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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I particularly appreciate the extra level of crazy added by the forum host having all anonymous posts... so as I read the thread I literally have no idea who is talking...

FWIW I follow this forum because I used to teach at BASIS (not DC) and I find parent discussions about the school very interesting.

Bottom line for me is that I cannot support BASIS (the charter schools - the new independent school can do what they want I suppose if enough people will pay for the privilege) because they aggressively recruit numbers due to financial necessity and tout it as a school where anyone can succeed but it absolutely and unavoidably is an inappropriate and damaging environment for upwards of 50% of the students there. BASIS is suited for a very rare subset of the student population (motivated, high IQ, good at math, memorization, standardized tests, etc.) with motivated engaged parents to play a supporting role. But providing for these top tier students (who would do well anywhere) in my mind can never justify a system that is guaranteed to cause real and potentially serious and lasting psychological harm to many of the kids who leave each year and many who stay but struggle and suffer. [/quote]

Thank you for your honest and informed opinion.  Whenever there is a BASIS thread, feel free to make your voice be heard because the kids who have been here the longest have only been here three years, with three HOS. many inexperienced teachers who should have been and were fired - but only after our kids lost the entire year, when the writing was on the wall within the first month.  Can you explain that?

And could you explain why it would be unreasonable to advocate that parents delay writing checks to the ATF until we have more confidence in Mr. Louis?

What was your experience with the ATF distributions - were they fair, and did teachers talk, because we as donors have no control and no clue about how the money has been, was, or will be allocated.

That in part was my whole point - that students who have made it to 8th, and are facing what Olga Block called "the year of decision," should not have to add a crazy Dean who appears to at least THINK he has the power to threaten ALL their grades because of the misbehavior of one child into the equation of "should I stay or should I go", where the theft in question has now been explained by other veteran teachers in this area to be predictable if not inevitable.... She should not have used candy........

sorry to the parent who thought it was criminal, showed callous disregard for........ who or what was that again?

It was friggin candy, and as the other teachers noted, the fact that it was candy was a rookie mistake.

The Chemistry teacher has expressed through her words and actions and attempts to undo the damage that the Dean has done, that she is also incredibly sorry she called in the Dean in the first place.

But we need the Dean to say, in front of the kids and in the presence of the HOS, I'm sorry, I made a threat I could never follow through on, and............... I will never do it again.

Don't think any additional explanations from him will help much, but that is just me.................

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