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If your student is special education, this school is a joke. My IEP student went to the school with services, they saw to it that he got the services he was allotted but when the time came to update his goals, they instead removed the IEP with the promise of resources in place that never happened. They are great at making academics so rigorous, students who fail feel like they are not worthy and look at school as an impossible task. Homework is extensive and takes 2-3 hours at least. My kids would come home from school exhausted and would pass out trying to finish homework. Fundraising efforts are invasive, year round, and are incentivized in the classrooms for example, the most student participation gets a pizza party, the most donations gets a movie party, etc. Field trips are $35/ per and are not eligible for financial aid so I’d you have multiple kids it can become quite expensive. One year I had one student take 4 field trips and one was at the same time as his other 2 siblings so that was $105 just in one weeks time. Total for the year was $280 (4 trips for one, 2 for 2 other students). Clubs are $150 and are only 6-8 weeks at a time. Recesses are very short (15-20 mins) and lunch (20 mins) is never enough time for my kids to get a good amount of food to feel fulfilled. They also offer a “hot lunch” program that’s fully funded by parents and amounts to about $6-$8 daily. If you cannot pay, packed lunch is the only other option. There have been some really great teachers, but equally as many if not more that are just awful. One teacher ripped up my students art project he was making for his brother just because he kept getting up to talk to a friend during the 30 minutes roundup time before dismissal. Trying to transition out of BASIS has been heartbreaking as every outlet brags about all that BASIS has to offer but it comes with a heavy price tag. I wish I would of known before hand as having to undo the anxiety and stress my children have around academics has been very difficult. My youngest has no experience with BASIS and does not have any of the same issues as the ones who did.

My son started in kinder and all the staff and academics were amazing.

I highly recommend this school if you plan to be involved in your child's education. The teachers have a excellent way of communicating with the parents about their child's assignments and progress during class. You would have to be asleep to not know what is happening with your child's learning. My experience with the other children and their parents has been nothing but positive. They all seemed kind and genuinely concerned with their child's education. The ones that aren't concerned don't stick around. This isn't a day care , parents need to be continually engaged in their child's education. This school will challenge your child and that's the way it should be. I was fortunate to receive an excellent private education growing up which my parents had to sacrifice to provide me. This school is better than my private education and is basically free. They do an excellent job keeping the children engaged and school spirit high. As a parent, I couldn't be happier.

We just started at BTP in August and so far, we couldn't be happier with the school. Our daughter is on Kindergarten. She has homework every night; we knew she would have homework every night before enrolling her. The nightly math homework takes less than 10 minutes to complete. The once per week reading/writing homework takes a bit longer, but can be completed over the course of the week. My daughter's teachers are fantastic. When we have reached out, the teacher responds quickly. Homework is communicated through a communication journal which is used for by all kids in every grade at BTP. Also, homework assignments for all grades are sent via email daily. Our daughter is happy and learns so much. She is in full day kinder, so she also gets to take mandarin, drama, and music. This is a great school!