Reply to Hoax Bomb Threat at Washington Latin

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Hoax Bomb Threat at Washington Latin"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Latin parent here.  It is indeed an awful situation all around.  You can be sure that the administration and leadership of this school are feeling the pain and angst of this decision more than any of the random parents who are criticizing them for being too harsh.  If you all feel nauseous about the expulsion imagine how the people who HAD to make that decision feel.  It had to have been agonizing to weigh the factors in deciding an appropriate response, keeping in mind the values of the school and the good of the whole community.  NO ONE is happy with the outcome but I believe Latin is handling it with as much professionalism, grace and compassion as possible. [/quote]

THIS is the difference between Washington Latin and BASIS, and why I am desperately hoping we get into Latin.  At BASIS, if you can't hack it for whatever reason, including the school not abiding by your IEP or 504, [b]they don't care[/b]  They make no effort to keep kids who may be troubled. [b]NONE[/b]  [b]And frequently they make no effort to find out who started the problem - they just hold everyone equally responsible[/b]  They kicked a kid out after 10th grade, giving him basically an F for cheating which had not been sufficiently defined ex ante, so he had no clue he was cheating, so he got a failing grade in 10th, and now is no longer at BASIS fr 11th grade this year.  But they did not agonize for a single second, even though the teacher involved resigned because of their behavior, and boy did the students and parents wish she hadn't.  An accomplished English teacher is like a rare bird at BASIS.  But teachers are expendable (including bad ones, who they fire at the end of the year but do nothing in the interim to mitigate the damage done to the students), and even good students are as well if they want you out, they push you out.  It is really like dealing with a machine that tramples all over your kids and you are helpless to stop it.

Former BASIS parent, in desperate need of Latin's "professionalism, grace, and compassion."[/quote]

I was wondering how long it would take you to chime in here. I was hoping that you had found a new hobby....just wishful thinking I guess. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics