BASIS

[Anonymous]

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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?

I think you're confusing people posting. Yes, new head seems myopic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

No one who heads up Basis is going to be an independent thinker. That's not the way the machine works.
Ms Garrett (the principal before the current clown) stood up to Arizona & they ran her out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

No one who heads up Basis is going to be an independent thinker. That's not the way the machine works.
Ms Garrett (the principal before the current clown) stood up to Arizona & they ran her out.

Wow, you really have an axe to grind.

Garrett found another opportunity and moved on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is as dumb a take as I have seen on DCUM. She was hired by BASIS HQ to run a BASIS school. And you come here to make the earth shattering observation that she seems to be in line with the thinking of the HQ that interviewed and hired her? At the school she's worked at for years?

[Anonymous]

I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is as dumb a take as I have seen on DCUM. She was hired by BASIS HQ to run a BASIS school. And you come here to make the earth shattering observation that she seems to be in line with the thinking of the HQ that interviewed and hired her? At the school she's worked at for years?

+1. If you don't like the machine, leave. Some of us chose BASIS because we want the machine, not an independent thinker.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

We just enrolled, but I liked that the incoming head was already responsive to parents -- they originally had no way for the potential families to see inside the building before enrolling, but enough families asked, and she created 6 shadow days for students in April and an open house for parents as a result. Hugely helpful for our family, and I'm sure she has strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that she was actually responsive is such a good sign. Her emails have also been really warm, and she stresses that she hopes that kids with all kinds of educational goals (art school, Ivy, HBCU) can find a path at BASIS. Good vibes IMO.

[Anonymous]

(also I have noticed some slight shade towards the outgoing head... teachers saying things like "the current head says ____, but...")

[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?

what it is doing is giving promotions to several incompetent people .....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

No one who heads up Basis is going to be an independent thinker. That's not the way the machine works.
Ms Garrett (the principal before the current clown) stood up to Arizona & they ran her out.

Wow, you really have an axe to grind.

Garrett found another opportunity and moved on.

Garrett found a lower stress higher paying job in educational consulting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

We just enrolled, but I liked that the incoming head was already responsive to parents -- they originally had no way for the potential families to see inside the building before enrolling, but enough families asked, and she created 6 shadow days for students in April and an open house for parents as a result. Hugely helpful for our family, and I'm sure she has strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that she was actually responsive is such a good sign. Her emails have also been really warm, and she stresses that she hopes that kids with all kinds of educational goals (art school, Ivy, HBCU) can find a path at BASIS. Good vibes IMO.

That nice, but you might want to go in with your eyes open. Warmth and responsiveness to parents isn't BASIS' MO. This is a decidedly top-down franchise, helping explain why each BASIS campus sheds most students between 6th and 12th grades. The rigor doesn't drive families out as much as heavy-handed management, crappy facilities and a learning experience that's unnecessarily dreary (whatever lip service might be paid to broad-minded educational goals). Many parents and students get fed up with being given their marching orders over the years. Parents also dislike a corporate franchise hitting them up for money to top up teachers' pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

We just enrolled, but I liked that the incoming head was already responsive to parents -- they originally had no way for the potential families to see inside the building before enrolling, but enough families asked, and she created 6 shadow days for students in April and an open house for parents as a result. Hugely helpful for our family, and I'm sure she has strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that she was actually responsive is such a good sign. Her emails have also been really warm, and she stresses that she hopes that kids with all kinds of educational goals (art school, Ivy, HBCU) can find a path at BASIS. Good vibes IMO.

That nice, but you might want to go in with your eyes open. Warmth and responsiveness to parents isn't BASIS' MO. This is a decidedly top-down franchise, helping explain why each BASIS campus sheds most students between 6th and 12th grades. The rigor doesn't drive families out as much as heavy-handed management, crappy facilities and a learning experience that's unnecessarily dreary (whatever lip service might be paid to broad-minded educational goals). Many parents and students get fed up with being given their marching orders over the years. Parents also dislike a corporate franchise hitting them up for money to top up teachers' pay.

Bitter much? You must be fun at parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

We just enrolled, but I liked that the incoming head was already responsive to parents -- they originally had no way for the potential families to see inside the building before enrolling, but enough families asked, and she created 6 shadow days for students in April and an open house for parents as a result. Hugely helpful for our family, and I'm sure she has strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that she was actually responsive is such a good sign. Her emails have also been really warm, and she stresses that she hopes that kids with all kinds of educational goals (art school, Ivy, HBCU) can find a path at BASIS. Good vibes IMO.

That nice, but you might want to go in with your eyes open. Warmth and responsiveness to parents isn't BASIS' MO. This is a decidedly top-down franchise, helping explain why each BASIS campus sheds most students between 6th and 12th grades. The rigor doesn't drive families out as much as heavy-handed management, crappy facilities and a learning experience that's unnecessarily dreary (whatever lip service might be paid to broad-minded educational goals). Many parents and students get fed up with being given their marching orders over the years. Parents also dislike a corporate franchise hitting them up for money to top up teachers' pay.

What does bolded even mean in this context? Schools are systems. There is a management hierarchy that goes from Central/BASIS HQ to the Principal/HOS and trickles on down. That is how all schools run. Of all the legitimate criticisms of BASIS one can make, this ain't it.

I legitimately feel sorry for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally feel quite confident about the future school leadership. I really appreciate that BASIS generally hires from within the network so “new” people tend to have been at the school (or another BASIS school) for a long time.

We just enrolled, but I liked that the incoming head was already responsive to parents -- they originally had no way for the potential families to see inside the building before enrolling, but enough families asked, and she created 6 shadow days for students in April and an open house for parents as a result. Hugely helpful for our family, and I'm sure she has strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that she was actually responsive is such a good sign. Her emails have also been really warm, and she stresses that she hopes that kids with all kinds of educational goals (art school, Ivy, HBCU) can find a path at BASIS. Good vibes IMO.

That nice, but you might want to go in with your eyes open. Warmth and responsiveness to parents isn't BASIS' MO. This is a decidedly top-down franchise, helping explain why each BASIS campus sheds most students between 6th and 12th grades. The rigor doesn't drive families out as much as heavy-handed management, crappy facilities and a learning experience that's unnecessarily dreary (whatever lip service might be paid to broad-minded educational goals). Many parents and students get fed up with being given their marching orders over the years. Parents also dislike a corporate franchise hitting them up for money to top up teachers' pay.

What does bolded even mean in this context? Schools are systems. There is a management hierarchy that goes from Central/BASIS HQ to the Principal/HOS and trickles on down. That is how all schools run. Of all the legitimate criticisms of BASIS one can make, this ain't it.

I legitimately feel sorry for you.

PP wants a independent, stand-alone school that is not part of a system. Why this PP ever applied to BASIS knowing that BASIS doesn't fit that model is a mystery. Sounds like PP didn't research the school beforehand and now wants to blame everyone but herself for the mistake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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?

what it is doing is giving promotions to several incompetent people .....

Including the new HOS, who has turned off many current parents. Hoping she's too busy running the entire school to get back to her tone-deaf, ignorant ways in regards to student safety and having empathy for people from other cultures.