BASIS DC precomps and comps

[Anonymous]

Same can be said of the 8th grade parents as a group. In our experience, more collectively uptight, dismissive of concerns of other parents and rah rah BASIS than the further up and down the chain.

[Anonymous]

+100. Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you folks insist on personalizing factual statements about the way the school operates, insistently interpreting them as whining on the part of parents whose ms kids must be academic stragglers at BASIS? It's knee-jerk claptrap.

My oldest happens to be one of the math stars, on track for calc in 9th. Yet I'm not crazy about the way BASIS is run. I'm tired of am often toxic parent culture and dog-eat-dog mentality along with clueless, domineering admins. To my knowledge, we're one of the few families leaving for a private from 8th. We're lucky enough to have the resources to depart on good form. You guys go at altogether the wrong target: fellow parents with legit concerns.

You don't like the dog-eat-dog competitive parents? In a DC school? Are you new to DC? Do you think it all ironic that you call other parents names, judge and attack them a few sentences before you accuse them of attacking other parents? Maybe your kid's fancy new private will teach them "irony" and "hypocrisy" and then they can explain those concepts to you.

[Anonymous]

You sound furious that PP above can walk away from BASIS easily. What’s up with that? He’s not wrong that the school can be unpleasant, even for families of math aces. There’s not much of a community feel and parents struggle to be heard. You’re free to love it though, please do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound furious that PP above can walk away from BASIS easily. What’s up with that? He’s not wrong that the school can be unpleasant, even for families of math aces. There’s not much of a community feel and parents struggle to be heard. You’re free to love it though, please do.

You think too much of yourself or PP. Don't care if they leave. I hope everyone does what is best for their kids. I took issue (amusement, actually) with PP taking shots at other parents while complaining about the way parents attack each other.

[Anonymous]

Not sure how amusing it is when DC public school parents don't feel welcome, don't feel heard by admins, and fellow parents don't care if they leave. By the sounds of it, their kid was a remarkably good student, at least at math. He should be missed. Where's the esprit de corps at BASIS these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure how amusing it is when DC public school parents don't feel welcome, don't feel heard by admins, and fellow parents don't care if they leave. By the sounds of it, their kid was a remarkably good student, at least at math. He should be missed. Where's the esprit de corps at BASIS these days?

PP called other parents "toxic" and "dog-eat-dog" and the administration "clueless" and "domineering."

Sounds like good riddance. Hope his kid enjoys his Catholic school.

[Anonymous]

BASIS parent of several years who doesn't disagree with those descriptors, at least not on a bad day. The lack of a PTA/PTO/strong parent community isn't a selling point. We don't have a better option for at least another school year, so we make the best of BASIS as is. We'll leave it to parents like you to celebrate the place, defend it, presumably work to ensure that the descriptors ring false. I'm not going to say good riddance to any student who could handle AP Calc AB in 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you folks insist on personalizing factual statements about the way the school operates, insistently interpreting them as whining on the part of parents whose ms kids must be academic stragglers at BASIS? It's knee-jerk claptrap.

My oldest happens to be one of the math stars, on track for calc in 9th. Yet I'm not crazy about the way BASIS is run. I'm tired of am often toxic parent culture and dog-eat-dog mentality along with clueless, domineering admins. To my knowledge, we're one of the few families leaving for a private from 8th. We're lucky enough to have the resources to depart on good form. You guys go at altogether the wrong target: fellow parents with legit concerns.

Hmm. As far as I am aware, after 8th this year, the highest scoring 8th grade math kids will be taking AP pre-calc, not calc in 9th grade at Basis next year. My kid is one of them. So you are making something up (or your kid is not taking math right now with the 8th graders - I guess that is possible though I hadn’t heard of any such kids this year (they didn’t advance kids for this 8th grade cohort during Covid). I only note this since people make stuff up all the time online to prove their points and at first blush you seem to be one of them. Enjoy private school! (And I know most of the kids going to private school next year and none of them would be taking calc so color me suspicious on Your assertions but I admit there might be some outlier kid my kid hasn’t mentioned because that kid isn’t in math club or math class …)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BASIS parent of several years who doesn't disagree with those descriptors, at least not on a bad day. The lack of a PTA/PTO/strong parent community isn't a selling point. We don't have a better option for at least another school year, so we make the best of BASIS as is. We'll leave it to parents like you to celebrate the place, defend it, presumably work to ensure that the descriptors ring false. I'm not going to say good riddance to any student who could handle AP Calc AB in 9th grade.

No one is taking Calc AB in 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you folks insist on personalizing factual statements about the way the school operates, insistently interpreting them as whining on the part of parents whose ms kids must be academic stragglers at BASIS? It's knee-jerk claptrap.

My oldest happens to be one of the math stars, on track for calc in 9th. Yet I'm not crazy about the way BASIS is run. I'm tired of am often toxic parent culture and dog-eat-dog mentality along with clueless, domineering admins. To my knowledge, we're one of the few families leaving for a private from 8th. We're lucky enough to have the resources to depart on good form. You guys go at altogether the wrong target: fellow parents with legit concerns.

Hmm. As far as I am aware, after 8th this year, the highest scoring 8th grade math kids will be taking AP pre-calc, not calc in 9th grade at Basis next year. My kid is one of them. So you are making something up (or your kid is not taking math right now with the 8th graders - I guess that is possible though I hadn’t heard of any such kids this year (they didn’t advance kids for this 8th grade cohort during Covid). I only note this since people make stuff up all the time online to prove their points and at first blush you seem to be one of them. Enjoy private school! (And I know most of the kids going to private school next year and none of them would be taking calc so color me suspicious on Your assertions but I admit there might be some outlier kid my kid hasn’t mentioned because that kid isn’t in math club or math class …)

That would make sense. "Clueless and domineering", synonymous with "inexperienced and bossy" is so much softer than what I hear from BASIS parents IRL about the school admins, it didn't sound real.

[Anonymous]

My current 7th grader is on-track to take Calculus in 9th.

There are no 8th graders accelerated in this way, as Covid interfered with math acceleration.

[Anonymous]

There are none in 9th grade either for the same reason. The current 10th graders had the opportunity and later years should too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My current 7th grader is on-track to take Calculus in 9th.

There are no 8th graders accelerated in this way, as Covid interfered with math acceleration.

Right. So PP above whose current “top” 8th grade math student is leaving to take calc in private school bc they just can’t stand basis admin any longer is lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you folks insist on personalizing factual statements about the way the school operates, insistently interpreting them as whining on the part of parents whose ms kids must be academic stragglers at BASIS? It's knee-jerk claptrap.

My oldest happens to be one of the math stars, on track for calc in 9th. Yet I'm not crazy about the way BASIS is run. I'm tired of am often toxic parent culture and dog-eat-dog mentality along with clueless, domineering admins. To my knowledge, we're one of the few families leaving for a private from 8th. We're lucky enough to have the resources to depart on good form. You guys go at altogether the wrong target: fellow parents with legit concerns.

Hmm. As far as I am aware, after 8th this year, the highest scoring 8th grade math kids will be taking AP pre-calc, not calc in 9th grade at Basis next year. My kid is one of them. So you are making something up (or your kid is not taking math right now with the 8th graders - I guess that is possible though I hadn’t heard of any such kids this year (they didn’t advance kids for this 8th grade cohort during Covid). I only note this since people make stuff up all the time online to prove their points and at first blush you seem to be one of them. Enjoy private school! (And I know most of the kids going to private school next year and none of them would be taking calc so color me suspicious on Your assertions but I admit there might be some outlier kid my kid hasn’t mentioned because that kid isn’t in math club or math class …)

The PP claiming they have a top 8th grader taking calc next year is lying. But I agree with them in every other way, I have a Distinguished Honor Roll DD - so my kid is not struggling academically, but we are over the actual basis nonsense. And the current 8th grade class has some legit mean girl bullying that the school ignores. We are dancing out the door for private.