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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If only it were just a few anonymous posters. Since this is your 8th year at BASIS, you know full well that a sizeable group of parents has been [b]organizing and pushing back in a big way in the [u]last couple years[/u][/b], particularly in regard to the hiring of unqualified and [b]inexperienced MS teachers[/b]. They attend board meetings and make noise. Your kids don't have any unmet needs? Give us a break. What kind of colleges are you shooting for? What have your kids done for extra-curriculars? Not buying that it's all been kittens and roses for your family. We a stupid amount for music and sports outside the school and hire a private college counselor. All the BASIS counselor seems to do is tell my capable eldest to take more AP exams by spring of jr. year and that he has no shot at being admitted to colleges he's interested in attending.[/quote]

Hasn't this guy been there for only like 3 or 4 years? Half of which was during the cluster that was COVID? There are some weak teachers at BASIS but take a moment and read DCUM and talk to friends outside of DC. Teachers are fleeing the professional and hiring is hard all around. Do you think there are no weak teachers in other schools? Seems like someone would have to be a kind of a self-centered jerk to think teacher retention and hiring was all about their kid and their school? Are you angry that the college counselors didn't tell you what you wanted to hear Do you think they are wrong? Are you mad that they may be right and you blame BASIS?  [/quote]

Not the PP you are responding to. The teacher retention problems that all schools are facing are compounded by the HOS’s lack of leadership skills. He is making a difficult situation worse. [/quote]

Word salad. What does that mean? [/quote]

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