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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on, how much joy of learning is there to be had in that joyless building?  There isn't even a library or a tree.[/quote]

Or a stage. Also, I'm from Virginia. [/quote]

Yes, the building stinks, but you have to be pretty shallow to think that a tree and a building make for joyful learning.

All I know is that my kid is super happy to go to school every day and appears to be learning a lot. Not sure what else I would want for him.[/quote]

Agree with PP. My DD loves going to BASIS and also loves trees. MLK Library is two blocks away. Why would they even try to compete with the best collection in DC? I ask my DD often and the response is always that she wants to stay at BASIS.[/quote]

Joyful learning at BASIS?  Not nearly enough for us.  We bailed for a private last year, two years in.  There were far too many inexperienced teachers, too many bullying admins, too many classroom management issues, too little natural light and quiet places to study, and too many policies that were too far out of line with best practices in education.  [b]See previous threads on all that, there are quite a few[/b].  If you can afford better, you find it eventually. [/quote]

Previous threads are basically you and a few others copying and pasting on every BASIS thread. [/quote]

LOL.  It is the same 5 or so parents whose kids couldn't hack BASIS and turn every BASIS thread into an orgy of hate mongering and rage posting.

You left.  Get over it.[/quote]

Exactly right.

BASIS hater:  "Larla attended BASIS.  There was no library, computer lab, gym, or stage.  There was no natural light.  She was educated in complete darkness like a mushroom.  The HOS was a bully and refused to agree with my ideas to change the curriculum.  The teachers didn't respond to my daily complaints.  We are now at an AWESOME Catholic school that I will refuse to divulge.  Sure, the school costs $20k/year but it is so much better than BASIS.  Of course, I won't explain why--just take my word for it.  My decision to yank Larla out of BASIS was the best decision I ever made.  Everyone should do exactly what I did because of course all parents are just like me and all kids are just like Larla.  Oh, did I mention that the HOS didn't do what I told him to do?  He is just a bully."

BASIS parent:  "Sigh.  [url]https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/middle-schools/district-of-columbia[/url]"[/quote]

Nailed it.[/quote]

New poster here. As someone with a kid at BASIS, I grow tired of the defensive responses like the one above to some very truthful criticism about the school. BASIS does some things well, but the school has some legitimate flaws (as do all schools). Here are some that are not often talked about: 
-Silent lunches as punishment for a few misbehaving kids 
-Inappropriate conduct by some staff members (there is one in particular that cried to the whole grade and told them they needed to behave or else he would lose his job) 
-HOS that threatens staff members’ jobs for misbehaving kids (see previous bullet)
-Constant pressure to do well that is felt more by the kids who are doing well rather than those who aren’t.

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