BASIS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then you got lucky that your favorite teachers didn't hit the road. The high turnover is a fact, not an experience.

Well, you have to put facts in context.

Turnover at BASIS the 2 years has been less than the DC average…turnover is high everywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/30/dc-teachers-turnover-public-charter-schools/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you got lucky that your favorite teachers didn't hit the road. The high turnover is a fact, not an experience.

Well, you have to put facts in context.

Turnover at BASIS the 2 years has been less than the DC average…turnover is high everywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/30/dc-teachers-turnover-public-charter-schools/

Isn’t it more worthwhile to compare turnover at Basis to Walls, Banneker, McKinley? No one on this board is looking at the schools that have the highest turnover for HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you got lucky that your favorite teachers didn't hit the road. The high turnover is a fact, not an experience.

Well, you have to put facts in context.

Turnover at BASIS the 2 years has been less than the DC average…turnover is high everywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/30/dc-teachers-turnover-public-charter-schools/

Isn’t it more worthwhile to compare turnover at Basis to Walls, Banneker, McKinley? No one on this board is looking at the schools that have the highest turnover for HS.

Comparing a charter against three DCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you got lucky that your favorite teachers didn't hit the road. The high turnover is a fact, not an experience.

Well, you have to put facts in context.

Turnover at BASIS the 2 years has been less than the DC average…turnover is high everywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/30/dc-teachers-turnover-public-charter-schools/

Isn’t it more worthwhile to compare turnover at Basis to Walls, Banneker, McKinley? No one on this board is looking at the schools that have the highest turnover for HS.

Comparing a charter against three DCPS?

This forum compares Basis to Walls and Banneker over and over again. Why not compare teacher attrition?

[Anonymous]

One of my favorite things as a BASIS HS parent is that the families who don’t like the school leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things as a BASIS HS parent is that the families who don’t like the school leave.

And then spend their free time bashing it and gnashing their teeth on this forum.

😀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite things as a BASIS HS parent is that the families who don’t like the school leave.

And then spend their free time bashing it and gnashing their teeth on this forum.

😀

True but at least they aren’t making the students unhappy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you got lucky that your favorite teachers didn't hit the road. The high turnover is a fact, not an experience.

Well, you have to put facts in context.

Turnover at BASIS the 2 years has been less than the DC average…turnover is high everywhere.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/30/dc-teachers-turnover-public-charter-schools/

Isn’t it more worthwhile to compare turnover at Basis to Walls, Banneker, McKinley? No one on this board is looking at the schools that have the highest turnover for HS.

Comparing a charter against three DCPS?

Right. You can't compare a charter against DCPS.

For one things, charters have a lot more flexibility than DCPS schools, and can get rid of teachers that aren't working out. Unfortunately, that isn't true at DCPS, where bad teachers can get embedded and never leave.

Teacher retention is about retaining good teachers, not bad ones. So, teacher attrition is not necessarily a bad thing.

[Anonymous]

This thread has hijacked by BASIS zealots meaning that it’s become a waste if time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread has hijacked by BASIS zealots meaning that it’s become a waste if time.

Literal title of thread is "BASIS". You would prefer the conversation be about something else? Or just that only people with an ax to grind participate? By all means start a new thread titled "I hate BASIS. Please contribute to my echo chamber."

[Anonymous]

We certainly don’t hate BASIS, but we’re burned out after yrs of tin eared management in a crowd of parents who seldom stand up to difficult admins. Ready to try something new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We certainly don’t hate BASIS, but we’re burned out after yrs of tin eared management in a crowd of parents who seldom stand up to difficult admins. Ready to try something new.

Do you think the multiple upcoming admin changes will bring another batch of difficult admins?

[Anonymous]

Probably not but who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We certainly don’t hate BASIS, but we’re burned out after yrs of tin eared management in a crowd of parents who seldom stand up to difficult admins. Ready to try something new.

That's not what you wrote. What you wrote was that BASIS boosters had taken over a thread...about BASIS. Why is it that your opinion is valid but anyone who disagrees with you has a "tin ear" and "takes over" when they express their support for the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We certainly don’t hate BASIS, but we’re burned out after yrs of tin eared management in a crowd of parents who seldom stand up to difficult admins. Ready to try something new.

Do you think the multiple upcoming admin changes will bring another batch of difficult admins?

I haven't been impressed with the new head of school. She seems like she drinks the BASIS koolaid and isn't going to be an independent thinker.