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[quote=Anonymous]What difference does it make if the graduating class is mostly AA at Basis if the numbers of the test scores, scholarships, and grades speak for themselves. Basis's sole purpose is to prove that all children (besides those with mental developmental issues)  are capable of being GT if the bar was raised and excellence was the expectation. At Basis, you have no choice but to do well or choose another school no matter class, race or status! My children have been in private, public and charter and sometimes kids tend to only do as well as their peers even if they can do better to avoid ridicule. You can never say what your child doesn't do while out of your sight even though we would like to think we can. I chose this school for my children because I wanted them to be the best amongst the best not the best of the worst and sad to say that is what we have come to accept in this country with reguards to education period. 
At many other schools, they do offer GT programs but have any of you ever thought that maybe some of your kids opt to purposely NOT do well enought to get into those classes just to avoid the harder more difficult work load? Basis has mixed 5th grades with prospective high school kids. There is a lot of hormones raging, mixed feelings, kids "finding" themselves, some kids that now have 2 moms and 2 dads, 1 mom, no dad, both parents that work to much to acknowledge them, nannies raising them instead of parents, biracial families, alcoholic parents, abusive households high/low/SES etc! Point is these are children and out of the situations I described, which one would you prefer? Lets just allow Basis to try and do what they strive to do which is raise the bar on the education level in DC because at the end of the day, the ones pointing the most fingers usually are the one who we need to be looking at as a red flag. Sure there are some general concerns but it hasent even been a whole good year for anyone to make a solid opinion. To those saying "if I ran the school" ..... Well you don't run the school but the good news is that you CAN run you OWN school by simply homeschooling your children which is (by law) your right as a parent to do and I'm sure those of high/SES can afford to do since they are so economically stable. Simply hire 1-2 tutors and just keep up with the homework as you do when they are in school. I homeschooled my children and they have done well and have managed to compete and get the same if not better grades than many of the high/SES students and I am low/SES. I can rate their comparison based on their classes and elements that they were put into. If we want to build a community at Basis, how can we if we have sites like this one where parents can secretly vent their bias, snooty opinions on such a public site knowing that other parents can read? Do you honestly think that the parents of low/SES would want anything to do with the high/SES parents knowing they may be harboring hidden negative thoughts behind their fake smiles? Rather than mingle or get involved, we would just decide to read, be made aware and keep it moving. No need to smooze with people that already think we aren't equal which was also evident on the parent/teacher meeting earlier on in the year when many of the white parents would simply interrupt a conversation had by a teacher and a black parent to introduce themselves as is no one was standing there talking at all! If we want to address the problems, lets ADDRESS the REAL problems and start form there instead of throwing up smoke to distract form the real issues. Lets also let Basis do what it came here to do! [/quote]

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