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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BASIS parent here.  My DC loves the academics, but had a hard time adjusting to the bad behaviors that were tolerated in some of the "lower" groups (yes, they do track kids). IMO, one of the schools  biggest challenges is the different standards of behavior that children come to the school with.  Many of the groups had a disproportionate number of rowdy, disrespectful kids.  Only kids in the more advanced groups escaped this.

I think BASIS has a plan to mix the kids up more going forward this fall.  This only begs the question, though, of whether the rowdy kids will now disrupt ALL the groups (rather than just the lower ones).  I wish BASIS would have expelled the kids who were violent, verbally-abusive, and poorly-behaved much earlier in the year.  They have a fantastic academic program, and shouldn't let discipline issues get in the way of that.

DC kids should ALL be exposed to the high academic standards this school offers.  That said, children who are hostile, disrespectful and get in the way of other kids' learning should be expelled.    I think in some cases, parents need to wake up and recognize that their child is not showing respect to the teachers and other BASIS students.  Hence, they are demonstrating that they do not belong at the school.  I guess the truth is that BASIS should not have to expel these students, because it should not even come to that; their parents should realize they need a different environment.
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Expelled to where?  Why should students in other schools who follow the letter and spirit of the charter school law, be exposed to disproportionately more disruptive kids because Basis doesn't take responsibility for the students they enrolled?

If students need a "different environment" then Basis has the responsibility to create that environment.  [/quote]

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