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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I guess you had to be there or you will never know what happened.  Real pity, that, for working parents who requested last coffee hour that they hold them in the evening.  Thanks so much for all the info[/quote]

They already said a while back that they will be holding meetings at alternative times for folks who said they couldn't make the morning coffee hour.[/quote]

Yes, but then they said in their memo that they were going to alternate these with no time changes

[quote]bullshit.  But I'm sure all the rest of you and the admin will just LOVE having to repeat the answers to the same questions over and over again because no one wants to go to a boosters meeting, and the last message was "we will have boosters meetings in the evenings, and coffees in the mornings, every two weeks.  Aiken said she made a good point.  Cameron tanked it.  So shocked.

So no one asked why we would consider admitting 9th graders?
[b]There was no outrage, no betrayal, no long winded rants?
I feel rocked to my core.[/b]
No way is my next child going to Basis to be in classes with a bunch of kids who did not take much less pass comps in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade[/quote]

I was trying to make a joke about long winded rants.  Sorry it fell so flat.  I did not ask about the 25 slots.
Come on, people, have a sense of humor on that one.  Why are you calling me a jerk? :(

But the other question was serious - neither my husband nor I could come.
The idea of admitting students past 6th is a new one, and I would like to know if it came up and what the explanation offered was if the question was asked (in a non ranting way)

[quote]BTW the only placement test they have is for math
DC is so behind they had to create a lower level, which combined with a 2 year precalculus class guarantees you cannot graduate early or do a senior project[/quote]

So the person below pointed out that there are 2 year precalculus classes at other Basis schools, as if this makes my point moot, but it does not - because here in DC we had to create a lower math level - math 6/7.  So here would be the sequence
5th 6/7
6th 7/8
7th pre Algebra
8th Algebra I
9th Algebra II
10th precalculus
11th precalculus
12th calculus, which I understand is a prerequisite for graduation, so no senior project
unless I am wrong and you only have to get to precalculus.  But the kids in AZ come in better prepared for math, I think that much is clear.  I don't think math 6/7 exists in that 2011-2012 handbook, but if I am wrong, please correct me

remember as well, the only comp you can fail and still be promoted to the next grade is math.  When I thought this all through it occurred to me that they have made it impossible for some people to graduate early and do senior projects unless they take a class over the summer to skip one of these steps.  And of course if you had to repeat one, you would be in real trouble in terms of graduation, right?

[quote]I'm sure I guess it was all worthless or someone would have taken the time to summarize it

we no longer have a list serve, and the boosters did not summarize the last coffee hour, so this is a really elitist way to keep us working stiffs out of the loop.  Thanks for nothing[/quote]

someone asked the same question last time, and they got jumped on.  But they also got some information.  Honestly, I did not have a single friend there.  Everyone we usually count on had work or doc appts or something.  So I was just asking a real question

Thanks for the tongue lashing.[/quote]

Actually, you are wrong about the sequence-the Basis DC math student who starts at 7/6 then goes to pre-Algebra. Many of the 5th graders who take 8/7 math also end up in prealgebra in 6th regardless of hiw well they do, since Algebra 1 goes very fast compared to other Saxon math years. The kids staring in 6th that enter at 8/7 go to Algebra 1 if they perform well on comps.[/quote]

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