Basis Independence McLean vs Bishop O’Connell

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Anonymous wrote:If BIM published its various numbers online in a manner similar to other local privates, they would have more credibility than they do have right now.

They have been selling the story about senior class growing each year for a while now, yet graduating class size is not materially larger. If the graduating class size story really were true, probably they would publish the numbers online (like other schools) to show the trend. Ditto with college matriculation transparency. As near as we can tell, there is a mass exodus annually after students complete 8th grade, not to TJ, but to public or to other privates.

They also have had higher levels of staff turnover and leadership turnover than is typical at a good private, both of which are negative indicators.

Do whatever you think best for your DC, because you are the expert on your kids.

They must be pretty transparent if you’re able to deduce all that (I’m sure you’re not some disgruntled former employee who had all this information which is clearly pre-2021). There hasn’t been any change in leadership or high teacher turnover since 2021 when teacher turnover was making national news all over the place.

If BIM has entered a new golden age since 2021, why is the senior class of 2024 smaller than 2020? Clearly, the retention in the upper grades still lags behind the top privates.

Anybody know how many sophomores and juniors they have this year (not on the website of course)? That would be an indicator that new management started to make a difference.

That said, BIM has been open since 2016 and still seems to be struggling to get its act together.

25 seniors, 30 sophomores, 44 sophomores, 50 freshman. Nobody said BIM entered a golden age at 2021. There just hasn’t been the alleged turnover since then. It’s not like magically a school improves and everyone starts enrolling. But it’s clearly trending from the size of each class moving up.

I’d be more curious to know how many student the current class of seniors had when they were freshman. Was it close to the same 25, or was it close to the current freshman class of 50? The snapshot you provide could show general growth of the school or could show a 50% attrition rate between 9th and 12th. No way to know without having more data from the past few years at least.

BIM high school is growing because of the change in TJ admission criteria which impacted the current junior class and below. Many capable kids who did not get into TJ turn to BIM, which started the upward trend in class size.

And the fact that BIM is desperate and takes everyone.

[Anonymous]

Current BIM family here. I know at least one or two high school kids still doing club Soccer. There was a school soccer team in Spring. We couldn’t attract the highest level players because their schedule with the club was too demanding.
My kid plays a travel team in another sport, too.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems there are more anti-BIM trolls than so-called BIM trolls . The simple fact is that Basis is not a stand-alone school. It has campuses in different states. NYC has at least two campuses, and they have an excellent reputation.
Again if you are willing to stay away from the good public schools in the area, you probably care about education. Find the school that will work for your kid.

I am fine with other BIM sites but I would never allow a kid to attend the one in McLean.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems there are more anti-BIM trolls than so-called BIM trolls . The simple fact is that Basis is not a stand-alone school. It has campuses in different states. NYC has at least two campuses, and they have an excellent reputation.
Again if you are willing to stay away from the good public schools in the area, you probably care about education. Find the school that will work for your kid.

I am fine with other BIM sites but I would never allow a kid to attend the one in McLean.

If you read employee reviews on sites like GlassDoor, they are remarkably similar across the current Basis Independent Network. The facilities sound similarly limited. They have to refit office buildings for their campuses, so the funds and space aren't there to build out much more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems there are more anti-BIM trolls than so-called BIM trolls . The simple fact is that Basis is not a stand-alone school. It has campuses in different states. NYC has at least two campuses, and they have an excellent reputation.
Again if you are willing to stay away from the good public schools in the area, you probably care about education. Find the school that will work for your kid.

I’m not so much anti-BIM as I am anti-BIM-booster. They’re like vegans, or proselytizing Christians. Their way is the One True way, and they are going to shove it in everyone else’s face and tell everyone else how they are wrong.

[Anonymous]

I am a huge fan of DJO (O'Connell).

If your daughter can play soccer and have the amazing team experience, that's a big deal. My kid played one sport for 4 years and started another one as a senior. Made so many friends across "groups". It is a really supportive place. Not everyone is perfect but it is a good fit for a lot of kinds of students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems there are more anti-BIM trolls than so-called BIM trolls . The simple fact is that Basis is not a stand-alone school. It has campuses in different states. NYC has at least two campuses, and they have an excellent reputation.
Again if you are willing to stay away from the good public schools in the area, you probably care about education. Find the school that will work for your kid.

I’m not so much anti-BIM as I am anti-BIM-booster. They’re like vegans, or proselytizing Christians. Their way is the One True way, and they are going to shove it in everyone else’s face and tell everyone else how they are wrong.

lol. Sounds like you are describing yourself.