Basis being sued? Is that true?

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.bazelon.org/In-Court/Current-Litigation.aspx

Not very informative. There's a long list if cases here, includi g Montgomery AL and the University of Virginia.

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They kick low performing students out way too quickly--to get their stats up. Weeding out the bad ones... I am curious to see how many 8th grader flee from basis this year. I heard they only have less than 40 student or so in 9th grade this year. (I could be wrong)

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has a 504 there-the special ed person is beyond incredible, and the learning specialists are unbelievably dedicated and talented. There are things we aren't crazy about but the special ed team is NOT one of them!

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Anonymous wrote:They kick low performing students out way too quickly--to get their stats up. Weeding out the bad ones... I am curious to see how many 8th grader flee from basis this year. I heard they only have less than 40 student or so in 9th grade this year. (I could be wrong)

The current 9th grade class is small. These are kids whose families made the leap of faith to start at BASIS in 2012-2013 when their kids were in 8th grade. We have a current 6th grader and when we heard about BASIS two years ago, we really liked what we heard so we enrolled our child. However, had our child been going into 8th grade at the time, unless our middle school had been truly awful, I don't know if I would have started my kid at a brand new charter in 8th grade. I'm just too risk averse. That's the main reason for the small 9th grade class.

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Anonymous wrote:They kick low performing students out way too quickly--to get their stats up. Weeding out the bad ones... I am curious to see how many 8th grader flee from basis this year. I heard they only have less than 40 student or so in 9th grade this year. (I could be wrong)

Sheesh, for the ninetieth time: The school doesn't "kick low performing students out"!!! The Basis charter states that students who don't pass the comprehensive exams, after extensive assistance from the school (with teachers putting in incredible hours extra to help), must repeat the grade. If the student doesn't want to repeat the grade that's their choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard it from a parent there. They HATE it.

The parent hates Basis and is suing the school? To what end - what does the lawsuit entail?

Were they forced at gunpoint to attend Basis?

Jesus. I'm just shaking my head.

There's a waitlist of families three digits deep that would absolutely love to take their place at Basis right now.

That's not really fair. If you were matched at Eliot Hine or Eatern, you wouldn't automatically suck it up. Basis is a public school, it needs to follow the same laws as every other public school. If that's too hard, then it should stop taking taxpayer funding and go private. They can't have it both ways.
Exactly. If you don't like it, find another school.

Again, there are literally dozens of choices out there. If some family has a kid at Basis who is struggling, then one has to ask why the kid is at Basis in the first place? They had to go out of their way to choose Basis. Did they choose Basis because the other choices would have been even worse? If so, then is this some supremely idealistic but misguided quest for perfection for a kid who would probably struggle no matter what the circumstances as long as the family is trying to jam a square peg through a round hole? I really have to question their judgement. Either way it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to the rest of us who are doing just fine (even with our own SN kids.)

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.bazelon.org/In-Court/Current-Litigation.aspx

Not very informative. There's a long list if cases here, includi g Montgomery AL and the University of Virginia.

The only one there dealing with DC charters is from 2011 and predates Basis. If Basis is somehow part of that then I think we have some kind of wacko serial litigator who is out to destroy DC charters.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard it from a parent there. They HATE it.

The parent hates Basis and is suing the school? To what end - what does the lawsuit entail?

Were they forced at gunpoint to attend Basis?

Jesus. I'm just shaking my head.

There's a waitlist of families three digits deep that would absolutely love to take their place at Basis right now.

That's not really fair. If you were matched at Eliot Hine or Eatern, you wouldn't automatically suck it up. Basis is a public school, it needs to follow the same laws as every other public school. If that's too hard, then it should stop taking taxpayer funding and go private. They can't have it both ways.
Exactly. If you don't like it, find another school.

Again, there are literally dozens of choices out there. If some family has a kid at Basis who is struggling, then one has to ask why the kid is at Basis in the first place? They had to go out of their way to choose Basis. Did they choose Basis because the other choices would have been even worse? If so, then is this some supremely idealistic but misguided quest for perfection for a kid who would probably struggle no matter what the circumstances as long as the family is trying to jam a square peg through a round hole? I really have to question their judgement. Either way it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to the rest of us who are doing just fine (even with our own SN kids.)

No, if there were literally dozens of choices, then you wouldn't seen the Eaton families freaking out because they're being moved from Deal to Hardy. There are hardly any choices at all. That's the problem And when parents only have access to one decent one, and they don't believe their student is being served, then they very well may sue. It's not like nobody saw this coming, the only surprise is that it took this long.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has a 504 there-the special ed person is beyond incredible, and the learning specialists are unbelievably dedicated and talented. There are things we aren't crazy about but the special ed team is NOT one of them!

Who are these unbelievable people?
My child has a 504 too but the only accommodation we receive is extra time for tests and exams, which translates into staying after school to finish exams every day. Other than that, nothing is being implemented.
And no, I am not suing the school .
However, I am utterly disappointed as I am being lied to. My child looks at me with wide eyes when I read all the services that are supposedly being given.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard it from a parent there. They HATE it.

The parent hates Basis and is suing the school? To what end - what does the lawsuit entail?

Were they forced at gunpoint to attend Basis?

Jesus. I'm just shaking my head.

There's a waitlist of families three digits deep that would absolutely love to take their place at Basis right now.

Really?
If this is the case then why are they still conducting recruiting sessions in different parts of the city?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has a 504 there-the special ed person is beyond incredible, and the learning specialists are unbelievably dedicated and talented. There are things we aren't crazy about but the special ed team is NOT one of them!

Who are these unbelievable people?
My child has a 504 too but the only accommodation we receive is extra time for tests and exams, which translates into staying after school to finish exams every day. Other than that, nothing is being implemented.
And no, I am not suing the school .
However, I am utterly disappointed as I am being lied to. My child looks at me with wide eyes when I read all the services that are supposedly being given.

What are your child's needs? What services does the IEP/504 call for but are not being implemented?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has a 504 there-the special ed person is beyond incredible, and the learning specialists are unbelievably dedicated and talented. There are things we aren't crazy about but the special ed team is NOT one of them!

Who are these unbelievable people?
My child has a 504 too but the only accommodation we receive is extra time for tests and exams, which translates into staying after school to finish exams every day. Other than that, nothing is being implemented.
And no, I am not suing the school .
However, I am utterly disappointed as I am being lied to. My child looks at me with wide eyes when I read all the services that are supposedly being given.

A 504 is about providing ACCOMMODATIONS, not services. Accommodations include things like preferential seating, extra time for assignments, alternate ways of responding such as orally instead of in writing. Which accommodations is your son not receiving?

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard it from a parent there. They HATE it.

The parent hates Basis and is suing the school? To what end - what does the lawsuit entail?

Were they forced at gunpoint to attend Basis?

Jesus. I'm just shaking my head.

There's a waitlist of families three digits deep that would absolutely love to take their place at Basis right now.

That's not really fair. If you were matched at Eliot Hine or Eatern, you wouldn't automatically suck it up. Basis is a public school, it needs to follow the same laws as every other public school. If that's too hard, then it should stop taking taxpayer funding and go private. They can't have it both ways.
Exactly. If you don't like it, find another school.

Again, there are literally dozens of choices out there. If some family has a kid at Basis who is struggling, then one has to ask why the kid is at Basis in the first place? They had to go out of their way to choose Basis. Did they choose Basis because the other choices would have been even worse? If so, then is this some supremely idealistic but misguided quest for perfection for a kid who would probably struggle no matter what the circumstances as long as the family is trying to jam a square peg through a round hole? I really have to question their judgement. Either way it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to the rest of us who are doing just fine (even with our own SN kids.)

No, if there were literally dozens of choices, then you wouldn't seen the Eaton families freaking out because they're being moved from Deal to Hardy. There are hardly any choices at all. That's the problem And when parents only have access to one decent one, and they don't believe their student is being served, then they very well may sue. It's not like nobody saw this coming, the only surprise is that it took this long.

There are at least 46 different DC charters offering middle school to pick from, plus IB and OOB DCPS options. http://www.dcpcsb.org/SearchSchools.aspx?type=3&val=Middle and here you are acting like this is your only choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I just heard it from a parent there. They HATE it.

The parent hates Basis and is suing the school? To what end - what does the lawsuit entail?

Were they forced at gunpoint to attend Basis?

Jesus. I'm just shaking my head.

There's a waitlist of families three digits deep that would absolutely love to take their place at Basis right now.

Really?
If this is the case then why are they still conducting recruiting sessions in different parts of the city?

They got far more applicants than they have open slots for and there is a long, long lottery waiting list that is at least three digits deep.

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PP, they are just having informational sessions (as most schools do) to talk about what kind of curriculum and programs they offer so that prospective parents can make informed decisions but it's not as though they are out recruiting and begging - they are already getting a huge number of applicants, they won't have any unfilled slots and will have to turn a lot of waitlist applicants away.