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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if Basis McLean is better run than Basis DC. Current Basis DC parent here and I have been very unimpressed with Garrett’s leadership. Also, there are too many fights and altercations. My kid has witnessed one child smash another child’s face into a locker that resulted in a bloody nose. Another child gave a girl a black eye. Last year the kids spent several anxious hours huddled under desks after a teacher overreacted to two kids verbally insulting one another (at least that’s my understanding). My kid said one of his classmates wet his pants that day.  Just awful. They do not have a handle on the behavioral problems there, and I wonder if some of the behavior is stress-induced. The curriculum is super stressful for kids. Garrett does not communicate well with the school community about active measures they are taking to address these issues by articulating school values and vision.[/quote]

BASIS McLean is much smaller and is a private school with parents paying $30K per year in tuition. It's simply not going to have the same issues as a DC public charter school.

Whether they're managing BASIS DC well is a whole other question. [/quote]

McLean has a bigger facility and less fights, but major issues with leadership. Teacher turnover has been a challenge as well. The curriculum is similar to all the other schools, as they all take the same precomp and comp exams. As for homework, there are definitely middle schoolers who say they have no homework and those who say they have hours worth work and stay up late. The only difference I see is that some kids do homework during class while the teacher is teaching. My kid feels that is disrespectful, especially those who do homework for another class during classes where the teacher might not notice. My kid says that of course he would finish his homework during the day if he didn’t engage in classes and instead did homework for several hours during the school day. There has been no remedy to the excessive homework even with parents and students complaining to all the HOS, deans and directors. It is a lot of repetition and busy work. Very stressful and unhappy environment. [/quote]

Ridiculous, what a shame.  
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