for bullying BASIS DC leadership? I really liked working for Garrett and left the following school year. It wasn't worth staying on. |
I'm trying to be positive! Believe me, I have my eyes open. However... can I hope for the best? The curriculum, on paper, seems like it would really be a good fit for me kid. Certainly better than Cardozo. like, 100x better? a question for these experienced parents -- we may have the option to feed into SWW Francis Stevens for middle school. Do you think that would be a better experience than BASIS? real question. |
Are you kidding? Don’t listen to some anonymous random BASIS hater whose kid washed out. If you have an academically minded kid BASIS is by far the best option in DC. -Experienced BASIS parent whose kids are thriving at school |
+1 DCPS has shockingly low expectations. The grading scale, grading policy, lack of accountability, etc. Lots of kids aren’t learning much in DCPS. Despite their high grades. |
Don’t kid yourselves. BASIS stinks in other ways. Many. |
Methinks you stink. |
…better than Banneker?! |
Real talk: the administration at BASIS is absolutely horrible. The current HOS is an ass, and the new HOS is not particularly smart and is very fake. But the cohort of students that your kid will be with (eventually, after the troublemakers drop out) and the curriculum are good. Certainly better than DCPS, which in my experience is a mess. If you have a high tolerance for administrative frustration and baffling decision making, you will be fine. |
Whatever. See accurate post above about the new administration. |
Your kid also needs high tolerance for running around town pursuing serious ECs, which you pay through the nose for. It also really helps if your kid doesn't mind studying the same stuff year after year--chem, bio, calc--and it's very interested in the arts or speaking languages fluently. Theater, drama, music, drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design might as well not exist at BASIS. |