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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I'm transferring my DC from Latin to BASIS."

I'm thinking of doing the same -- would love to know your reasons.  My reasons have to do with the different philosophies and where our particular child needs help.  Latin tends to rely on parents to keep things on track.  Latin's full of responsible kids and hands-on parents, and so it works well for most.  And Latin has great teachers.  They are, in fact, phenomenal, inspirational and committed.  In order to get parents to backstop the process, the teachers go to great lengths to keep parents informed of what the homework assignments are, and whether the assignments were turned in, so the parents could stay on top of it.  It's a lot to ask of these teachers!  And guess what, very stressful for parents of smart but disorganized kids.

I wished they had created an ironclad organizational system, taught it to the kids, and reinforced it at school.   That is what Basis is offering.  [/quote]

Parent of disorganized kid here.  It sounds like the homework is pretty clear, and the planner to write down daily assignments/wiki to check is pretty iron clad. The school presumably is doing its part. You have many options, including creating set homework times/check-ins at home, charts with rewards for getting the job done, or letting your child learn logical consequences now (rather than later). Or a combination.  There is no school that is going to be able to do this for you/your child. It's  part of the learning curve.  Do you think you may be doing too much backstopping versus creating systems at home that will allow your child to take over his/her academic self-management?  I know it's hard...been there.[/quote]

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