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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you asked about the building so here's what I'd say. It is exactly what it looks like it is. The hallways are very crowded at 5 class change periods and there isn't a formal gym or theater. The classrooms are fine, but no one is filming teen rom-con movies in them. But you knew all that. We came from Two Rivers and people used to ask me what the playground was like. I'd look at them like, "What do you think it is like? You can see it. It's tiny. If you are choosing based on outdoor space don't choose Two Rivers." Same applies to BASIS. You don't choose BASIS for the building or facilities. You chose it in spite of them. The classrooms themselves are not in any way packed to the gills. Even when my kid was in 5th where they max out at 27-ish kids per class there rooms were sufficient.

The issue here is not one that can addressed in a vacuum. It's not, "Is this building better than others?" It's also not, "Is this better than TJ or NYC application schools or other schools not here?" [b]BASIS is an amazing fit and school for some kids.[/b] A good fit for some and a terrible fit for others. Your baseline is how good a school you think it is for your kids, you consider other available options and then figure out how the cost benefit shifts when you compare facilities, sports, etc. against all other factors.

BASIS offers shadow days. By all means if you have not done so sign your kid up (if they match, or if you are looking at out years, they do them in the fall before the lottery as well). The only way to know how your kid will or will not respond is to see and experience it. Seeing period changes up close and personal, and seeing the actual classrooms is the best way to make an informed decision.

Good luck.[/quote]  This euphemistic line is used repeatedly on DCUM where BASIS goes. What parents are really saying is that some kids tolerate BASIS better than others. No school without windows in the cafeteria, no outdoor space, little natural light, no stage or gym, no media center, no languages taught before 8th grade etc., controlling young admins and high teacher turnover due to crappy teacher pay is an "amazing fit" for any kid here in a world-class city in the 21st century.  It just isn't. [/quote]

You don't know what the word "euphemism" means. My opinion and perspective is not converted into merely a "euphemism" because you disagree. I get that is isn't/wasn't a good fit for your kid. Note I'm not trying to tell you that it is. What is good for your kid need not be good for mine. Why are you so invested in convincing yourself that my kid and his friends are a great fit for what BASIS offers? I assume you are the person who chimes in constantly on BASIS thread to make essentially the same three points:

1. The school isn't perfect
2. It didn't meet your needs
3. Since you hate the school, so too must everyone else and those who don't are liars

I don't know what happened to you or your kid at BASIS. I am truly sorry it impacted you in this severe a manner. It must suck to spend this much time and energy hating something, insisting that all others hat it too, and getting worked up that anyone might have a difference of opinion.[/quote]

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