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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is reprehensible that a school, [b]who's model is predicated upon 40% attrition between 8 & 9th grades[/b], refuses to do more to get their former students the credit they deserve. Sean Aiken said he was committed to making it happen, then he was promoted. The promotion was supposed to give him the time to build allies, and advocate for change, which did not happen. Cameron Louis did nothing to further the cause. Every HOS has said they would advocate for their students, wherever they chose to go to high school.  Sadly, it just isn't true.
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Excuse me but Sean Aiken fought like hell.  He fought, he begged, and he got our charter changed so that 9th grade kids who wanted to return in the future after a few weeks at Walls, could (at the time there were three and they could not) in the future be able to.

He was around long enough to do that.

Of course after a year of Cameron Louis no one wanted to return ever, anyway.

I agree Cameron Louis did nothing to make anyone feel like he or BASIS gave a shit whether students stayed or left.  So many of us left.

These two HOS are two entirely different creatures, and to even put their names in the same sentence to me is blasphemous.

The first cared about the BASIS organization, had been a teacher, a college counselor, a HOS, and was willing to learn.
The second despite his youth was completely unteachable and lacked the humility to learn.  He assumed "being BASIS" even if he WAS BASIS that year because the Boosters totally fucked up, was enough.  Even Sean saw it.

Who gave the precomp talk?  The original plan was for Cameron to give it.  Sean ultimately decided Cameron was not up to it.  But yes, that shows how much BASIS as an entity cared about us - to promote the great HOS we had instead of just paying him more money to stay in place and make BASIS DC a success (which he surely could have), stick us with an incompetent untested arrogant ass, and tell those of us who protested (and there were many) that he was "teachable."  My vote is still out on Eyerman.  Actions speak a lot stronger than words and so far I have seen very little of this unfortunately.[/quote]

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