What happens to charter students who leave the area temporarily?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If BASIS DC leaders were smarter, they’d work with interesting and highly academic families like the sabbatical lady’s. What could it hurt? Hint: zero members of the class of 2023 were admitted to Ivies. Inflexible doesn’t seem to be paying off for them like is used to.

Dude. Thank god you aren’t in charge of anything.

How do you know PP above isn't in charge of anything? Some of us in the HS program wish that the uninspiring BASIS HoS wasn't in charge. At least yacht lady might have some chutzpah.

No DC student should have to give up a charter spot if they leave a school while a parent is on sabbatical. Sounds like an issue to take to your city council member or the at-large member of the ed committee, OP.

[Anonymous]

It's normal for some families to leave any urban area temporarily for work, sabbaticals etc. No way should they lose their charter spots as a result. This is a political issue that needs a political solution.

[Anonymous]

+1!

[Anonymous]

Sockpuppet strikes again.

[Anonymous]

More like passive parents who are OK w/letting officious ms charter admins push them around posting again. Why take no for an answer if your kids will be kicked out of a charter if they need a year off, for whatever reasons? For goodness sake, make a fuss with your city council member well in advance of being kicked out.

[Anonymous]

This is really not a critical issue for DC public schools. The whole point of charters in the system is to offer those schools more leeway in pedagogy and administration. That means if a school decides that they will not allow students to take extended breaks and continue in their curriculum, they can do that. Other charters can take other approaches.

You know which schools will 100% welcome your student back after a year or two or three away? Your IB DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Things aren't that clear cut. We know a BASIS family that reached out to the Chief Student Advocate for the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA) when admins tried to prevent them from returning for 7th grade after their 6th grader had taken the second two quarters of the school year off (parents are academics, they took fellowships abroad that spring). BASIS backed down under pressure from OSA and Ward 6. The kid just finished 8th grade at BASIS on great form. Challenging can pay off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things aren't that clear cut. We know a BASIS family that reached out to the Chief Student Advocate for the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA) when admins tried to prevent them from returning for 7th grade after their 6th grader had taken the second two quarters of the school year off (parents are academics, they took fellowships abroad that spring). BASIS backed down under pressure from OSA and Ward 6. The kid just finished 8th grade at BASIS on great form. Challenging can pay off.

Yacht-zee!

[Anonymous]

I've been at Inspired a very long time and I've never heard of anyone coming back after leaving without playing the lottery for a spot, but I certainly don't know every family at the school. I wouldn't say it's common, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things aren't that clear cut. We know a BASIS family that reached out to the Chief Student Advocate for the Office of the Student Advocate (OSA) when admins tried to prevent them from returning for 7th grade after their 6th grader had taken the second two quarters of the school year off (parents are academics, they took fellowships abroad that spring). BASIS backed down under pressure from OSA and Ward 6. The kid just finished 8th grade at BASIS on great form. Challenging can pay off.

Yacht-zee!

Hilarious. Lose your family's right to use a DC charter funded by public resources from 7th grade through high school because bullying admins dictate that parents can't take a fellowship abroad for a few months. Any younger siblings will probably also lose out on their chance to attend the school. Right, that's the way a world-class public school system is run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If BASIS DC leaders were smarter, they’d work with interesting and highly academic families like the sabbatical lady’s. What could it hurt? Hint: zero members of the class of 2023 were admitted to Ivies. Inflexible doesn’t seem to be paying off for them like is used to.

Don't blame Basis for this. DC laws won't allow them to administer any placement tests. In all of the AZ Basis schools, a kid could go on a yearlong sabbatical and then take some tests to reenter. Kids who have never attended Basis in the first place can take tests and get admitted into their proper grade if they pass. Basis as an institution is not at all opposed to backfilling spots, providing that the kid can pass a test and demonstrate that they're ready.

[Anonymous]

The BASIS DC policy on leaving temporarily isn't that cut and dried. Permission to leave temporarily can be granted by the HoS. Indeed, to my knowledge, permission to come and go has been granted by past heads. Problem is, the current head has been less open-minded about students taking leaves of absence (and almost everything else) than recent previous heads. He's also been much longer lasting, going into his 5th year. I've heard of the case where a family asked for support from Ward 6 and the OSA chief student advocate after taking leave for half a school year. Since this family has able to stay at BASIS DC, apparently over the objection of the HoS, he would probably think twice about hassling families asking to take leaves of absence in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The BASIS DC policy on leaving temporarily isn't that cut and dried. Permission to leave temporarily can be granted by the HoS. Indeed, to my knowledge, permission to come and go has been granted by past heads. Problem is, the current head has been less open-minded about students taking leaves of absence (and almost everything else) than recent previous heads. He's also been much longer lasting, going into his 5th year. I've heard of the case where a family asked for support from Ward 6 and the OSA chief student advocate after taking leave for half a school year. Since this family has able to stay at BASIS DC, apparently over the objection of the HoS, he would probably think twice about hassling families asking to take leaves of absence in the future.

"Leave of absence"? Wow, people feel really entitled.

BASIS DC has a waiting list. A BASIS DC education is a scarce resource, each year builds on the previous year, and they don't backfill.

If parents want to pull a kid out to homeschool on a yacht and head to St. Barts for a year or two, they should go elsewhere for school in DC.

Give another kid a chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The BASIS DC policy on leaving temporarily isn't that cut and dried. Permission to leave temporarily can be granted by the HoS. Indeed, to my knowledge, permission to come and go has been granted by past heads. Problem is, the current head has been less open-minded about students taking leaves of absence (and almost everything else) than recent previous heads. He's also been much longer lasting, going into his 5th year. I've heard of the case where a family asked for support from Ward 6 and the OSA chief student advocate after taking leave for half a school year. Since this family has able to stay at BASIS DC, apparently over the objection of the HoS, he would probably think twice about hassling families asking to take leaves of absence in the future.

"Leave of absence"? Wow, people feel really entitled.

BASIS DC has a waiting list. A BASIS DC education is a scarce resource, each year builds on the previous year, and they don't backfill.

If parents want to pull a kid out to homeschool on a yacht and head to St. Barts for a year or two, they should go elsewhere for school in DC.

Give another kid a chance.

Please stop replying to this moron. He has been all over these forums taking inane positions to get a rise out of you all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been at Inspired a very long time and I've never heard of anyone coming back after leaving without playing the lottery for a spot, but I certainly don't know every family at the school. I wouldn't say it's common, though.

I’m also at Inspired Teaching (ITS). I know of one.