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[quote=Anonymous]Question for all the PP who know struggling students at BASIS...do you know whether these kids are studying, keeping up with homework (finishing all 30 math homework problems, for example), meeting regularly with teachers during their office hours, etc?

I ask because my DS was struggling in a couple of his classes during the first grading period. As soon as he got a low grade for the mid-term grading period he was called down to student support services and talked through his problems with them. In addition to giving him advice on how to get on top of things, student support wrote in his CJ the specific times he was expected to go meet with his teachers for extra help. The teachers had to sign the CJ as proof that he went in and then he had follow up with student support. To me, this sort of fast, specific kind of support was far and away better than he ever had at his old school. At his old school he never really knew exactly what the expectations were or how he was doing. I'm happy to report that DS is absolutely on the right track now and he is doing really well. He is learning how to study and how to take notes. He now goes and meets with his teachers after school or during AERO on his own when he feels he needs extra help.

One thing that I was nervous about going in to this year was that BASIS would be too cold or too heartless of a school. That has not been our experience at all. We have found that the teachers and administration are interesting, kind and caring, and they go above and beyond to help students (or my kid, at least).  You can call me an unabashed BASIS booster because we are very happy.

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