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That's fascinating and certainly a great thing they did.  Interestingly, the 2 kids I know directly who are really struggling have been going to the tutoring/homework hour most every day after school all year.  They both come from (2 separate) DCPS's, have extremely supportive home lives with parents there to help with homework (both moms work part-time to facilitate this), and are bright and hard working.  Not brilliant or gifted, but not bad students at all.  They both have report cards full of F's.  In the case of 1 of them, there was certainly no call down to student support services and the mother has combed through the CJ for any indication that there was this kind of academic crisis going on.  No indication of missed homework or failed quizzes/tests.  No notes, no phone calls, no e-mails.  Definitely was a tough start-up for that particular child as the expectations were ramped up, but this is a hard working kid and has been doing what they thought was an adequate if not above-adequate job (not failing or even close).  I am hearing other similar stories that people have shared with the mother as she has expressed her upset, though I don't know the people directly so I have no way of confirming those situations.

I want to believe in BASIS and would like an academic program like it to be available.  I have no problem with the idea that some kids won't be able to hang in there.  However, once a child is in the school, every effort needs to be made for EVERY kid to make sure that they make it through the year successfully.  To leave a kid looking for a school in December, interestingly after the funding count has been done, is really hard on a family.  When a kid is sitting there every day after school doing homework and available to be helped (also did the STARS program), why would that kid be failing?  I'm glad they went the extra mile for your kid, I really am, just wondering why they didn't for my friend's kid.[/quote]

I know this wonderful kid and mom and am not at all impressed with how BASIS has handled this one.   Back to DCPS for them.
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