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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lady-stop hijacking every Basis discussion on boosters or the forum to tell us about the 25 open slots in 6th-we are sick of hearing about it and you were already told it was announced SEVERAl times in several mediums, not just once in September, and the slots are no longer available! Move on and be quiet please unles you have something ELSe to say![/quote]

In all fairness to the we-have-25-open-6th-grade-slots poster, the issue was discussed at the meeting with the administration last week.  It's not really fair to say that she is hijacking this thread.

Furthermore, those 25 slots point to larger issues :  BASIS is having a hard time attracting and retaining students in DC.  I think the administration was operating under the theory that "if we build it, they will come" and "if they come, they will stay."
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Should I be quiet because the fact that we are 25 down for 6th upsets you?  It should.  Or that this is about what happened at the meeting, where the HOS chose not to answer the question of how it happened? Or how he would prevent it from happening in the future?  Is HIS lack of response why you want ME to be quiet?

We are having some problems that were not acknowledged at the meeting.  The pyramid model provides for attrition in the upper grades, not 5th and 6th.  At one point we had a long wait list for 6th.  It is a tragedy for a charter school that is funded on a per pupil basis not to have been able to fill those spaces, because since we do not, as others have clarified, accept students in 7th, this was our last chance to fill those seats and get the funding, and at one point, there were children who wanted to come and fill those vacancies. It is also a tragedy for them, because now they will never get to go to BASIS DC.

In addition, my child has had someone leave their class already.  That child, and the others who are leaving now in the lower grades will not "count" for "count day."  We did not have this initial attrition last year, or the vacant 6th grade slots.  And the pyramid continues to crumble if the kids in 5th who are leaving now cannot be replaced next year.  Do you see what I am getting at?  Maybe we both need some Saxon math, but this is not adding up well to me.

Finally, please remember that the HOS himself said we lost some of our "top" students in the upper grades, which is not the way the model is supposed to work either.  So clearly we have some work to do.

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I sincerely think you need to relax and take a deep breath. I think you are way over-reacting here. I know how that it since just this week I way over-reacted to something silly not related to schools. I truly am not worried at all about the school's finances or the number of students. Perhaps you should discuss you concerns directly in a one on one meeting with administration. As for the HOS not addressing the supposed issue of 25 students, I did not see it that way at all. The person who brought up their concern about 25 students also brought up  a whole litany of their concerns over 15 minutes which would make it difficult for anyone to address all of their questions. I felt the administration was very responsive and stayed over an hour longer than originally scheduled so as to let everyone get a chance to talk.

As for attrition in the upper level, again I think it is a non-issue. The current uppermost levels started off with a lesser amount of students plus the school is new. This may have led to some attrition. Also, in all of the BASIS schools there are always some kids who decide to leave after 8th grade so this is nothing new and I am not concerned at all. Every kid is different and has different desires when it comes to education. More importantly are your kids happy? Are they getting an good education for the most part? My kid is pretty happy and the education seems pretty good. Is it perfect? No, it is not,but I do not know of any school that is perfect at all.[/quote]

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