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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All we keep hearing from the detractors is that's not the way, that's not the model, "soulless", "bitter" "Chinese", whine whine, complain, complain.

Where is there anything CONSTRUCTIVE in all this?  If you have a better way, then why not propose it?  If you have the answers, if you know what's so much better, if you are such an expert in pedagogy then why aren't you opening your own charter?  Complaints are not useful if there are no answers or alternatives to come with them, and I am not seeing any viable answers or alternatives here.  In short, it's not really ADDING anything to the conversation.[/quote]

Just an observer who is beginning to weigh middle school options for my daughter so I don't really have a dog in this fight.  However, I personally though the Tuscon poster was very constructive.  To me, it sounded like she was pleased with the BASIS model but felt there were some areas that could be improved.  She was being honest.

We were a founding family at a charter school in DC and I know that the temptation is to defend your position, but to some of the BASIS posters on this thread, I would encourage you to re-read those posts from your Arizona counterpart.  To dismiss his/her commentary--I think--would be a mistake.  You're only a month and a half in.  I've been down this road.  You guys are probably running off of adrenaline and there are a lot of good things happening, I'm sure. Many you are seeing vast improvements over your child's previous educational experience.  But...as things settle, you'll begin to see the cracks.  The Arizona poster is giving you a valuable heads up.  Use what she has shared to address potential problems preemptively.

We're going to sit tight for 5th grade, but BASIS remains on my list.  Don't worry about the haters.  They come after all the new schools.  Good luck BASIS![/quote]

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