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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I'm not justifying anything, I'm just pointing out the reality that the whole system has to fight over children in order to get funded and remain sustainable. If anything, schools like BASIS help to close the gaps in that flawed system by meeting more of the unmet needs. From the time I started tracking BASIS early in the spring until now, BASIS has never sold anything other than a vision of hard work, rigor, comprehensive exams, high performance and high expectations, there's no "bait and switch" for students who might wash out down the road - they knew the expectations at the outset, there isn't any story to be told of "kids being used" in any way other than what they and their families chose for them.[/quote] So, at least from your perspective, it’s parents’ and students’ own damn fault if BASIS doesn’t work out for them. After all, BASIS was up-front from the beginning about the work required and if students can’t/won’t do it, then they deserve to flunk out. It’s my perspective that this is not a good model for a public school with open admissions. [/quote]
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