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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The current HoS at BASIS just announced that he is leaving at the end of this school year to lead a different BASIS school and the current Director of Student Affairs will be replacing him as HoS next school year.  This is how you know who actually attends BASIS or is genuinely interested in the school and who is just trolling…[/quote]
If you want to have private discussions about BASIS, please do it on internal school list servs used by parents of students currently enrolled, not here. Not your role to determine who's "genuinely interested" in the school on DCUM. Hint: BASIS has a variety of stakeholders and is supported by taxpayers' dollars. The departure of the current HoS sounds good to me. I dealt with him briefly as a volunteer senior project sponsor and wasn't impressed. He came off as a real know-it-all who doesn't seem to have kept up with the times in college admissions, at least not in admissions to my IvyPlus alma mater and grad school.[/quote]

No! Please keep the DCUM conversation. I have a 4th grader and have to decide in the next two months whether or not to add BASIS to the list, and this is all very valuable.

The new HoS thing -- could this actually mean a better experience for middle schoolers? [b]Might they actually have recess[/b]? [/quote]

For the love of god please DO NOT put BASIS on your list! You are precisely the kind of parent who is shown everything behind the  curtain, chooses to enter and then complains about everything you knew was there. If recess is your primary concern then I assure you BASIS is very much not for you.[/quote]

Sounds right. We are a very mathy family and my kid wants to pursue math/science and got a 5 on the math PARCC, but I do think recess is really essential to mental health. Kids need a break from being bossed around. So it's unfortunately a deal breaker.[/quote]

BASIS aside, you are going to prioritize recess over academics? Elementary school age parents are adorable![/quote]

Different poster. Physical activity of some sort and time outside during the school day on a daily basis are important for one’s well-being beyond elementary school. BASIS DC does not offer this. [/quote]

You could make your precious snowflake child walk to school; get off the bus one stop sooner and walk; they could wake up at 6 am and workout or do this later. Adults don't get recess (its shows I know) but adults who are resilient figure this shit out - like putting breaks on their calendar; taking a 10 minute walk; working out.

If you want BASIS great - but the excuses for "they don't help my child micromanage their life" is beyond annoying.

and for all the ivyplus kids I see; if they can't figure out their own shit their education was a complete waste. This board is a clear example of adults who have zero coping skills or emotional IQ but all went to real ivys not even ivy plus schools.[/quote]

This is another issue I have with BASIS-parents like this. They respond to a valid criticism of the school with vitriol. Not all BASIS parents are like this of course (there are some amazing ones!), but the ones that are aren't doing the school any favors. I don't know of any other school with such a defensive group of boosters.

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Why do you think that post is from a BASIS parent?[/quote]

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