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Anonymous wrote:Then there are the parents like you who "haunt" these threads to vehemently deny every problem with BASIS DC. It's just not true that a "significant percentage of kids wash out," not in 2022. Few middle school students leave BASIS DC these days. Most even stay for high school. The reality is that some of the strongest students leave for greener pastures where schools offer better facilities, a wider range of advanced classes, better electives, more flexibility in the curriculum and more serious sports and extra curriculars. These students generally move on to Walls, Banneker, privates, other Metro areas, even schools abroad.

Based your nonexistent knowledge of Basis…

Just move on. No one is interested ion someone with zero knowledge of the school in 2022 offering wrong, unsupported opinions.

You move on. How long have you been at BASIS? I'm going to guess that your child or children are still in middle school. Our eldest stayed for high school (graduating this year). With the benefit of hindsight, we'd have left after 8th grade. Our daughter wanted to stay on with a few good friends, but we'd have pushed harder for her to switch to Walls--she got in--if we'd known how asinine the new head would prove. The truth is that the parent culture at BASIS has grown more passive, and toxic, in recent years than it was at the outset. You're either with the HOS or against him at the school in 2022, which is silly. Honestly, just shut up.

You are loco.

Anonymous wrote:Agreed! The current HOS is incredibly responsive and informative. My kid has loved all of the recent school events and I have enjoyed meeting so many families. I think the school realizes how important it is for families to have a sense of community and improving their sports program and increasing their offerings is certainly going to help with that!

+100

Agree with the above.

Believe me, the BASIS HS isn't short on parents who view the current HOS is a dim-witted control freak. The previous head was far more open-minded and sharper. But she wasn't as sports-minded, we'll give the guy that.

Agreed! The current HOS is incredibly responsive and informative. My kid has loved all of the recent school events and I have enjoyed meeting so many families. I think the school realizes how important it is for families to have a sense of community and improving their sports program and increasing their offerings is certainly going to help with that!

Anonymous wrote:parents who weren’t at basis under the kick ass lady head don’t know what we’ve lost. sports are better now, nothing else really. boring topic, right.

So - my kid was in 5th with the “kick ass lady” (kid is currently in 8th) and I don’t remember anything in particular about that reign. I have, however, been very impressed with the “new” (almost 3 years now) HOS and his seemingly tireless energy; he appears to be working his ass off to run the school. Virtual Town halls are frequent, transparent, and very informative, and the sheer number of activities (cookouts, spirit weeks, etc) has gone way up - many, many opportunities to get involved in the basis community. Yes, he runs a tight ship (probably given his relative youth he feels he has to set the tone/rules right out of the gate), but from my (outsider/parent) perspective he seems to be doing a fantastic job.

parents who weren’t at basis under the kick ass lady head don’t know what we’ve lost. sports are better now, nothing else really. boring topic, right.

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Anonymous wrote:The academics at BASIS are essentially unparalleled for a public school with no admissions/testing requirement to get in and no GT/Honors Tracking. The fact that they also have many of the typical school sports teams who win championships even without their own field tells you a lot about the perseverance and discipline of many of the students who attend there. The cohort of many motivated students is refreshing and the school’s sense of community seems to be a current priority. The building and facilities are what they are, and families should be well aware of that when they make their decision to attend.

Come on, BASIS requires students who can't pass comps at the end of 6th and 7th grade to repeat a grade to stay, de facto GT/Honors Tracking. I'm not criticizing that approach, but it's disingenuous to claim that there's no admissions/testing requirement. The boast that BASIS competitors win championships is a bit silly since the leagues their teams compete in aren't remotely serious by suburban standards. Community building just isn't BASIS' strong suit, so not a bad thing that they're finally making more of an effort. Your boosting/boasting gets old. Acknowledge problems and you'll be taken more seriously here.

Yawn.

Anonymous wrote:The academics at BASIS are essentially unparalleled for a public school with no admissions/testing requirement to get in and no GT/Honors Tracking. The fact that they also have many of the typical school sports teams who win championships even without their own field tells you a lot about the perseverance and discipline of many of the students who attend there. The cohort of many motivated students is refreshing and the school’s sense of community seems to be a current priority. The building and facilities are what they are, and families should be well aware of that when they make their decision to attend.

Come on, BASIS requires students who can't pass comps at the end of 6th and 7th grade to repeat a grade to stay, de facto GT/Honors Tracking. I'm not criticizing that approach, but it's disingenuous to claim that there's no admissions/testing requirement. The boast that BASIS competitors win championships is a bit silly since the leagues their teams compete in aren't remotely serious by suburban standards. Community building just isn't BASIS' strong suit, so not a bad thing that they're finally making more of an effort. Your boosting/boasting gets old. Acknowledge problems and you'll be taken more seriously here.

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Anonymous wrote:Then there are the parents like you who "haunt" these threads to vehemently deny every problem with BASIS DC. It's just not true that a "significant percentage of kids wash out," not in 2022. Few middle school students leave BASIS DC these days. Most even stay for high school. The reality is that some of the strongest students leave for greener pastures where schools offer better facilities, a wider range of advanced classes, better electives, more flexibility in the curriculum and more serious sports and extra curriculars. These students generally move on to Walls, Banneker, privates, other Metro areas, even schools abroad.

Based your nonexistent knowledge of Basis…

Just move on. No one is interested ion someone with zero knowledge of the school in 2022 offering wrong, unsupported opinions.

You move on. How long have you been at BASIS? I'm going to guess that your child or children are still in middle school. Our eldest stayed for high school (graduating this year). With the benefit of hindsight, we'd have left after 8th grade. Our daughter wanted to stay on with a few good friends, but we'd have pushed harder for her to switch to Walls--she got in--if we'd known how asinine the new head would prove. The truth is that the parent culture at BASIS has grown more passive, and toxic, in recent years than it was at the outset. You're either with the HOS or against him at the school in 2022, which is silly. Honestly, just shut up.

The academics at BASIS are essentially unparalleled for a public school with no admissions/testing requirement to get in and no GT/Honors Tracking. The fact that they also have many of the typical school sports teams who win championships even without their own field tells you a lot about the perseverance and discipline of many of the students who attend there. The cohort of many motivated students is refreshing and the school’s sense of community seems to be a current priority. The building and facilities are what they are, and families should be well aware of that when they make their decision to attend.

Anonymous wrote:Then there are the parents like you who "haunt" these threads to vehemently deny every problem with BASIS DC. It's just not true that a "significant percentage of kids wash out," not in 2022. Few middle school students leave BASIS DC these days. Most even stay for high school. The reality is that some of the strongest students leave for greener pastures where schools offer better facilities, a wider range of advanced classes, better electives, more flexibility in the curriculum and more serious sports and extra curriculars. These students generally move on to Walls, Banneker, privates, other Metro areas, even schools abroad.

Based your nonexistent knowledge of Basis…

Just move on. No one is interested ion someone with zero knowledge of the school in 2022 offering wrong, unsupported opinions.

The parents on this thread are the weird ones in a city where your choices for MS EotP are either a bad neighborhood DCPS program or a charter if you get lottery luck?

If you get lucky, you win a ticket to a charter w/out normal school facilities or much in the way of appealing choices (extra curriculars, electives, languages in middle school) etc.

This is such a weird thread. Our other middle school option was a Capitol Hill middle school. I doubt they offer many more sports than BASIS, and I really don’t care, because the academics are abysmal.

We live in a city with a ton of sports options outside of school and my kid participates in two of those. We don’t feel like we are missing out on anything.

But if having a football team is more important to you than academic rigor, by all means, choose a different school.

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Anonymous wrote:Basis middle school girls soccer playoff game against Latin at Audi field tomorrow evening at 5pm - so that is pretty darn cool!

Championship I mean!

Wow! But how is this possible if Basis doesn’t have a big sports field?

It’s the reason they will lose.

BASIS girls won!

So cool and such a fun game to watch!