Basis DC

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Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

What could they possibly have done to deserve this? I thought BASIS was supposed to be good kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

You have no kid at BASIS and believe what you read here from some aggrieved anonymous poster whose kid was disruptive and disciplined.

In fact, in our experience, BASIS is (remarkably) mostly free of the bullying, fights, and disruptions that plague other public middle schools and high schools in DC. We are certainly grateful for that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

You have no kid at BASIS and believe what you read here from some aggrieved anonymous poster whose kid was disruptive and disciplined.

In fact, in our experience, BASIS is (remarkably) mostly free of the bullying, fights, and disruptions that plague other public middle schools and high schools in DC. We are certainly grateful for that.

+1. There are weekly brawls at JR, Deal, and Hardy and you are complaining about silent lunch? Wtf?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

They put them in orange jumpsuits have have them pick up litter by the highway. This stops after the first few years though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

What could they possibly have done to deserve this? I thought BASIS was supposed to be good kids.

They were acting out. Silent lunch is a time for them to reflect and improve their actions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

You have no kid at BASIS and believe what you read here from some aggrieved anonymous poster whose kid was disruptive and disciplined.

In fact, in our experience, BASIS is (remarkably) mostly free of the bullying, fights, and disruptions that plague other public middle schools and high schools in DC. We are certainly grateful for that.

+1. There are weekly brawls at JR, Deal, and Hardy and you are complaining about silent lunch? Wtf?

my kid was at hardy this year and there were no brawls, at all. and he was allowed to speak at lunchtime and never had to pick up trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

What could they possibly have done to deserve this? I thought BASIS was supposed to be good kids.

They were acting out. Silent lunch is a time for them to reflect and improve their actions.

acting out how?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

What could they possibly have done to deserve this? I thought BASIS was supposed to be good kids.

They were acting out. Silent lunch is a time for them to reflect and improve their actions.

No. Usually the situation was a small minority of kids were being loud or annoying, and the entire grade got silent lunch as a result.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

You have no kid at BASIS and believe what you read here from some aggrieved anonymous poster whose kid was disruptive and disciplined.

In fact, in our experience, BASIS is (remarkably) mostly free of the bullying, fights, and disruptions that plague other public middle schools and high schools in DC. We are certainly grateful for that.

+1. There are weekly brawls at JR, Deal, and Hardy and you are complaining about silent lunch? Wtf?

my kid was at hardy this year and there were no brawls, at all. and he was allowed to speak at lunchtime and never had to pick up trash.

lol, uh, no...

"the continuing fights (which are all posted on social media)..."

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/825/1132525.page

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

+1 if it were an individual punishment in lieu of detention I wouldn’t be opposed to it. But it was punishment for all kids and unfair to the well behaved kids.

Hmmm... it feels like when you turn your kids over to people who's primary focus is paying down some of the massive debt they've incurred in developing their for-profit school network they might not actually have your kid's best interest in mind.

oh please. my child's (good) dcps elementary did collective punishment all the time. it sucked. he lived through it. basis stops doing this after the first few years.

and then what do they do? reduce gruel rations? Extra shifts at the oars?

My kid's (good) DCPS elementary school once sent an email home saying they would tell kids to be quiet in the lunch room if kids didn't stop being so raucous in the lunchroom... but grinding kids down with repeated silent lunches seems counter-productive to a good education.

You have no kid at BASIS and believe what you read here from some aggrieved anonymous poster whose kid was disruptive and disciplined.

In fact, in our experience, BASIS is (remarkably) mostly free of the bullying, fights, and disruptions that plague other public middle schools and high schools in DC. We are certainly grateful for that.

This. At the DCPS elementary school we left, there were fistfights and so much violence in the classroom that the "good kids" were left to read books and play on apps for HOURS while the teachers dealt with behavior issues. Learning definitely suffered for everyone. I'm totally fine with a handful of silent lunches.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silent lunches???

Is this a victorian era workhouse? WTF is going on there?

Group punishment. Terrible. Glum.

Found the parent/troll with the disruptive kid.

Silent lunch is just a mild individual punishment used by many schools in lieu of, say, detention.

This is not factual. The entire 7th grade was forced to have silent lunch at least a half a dozen times or more this year.

The entire 6th grade too. Repeatedly.

What could they possibly have done to deserve this? I thought BASIS was supposed to be good kids.

They were acting out. Silent lunch is a time for them to reflect and improve their actions.

acting out how?

Being loud and annoying, and getting out of their seats unnecessarily. Lunchtime is for eating lunch, and talking with each other in a civilized manner.

[Anonymous]

I have a kid that just finished 7th grade. Silent lunches happened in the beginning of the year (Aug/Sept). After kids learned how to behave, they stopped. It wasn't like they happened all year long.