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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking at basis for the fall, but these threads have us nervous. How does basis handle non perfect children? Our DS has ADHD and we are in elementary still. DS is very bright and does well academically, but can be impulsive and inflexible . Our neighbors said a number of elementary teachers have left this spring. Our other option is a small Catholic (or public). We didn’t get into the other privates to which we applied. [/quote]

When I worked there a couple of years ago, they had zero specialized personnel to handle kids with issues like that.  BASIS is a test factory that rams kids through as much testable material as possible through their junior year.  Anyone who doesn't keep up or fit in drops by the way side after the deans (who have no special ed background) make a token effort to support them.

An impulsive, inflexible kid will not fit in with the rest who are conditioned to plug into the test track and never get off.

I would not send your kid there.  Completely wrong atmosphere.  The hew HOS may have changed the management chaos or not, I don't know.[/quote]

Ugh- that sounds like a nightmare for a kid - is the testing atmosphere pervasive even in elementary? I assumed I could get off the train in middle school and transfer elsewhere once there were more options available for a super academic kid. Our neighbor has hinted that they are be very rigid with students. However, I couldn't tell if that was academically or behaviorally and we don't know the neighbor quite well enough to ask in more depth. [/quote]

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