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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Basis parent, I will tell you as a matter of fact that curriculums are not that important.  The Basis DC high school has a reasonably good curriculum but the school falls down to mediocre in other areas:

1) Quality of teachers - typically inexperienced and prone to leave (underpaid, high cost city, often using teaching as a stopgap)
2) Quality of Students -- the high school has bright kids but there is quite a brain drain in 7th and 8th grades as kids and parents go to alternatives....good thing is few kids are troublemakers
3) Quality of Extracurriculars --- no funding
4) Quality of Facilities --- terrible
5) Quality of Administration --- few true educators on staff, lazy and arrogant admins
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We stuck with it knowing some of these things but would do otherwise if had the choice again[/b]

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What would you have done? Asking bc we are enrolled at BASIS for 5th next year, but will likely get a spot at Ross (to SWWFS) and Hyde Addison (to Hardy and MacArthur) and will have to make a decision.

The problem is that my son is really excited about it. He loves his shadow day, and the 5th grade dean, and what he has heard of the curriculum. [/quote]

NP. 5th grade was a good year for our kid. The 5th grade dean is kind and tries her best to make it a good environment. The problem is that BASIS stops trying after 5th. The 6th/7th grade dean and the administration in general are awful. Teacher quality is very hit or miss and the administration seems incapable of providing adequate support for teachers who are in over their head. This leads to a fairly chaotic learning environment.

The problem for our family is that BASIS has a solid reputation for not making any effort to change for the better, as is reflected by the “take it or leave it” attitude you see from some parents in this thread. We don’t have a lot of hope that these core problems ([b]inexperienced and floundering teachers and inability to deal with behavior problems[/b]) is going to get any better.

We are giving BASIS one more year, to see if things improve under the new HOS. If not, we will pull our kids and move. [/quote]

These 2 things will not improve, because these are fundamental flaws of the BASIS system. You should pull your kids out now.[/quote]

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