Parents of former Basis students - where did you go, and why
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Anonymous
Pp here that mentioned we needed a ms option-we all know about the extracurriculars, we get the emails too, and my kid isn't into sports, so the lack of real teams is a non issue. He wants to do a student exchange program and travel, take less time to travel to school, perform in real plays on a stage, learn photography, go to prom, have a real high school experience, and take APs while he does. Nothing wrong with that, but it means that he will eventually leave Basis. Now the silent lunches, lack of breaks and downtime, disrespectful peers and crowded hallways may frustrate him sometimes, but that is why he will never stay, despite his love of what he is learning. |
Anonymous
| Silent lunches? |
Anonymous
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Pp here that mentioned we needed a ms option-we all know about the extracurriculars, we get the emails too, and my kid isn't into sports, so the lack of real teams is a non issue. He wants to do a student exchange program and travel, take less time to travel to school, perform in real plays on a stage, learn photography, go to prom, have a real high school experience, and take APs while he does. Nothing wrong with that, but it means that he will eventually leave Basis. Now the silent lunches, lack of breaks and downtime, disrespectful peers and crowded hallways may frustrate him sometimes, but that is why he will never stay, despite his love of what he is learning. Amen to that. We will never stay because of how dc was treated, everything you name, despite the academics............. if they want children to stay fro HS, why don't they take tat onto account when they are treating them bad in MS, silent lunches included........... |
Anonymous
That's strange. I thought it was the "BASIS-uber-alles" poster/booster who is so predictably pushy. (Possibly the most predictably pushy DCUM poster ever.) |
Anonymous
Hello, here? Not the PP, but what are "silent lunches?" ??? |
Anonymous
Silent lunches are rarely used and only used when a particular grade has been excessively unruly during lunch. Silent lunches are certainly not the norm at all and I support the use of them when needed as a last resort. |
Anonymous
There's a ton of folks (like us) for whom Wilson is not an option - and BASIS is far and away the best option that we have. |
Anonymous
But will that still be true in 9th grade, with Banneker and Walls starting and ~40 OOB seats open at Wilson via lottery (plus ~13 at-risk seats)? Even if it is for you, those options have to appeal to some Basis 8th graders. The result is Basis high school will be much smaller than Basis middle. I'm actually surprised that Basis parents expected anything else. Basis schools are designed to shrink as the students age. Why do you think they don't admit after 6th? What did you think was the point of all those high-stakes comprehensive exams? A lottery admission school has to churn through a lot of kids to get results like Basis. |
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Amen to that. We will never stay because of how dc was treated, everything you name, despite the academics............. if they want children to stay fro HS, why don't they take tat onto account when they are treating them bad in MS, silent lunches included........... That is why we want to leave as well. Since some students kids were in 9th and left it looks like the atmosphere does not change.... But maybe this did not bother everyone. I know a lot of kids went to Walls. Did they get to keep any credits? Are they happy? Did kids go to Wilson? Same questions. It seems very large, so unless you are leaving with friends or have kept up with former classmates, it seems like it might be a tough transition? We are also curious if anyone went private - no need to ID the school, but we would need a scholarship...... Thank you for answers and could the posters who think Basis is so wonderful just be a little more quiet? |
Anonymous
That is why we want to leave as well. Since some students kids were in 9th and left it looks like the atmosphere does not change.... But maybe this did not bother everyone. I know a lot of kids went to Walls. Did they get to keep any credits? Are they happy? Did kids go to Wilson? Same questions. It seems very large, so unless you are leaving with friends or have kept up with former classmates, it seems like it might be a tough transition? We are also curious if anyone went private - no need to ID the school, but we would need a scholarship...... Thank you for answers and could the posters who think Basis is so wonderful just be a little more quiet? Will do. -Booster |
Anonymous
Wow - how bad can it be if you have to have "Silent Lunch"? I don't know exactly what that is, but the name is pretty descriptive. My HS of 2,000 students never had (nor needed) such a thing. What is going wrong at Basis for this particular punishment to be instituted? Is the next step orange jumpsuits or leg irons? |
Anonymous
| Pp, if you are not a parent of a student or former student at Basis , why are you reading this thread, let alone replying to it? |
Anonymous
I am not the pp you are chiding. I am the parent of a dcps fourth grader, and I found this point of comparison wrt silent lunches relevant as I consider whether DC should apply to BASIS. Maybe it's a good thing that BASIS takes strong action by mposing silent lunches; maybe it is indicative of a particullarly unruly student body. Something to think about... That said, I know BASIS is a great choice for many students.. |
Anonymous
not pp, but will comment that this is a discussion on a public message board, not restricted to Basis parents. Anyone can read or comment without giving reasons. |
Anonymous
It's not "what's going wrong at Basis" - it's more about what WAS going wrong in k-4&5 in the schools that these kids came from, where in DCPS, apparently anything goes, where kids are evidently used to running around in class, talking, disrupting, being tardy, wandering halls without passes, trashing school property, and so on - behavior that Basis wants to curb (imagine that), and which has actually been going rather welll this year. Our kid is happier with less disruptions this year. He learned a lot last year and it's going even better this year. As for "orange jumpsuits and leg irons" that's ridiculously over-the-top hyperbole. At dropoff and pickup it's a scene of lots of happy kids. Is every kid, every family happy? No. But that's the case with EVERY school in DC. There's no one school ANYWHERE that meets every need perfectly. |