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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Chris interested in the schools at all or is he just a profit driven salesman?[/quote]

I think it's hard to work at BASIS and be truly interested or invested in the schools. There's no effort to build community and excellence at current schools, it's all about expansion. We get used to thinking of the school as a product. Sometimes it's easy to forget that the families and students are individuals with their own unique hopes, dreams, strengths, and weaknesses. To us, they become numbers. It's sad, really.[/quote]

I call BS and think you are  troll or disgruntled employee. We are a former Basis family, we left for a specific HS which was always the plan. The community was great. The challenge at a MS/ HS school like Basis DC is that students come from all over the city and mostly get there on their own. That dynamic required a different way of thinkng to build the community. There has been an effort to do this by using room parents to organize activities, in addition to school wide events.

Most of the staff and administration were caring and passionate about what kids are capable of doing.

I think the model is tremendous. As a charter school in DC, they had to take anyone who applied. They grossly underestimated how far behind some children would be, and how long it would take to remediate and the severe behavioral problems they woulkd encounter.    As a rigorous, private school model I would absolutely choose Basis. They can select students, admitting children who were bright, wanted to learn, are on grade level, and who don't hijack the learning environment with their behavioral problems.

If you have no experience with the school, your comments are not really germane to this discussion. However, it is obvious you like to bloviate asnd detract from any new venture.[/quote]

This thread is about BASIS McLean, so actually it's your comments that are not really germane to the discussion.[/quote]

As a satisfied customer, I believe my experience is germane. Bless your heart, being snowed in with your family is making you cranky.[/quote]

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