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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]End this forum PLEASE!
There is no such thing as bad publicity, but enough is enough.[/quote]

There is actually such a thing as bad publicity, and you are now familiar with it.

And I think for many, revenge is sweet.

It is beyond me why anyone would begin a thread like this in this forum, given that most on DCUM dislike Basis parents and perhaps the school itself.

Basis parents who have been blasting the superiority of their school to the rooftops since before it even opened.

But they have been relying on statistics and track records in Arizona, which makes no sense, because we have a completely different population, and that is the population that is actually at the school.

Or perhaps not so much, anymore.  It does seem they are having a problem "keeping the lights on."

And threads like this cannot help.

Even if parents "approve" of silent lunches, no one outside the school until this month had ever heard of them.

The attitude and outrage of some parents over stolen candy, who ranted and raved about the thief calling him names,

while completely ignoring the experienced teachers of 8th graders, who piped up and told them that any teacher worth their salt would not even use salt, flour............. you name it, they eat it.

The publication of an email that the Boosters seized on for dear life:

Aha!  HE was clear.  Those who did not understand him are STUPID.  We are DONE.

I find the lack of sympathy or empathy for anyone who did not understand the email very difficult to stomach.

I find the behavior of the Dean something I would have expected at DCPS, not Basis, where the emphasis is supposed to be on personal responsibility.

And I do not think that either the Dean or the Head have taken responsibility here, for what they have done, and for what they have not done.  And I think that is truly unfortunate.

But for all those waiting to take Basis down a notch, I think they got what they wanted.

And I think certainly many parents feel that the most vocal Basis parents on this forum are a tiny minority of well educated people with too much time on their hands whose mission in life is to simply find different ways to say:

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, and you were stupid to come here in the first place.
This is also not taking personal responsibility, it is claiming immunity:

My kid read that letter, and he understood it just fine, so everyone should, if they are even a bit intelligent/educated

Any parent who didn't understand the email is stupid
Any kid who did not understand the situation is stupid 
(whether or not they had parents who got the email, and chose to share it with them)

Interestingly, all the lawyer like types who initially said that no one could believe what the kids said happened have moved on to conceding that it did happen, and basically sanctioning the Dean's behavior because, they say, this email made it all better for everyone involved, and again, remember, if you did not understand it or are still living in fear of the Dean, it is your fault.

Typical Basis superiority, which is why one parent referred to the school as two different schools:

Those of the have and the have nots.

The kids are not segregated so much, but the parents are separated by class, race, ethnic origin, and do not seem to have any desire to try to walk a mile in anyone else's shoes.

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