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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]That said, children who are hostile, disrespectful and get in the way of other kids' learning should be expelled. [/b]   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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Yes, let's just expel the kids. Don't make BASIS deal with them and figure out how to work with the kids and their families. Someone else will do it. The 10 year old kids will just get better on their own once they're expelled. Just remember, though,  that these kids will be wiping your butt in the nursing home.  I hope they treat you as well as you'd like to see them treated. :roll: [/quote]

I agree. This is really not ok to expel kids for misbehavior like this. A school is supposed to be forming a whole child and citizen, not just filling the brains that arrive ready to be filled.  Perhaps more needed is an effective and developmentally age appropriate discipline/character education program like every other school needs to implement.[/quote]

Ummmm...NO! The parents who bring the child into the world has the responsibility of grooming and educating the whole child. The school's role is to teach your child the fundamentals of reading, writing, science, etc. It's because of lazy "parents" like YOU that they've been expected to act as surrogates.

You think Basis has an obligation to work with your child but you aren't willing to????? And you have obviously NEVER been willing as your child is showing up at Basis not knowing how to behave, respect the learning environment (and other people's right to learn). Maybe some parenting classes are needed so that YOU can learn more effective ways of parenting your child. After all, they've got...what...2? 3? maybe 4 years at Basis? That's not much compared to the amount of time they've BEEN and will be floating through the world without the ability to behave like a decent human being.[/quote]

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