Anonymous
08/31/2021 09:53
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
Go
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.
Who cares only about math and science in HS???? The answer should be no one. Should we have rigorous math and science education? Yes. Should that come at the expense of humanities? No. Physics and math branched out of philosophy. Give me (and my kids) a broad, classical HS education every day of the week. I understand people think STEM is the future. Maybe, maybe not. But if it is, college or grad school is the time to do a deep dive to the exclusion of humanities, not HS.
The humanities at BIM will be AP, AP, AP, AP, and more AP with the exception of senior Capstone courses that are meant to be a fun elective once the real schoolwork - AP scores! - is out of the way.
That means students learn the humanities as an endless process of digesting large amounts of material and regurgitating it acceptably for a standardized test grading rubric.
Grind, grind, grind, that's the BASIS way. Anything else you want or need, go find it outside school.
What about math and science? Any different than AP ?
Anonymous
04/22/2021 18:02
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.
Who cares only about math and science in HS???? The answer should be no one. Should we have rigorous math and science education? Yes. Should that come at the expense of humanities? No. Physics and math branched out of philosophy. Give me (and my kids) a broad, classical HS education every day of the week. I understand people think STEM is the future. Maybe, maybe not. But if it is, college or grad school is the time to do a deep dive to the exclusion of humanities, not HS.
The school isn't just about Math and Science. Those might be the strongest areas in HS, but certainly not the only strong ones. We sent our DC there because they get more art, more music, more language, more recess, more humanities (including classics and required Latin), more, more rigor, and more choices to explore at a high level than most other schools. The EC's aren't great, but the kids make up for it with really interesting outside activities and strong showings in langauge and academic competitions. And yes, I'm talking about HS, MS, and LS. I can't defend the administration, but I can defend the breadth of the curriculum.
BIM may not be for everyone. Our kids have way more homework and have advanced far quicker than the AAP kids andmany privates. But some people value being in a neighborhood environment--we value education. That's what makes this country so great--it works for us. If it doesn't for you, I hope you find what works better. You're free to do so, and I'm grateful that you have that choice.
Anonymous
04/22/2021 16:27
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
DId you have your interview yet? Please fill us in on the party line there when you do.
Anonymous
04/18/2021 13:40
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.
Who cares only about math and science in HS???? The answer should be no one. Should we have rigorous math and science education? Yes. Should that come at the expense of humanities? No. Physics and math branched out of philosophy. Give me (and my kids) a broad, classical HS education every day of the week. I understand people think STEM is the future. Maybe, maybe not. But if it is, college or grad school is the time to do a deep dive to the exclusion of humanities, not HS.
The humanities at BIM will be AP, AP, AP, AP, and more AP with the exception of senior Capstone courses that are meant to be a fun elective once the real schoolwork - AP scores! - is out of the way.
That means students learn the humanities as an endless process of digesting large amounts of material and regurgitating it acceptably for a standardized test grading rubric.
Grind, grind, grind, that's the BASIS way. Anything else you want or need, go find it outside school.
Anonymous
04/17/2021 10:54
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.
Who cares only about math and science in HS???? The answer should be no one. Should we have rigorous math and science education? Yes. Should that come at the expense of humanities? No. Physics and math branched out of philosophy. Give me (and my kids) a broad, classical HS education every day of the week. I understand people think STEM is the future. Maybe, maybe not. But if it is, college or grad school is the time to do a deep dive to the exclusion of humanities, not HS.
Anonymous
04/17/2021 09:52
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
The school will be fine if you only care about math and science academics and are willing to ignore the management circus.
Anonymous
04/17/2021 09:16
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
BIM management culture is based on lying, secrecy, and telling everyone what management thinks they want to hear.
Never believe any of it. Ask about the enrollment trends since they opened and staff/student turnover. Ask about their operating losses and lease terms.
I bet they won't address any of it.
Anonymous
04/16/2021 21:18
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
SMH! Good Luck. I tried to get my tuition back last year, and they would have none of it. I ended up having to pay two tuitions because my son was not being served, and the place was more or less substandard compared to the other BASIS. I wish I grab a DeLorean, travel back in time, and change where I enrolled my son.
Anonymous
04/16/2021 21:14
Subject: BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Were only 15 schools ranked?
Haha!
Anonymous
04/16/2021 21:13
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
Anonymous
04/16/2021 21:12
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:You can also turn to GreatSchools.Org with 54 reviews of BIM, perhaps a better data set:
2.5 stars (out of 5)
54 Reviews
2.6
Bullying (51)
2.9
Character (54)
2.6
Homework (53)
2.1
Leadership (51)
Crap! I have an interview next week! This is very concerning. Thank you so much for sharing it. That’s not the picture the admin. I spoke with on the phone gave. I appreciate the heads up. Very disappointing and feel I have been misled.
2.3
Learning Differences (53)
3.6
Teachers (53)
The teachers get the highest marks, because they are really the only sterling asset at the school. The rest shows up in the data. Mediocre at best.
Anonymous
03/28/2021 13:04
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
No wonder so many parents want their children out of there.
Anonymous
03/28/2021 12:24
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a parent of two kids at Basis, I am angry that we have someone who is so unqualified at such a high position. I never knew this but this explains the terrible morale I have witnessed of the teachers and staff at Basis. I want OUT!
Did you already sign on for next year? It’s nearly impossible to get out if you paid a deposit.
I thought you just lose the deposit?
Anonymous
03/28/2021 12:09
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As a parent of two kids at Basis, I am angry that we have someone who is so unqualified at such a high position. I never knew this but this explains the terrible morale I have witnessed of the teachers and staff at Basis. I want OUT!
Did you already sign on for next year? It’s nearly impossible to get out if you paid a deposit.
YES- and I am so angry I could burst. I've got to do something. I am going to contact an ed. consultant and see if there is anything I can do. Enough is enough!
Anonymous
03/28/2021 11:29
Subject: Re:BASIS Independent McLean ranked 15th on Niche?
Anonymous wrote:As a parent of two kids at Basis, I am angry that we have someone who is so unqualified at such a high position. I never knew this but this explains the terrible morale I have witnessed of the teachers and staff at Basis. I want OUT!
Did you already sign on for next year? It’s nearly impossible to get out if you paid a deposit.