BASIS attrition after middle school- why?

[Anonymous]

*in turn.

[Anonymous]

It is a weird wacky school, but I think the HOS does a pretty good job keeping the place on track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The assumption that a parent only deals with the HoS when a kid has “issues” (read avoidable problems) isn’t a sound one. My kid was just admitted to a college admitting in the single digits EA. I can’t stand the guy. He’s a goofball who doesn’t support excellence in the HS by any stretch of the imaginarion. Teachers do, families do, maybe BASIS Arizona does.

+100 our child is excelling at BASIS and I also can’t stand him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The assumption that a parent only deals with the HoS when a kid has “issues” (read avoidable problems) isn’t a sound one. My kid was just admitted to a college admitting in the single digits EA. I can’t stand the guy. He’s a goofball who doesn’t support excellence in the HS by any stretch of the imaginarion. Teachers do, families do, maybe BASIS Arizona does.

+100 our child is excelling at BASIS and I also can’t stand him.

People may not like the HOS, but it seems personal and usually petty. When I look at this year's senior class and their college acceptance results (so far), I'd say that Basis is doing pretty well in preparing kids for college.

[Anonymous]

Now do Mundo Verde P Street, Capitol Hill BASIS parents.
https://wtop.com/dc/2024/01/protest-being-filed-over-medical-marijuana-shop/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now do Mundo Verde P Street, Capitol Hill BASIS parents.
https://wtop.com/dc/2024/01/protest-being-filed-over-medical-marijuana-shop/

Gallery Place smells like weed already. I'm all for personal freedom, but we certainly don't need another vendor across the street from the school. I was encouraged by the HOS response to this.

[Anonymous]

Nobody posting here is unhinged or nuts. The HoS is just a weak cog in a stronger franchise machine. What competence you see mostly emanates from BASIS Arizona and good teachers previous heads hired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody posting here is unhinged or nuts. The HoS is just a weak cog in a stronger franchise machine. What competence you see mostly emanates from BASIS Arizona and good teachers previous heads hired.

Most of those teachers are gone and BASIS DC operates differently from the Arizona schools in many ways. One of the things I like about the HoS is that he keeps pushing the AZ center to realize that DC has different needs, and these needs must be addressed differently.

[Anonymous]

He certainly doesn’t give us that impression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody posting here is unhinged or nuts. The HoS is just a weak cog in a stronger franchise machine. What competence you see mostly emanates from BASIS Arizona and good teachers previous heads hired.

You repeatedly bash the HOS as a clown and a joke while providing zero evidence of that. You then brag that your kid is excelling at BASIS DC and was just accepted at a top college. That certainly sounds unhinged. You don’t think the HOS of school had anything to do with your kid’s performance?

Let’s look at some real evidence:

The current HOS has been there for a number of years and during that time the school has jumped to be the top ranked public middle school in DC, top public non-selective high school in DC, and top charter school in DC. If the HOS was a clown and a joke that would not have happened.

The school does surveys every year of how staff members including the HOS are performing, and the current HOS always gets top marks. Obviously, most parents don’t share your view of the HOS.

In short, you obviously have some sort of weird vindictive beef against the HOS and apparently plenty of free time to spend your time attacking him anonymously in this forum. That is just sad.

[Anonymous]

A lot of BASIS DC problems are caused by the central office, and the mismatch between the AZ charter system and the DC charter system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody posting here is unhinged or nuts. The HoS is just a weak cog in a stronger franchise machine. What competence you see mostly emanates from BASIS Arizona and good teachers previous heads hired.

You repeatedly bash the HOS as a clown and a joke while providing zero evidence of that. You then brag that your kid is excelling at BASIS DC and was just accepted at a top college. That certainly sounds unhinged. You don’t think the HOS of school had anything to do with your kid’s performance?

Let’s look at some real evidence:

The current HOS has been there for a number of years and during that time the school has jumped to be the top ranked public middle school in DC, top public non-selective high school in DC, and top charter school in DC. If the HOS was a clown and a joke that would not have happened.

The school does surveys every year of how staff members including the HOS are performing, and the current HOS always gets top marks. Obviously, most parents don’t share your view of the HOS.

In short, you obviously have some sort of weird vindictive beef against the HOS and apparently plenty of free time to spend your time attacking him anonymously in this forum. That is just sad.

Hi Mr Rose!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody posting here is unhinged or nuts. The HoS is just a weak cog in a stronger franchise machine. What competence you see mostly emanates from BASIS Arizona and good teachers previous heads hired.

You repeatedly bash the HOS as a clown and a joke while providing zero evidence of that. You then brag that your kid is excelling at BASIS DC and was just accepted at a top college. That certainly sounds unhinged. You don’t think the HOS of school had anything to do with your kid’s performance?

Let’s look at some real evidence:

The current HOS has been there for a number of years and during that time the school has jumped to be the top ranked public middle school in DC, top public non-selective high school in DC, and top charter school in DC. If the HOS was a clown and a joke that would not have happened.

The school does surveys every year of how staff members including the HOS are performing, and the current HOS always gets top marks. Obviously, most parents don’t share your view of the HOS.

In short, you obviously have some sort of weird vindictive beef against the HOS and apparently plenty of free time to spend your time attacking him anonymously in this forum. That is just sad.

I'm confused as to who you're coming at. A bunch of PPs have complained about the HoS on this thread. If the guy were doing the kick ass job you describe a sizeable, informal parents association wouldn't have formed during SY 2022-2023 to push back against some of his dodgier practices. Their work continues. He doesn't get "top marks" from many of us upper grades HS parents, particularly those whose children crack colleges admitting in the single digits, and student attrition remains high. You have some weird, knee-jerk impulse to defend his honor. Just his, or the Blocks, too? You could always donate to their far right causes to give them a boost.

[Anonymous]

How does one join this informal parents association?

[Anonymous]

Looking at schoolreportcard.dc.gov, I see that only 60% of BASIS grads are enrolled in postsecondary education. That seems weirdly low, what's going on? J-R has 68% and Latin has 84.3%.