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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former BASIS parent, promoting teachers to administration without them possessing the requisite qualifications to do the new job or without considering the impact on the impact on the students in the classroom, is SOP at Basis. Promotions there seem to be run like a high school popularity contest. [/quote]

Another former parent.  I knew two former teachers well enough that they confided that their departures were prompted by what they felt was fundamental unfairness with the way the administration treated students.[/quote]

This concerns me.  Please expand.  DC and I have visited the campus (niece attends) and we both liked it.  I was planning on it being the first choice on the lottery next Spring, as we had only heard good things from niece and SIL.[/quote]

It would be hard to expand without revealing information given in confidence, I would be concerned about potential repercussions for the former teachers.  However, some of the concerns have been raised on DCUM BASIS threads numerous times.

As for your niece and SIL, keep in mind that the re-enrollment rate for the BASIS MS is only 79.6% and for the BASIS HS it's only 85.2%.  These rates imply that of 100 kids starting 5th grade at BASIS, only about 40 will make it to the HS, and of those 40, only about 25 will make it to 12th grade.  This 75% drop seems high, but not much higher than the 63% and 66% observed at BASIS schools in Arizona:

[url]http://blogforarizona.net/basis-charters-education-model-success-by-attrition/[/url]
[url]https://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/28/beware-the-charter-attrition-game/[/url]

Compare those rates with the re-enrollment rates at Latin MS and HS, which are 97.8% and 96.4%, respectively.  This difference in re-enrollment rates should give you pause, as BASIS and Latin draw from similar applicant pools and the lottery probably decides which applicants get into each school.

In deciding whether to send your child to BASIS, you might want to consider the opinions of former BASIS parents in addition to current BASIS parents.  If you read the BASIS threads on DCUM, you will find many posts by former parents describing why BASIS was not a good fit for their child/family.

If you decide to send you child to BASIS, be sure to have a back-up plan.  The odds are not in your favor.

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