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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fair point that there is no “BASIS way,” at least not one that’s set in stone. I got disillusioned with this head when he wouldn’t let parents of Spanish immersion grads organize low cost after-school language maintenance lessons on campus, or offer these kids remotely challenging 8th grade Spanish. That wasn’t about education or college admissions on the part of the HoS, it was about control.  Parents come to DCUM to raise issues for the simple reason that the BASIS DC will not tolerate a PTA. [/quote]

BASIS parents don’t have a private listserv or fb page or anything? No place where you can discuss issues in a less public setting and without the anonymity?  [/quote]

No. [/quote]

Huh?  Yes, there is a BASIS parent email/site. BASIS-DC-Listserv on io groups.  Parents who weren't aware should join![/quote]

The list serve isn't an open forum. [b]Any challenging post stands a good chance of being deleted. [/b]

Look, the best way to deal with BASIS administrators is to pretend they don't exist. I recommend this 7 years in. If your kid is a high performer and you have the means, you can ignore the semi competent people in charge and bare bones facilities. We hire tutors where AP teachers aren't too hot. Sometimes we do this in league with other parents. We register our teens to take AP tests that BASIS DC doesn't sign off at at other schools in the area. We pay for summer language immersion camps abroad. We don't participate in extra curriculars on campus. We seek out more serious activities and enrichment at venues with good facilities for sports and music.

We pay around 10K/yr per child for additional inputs. Much cheaper than Sidwell, GDS, NCS or St. Albans.[/quote]

Since the forum is moderated by fellow BASIS parents, if your post is deleted, pretty good chance it is because you were being a jerk . . . [/quote]

Every BASIS parent on the listserve knows the identity of the person whose posts were banned. He kept spamming the listerve with his antivaxx views. Including talking like an expert but linking to "studies" and youtube videos from total crackpots (people who make My Pillow Guy look sane). They let it go for a while and then locked the thread once the guy had spoken his peace 6 or 7 times. They didn't want the listerve to turn into what DCUM as for a few years; all vaxx, all the time. The guy must be really lonely because he tried to start a new thread that was a mile long with the same stuff. They removed it and now subject all of his posts to preapproval.  [/quote]

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