Holton brain drain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right - the title of this thread is geared to who is leaving currently, plus speculation on the leaves that might occur next year. Please attempt to model behavior and commentary on the values we attempt to communicate to our kids. Bad form to convey to our kids that incessant, anonymous, and petty allegations is a great way to demand attention.

Comms DirectorV3 would be wise to resist the urge to encourage sycophants to vilify posters and bemoan the existence of a chat board that’s been around DECADES. The problem isn’t this medium. It’s the message and the messenger.

It’s been 11 weeks since attendees to the black family affinity meeting were promised followup to their earnest and thoughtful questions and concerns. Individual emails from these and other concerned families have fallen on deaf ears since Feb 12. Meetings with affinity group leaders have been rebuffed, delayed and indefinitely cancelled. And in that time, 2 more senior and well-regarded administrators have resigned. Another comms director has left. All graduating Teaching Fellows have decided to take the fruits of their Holton-funded training to competitor schools. And though it pains them to leave a community they’ve dedicated their time and talent to, countless more teachers and staff are dusting off their resumes. And the deafening silence from the board grows louder with each passing week.

Here’s an article that took me 11 seconds to google on how to manage constituent complaints in the digital age. Catch up and do better.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/serenitygibbons/2018/09/20/why-businesses-need-to-see-customer-feedback-as-make-or-break/?sh=1e44f1a91083

From that Forbes article. Good stuff.

“No company can keep every bad review of itself off the internet. But by authentically engaging customers, asking about their experiences, and making clear that their opinions matter, companies can do more than manage their reputation online; they can benefit from feedback in all sorts of ways they may never even realize.”

This hit home, “making clear that their opinions matter.”

Since the new HOS has started, she is quick to tell parents why their opinions/beliefs are wrong, instead of listening. Parents (and now teachers and administrators) do not feel heard at the school, so they come here to vent their frustration because sadly it’s the only place the HOS pays attention to. Parents wouldn’t come here if HOS actually made an effort to listen to parents.

[Anonymous]

"Sycophants [who] villify posters"? That is humorous projection from two bullies working overtime.

[jsteele]

I will again say for the record that nobody from Holton has, to my knowledge, ever contacted me about these threads. Instead, posters go off into a million different directions. For example, thread is about personnel leaving Holton but, for some reason, a poster started talking about gender identity. When I removed that post, there were several posts discussing that post's removal. I have removed those as well, but it doesn't seem like there is more to say about the brain drain and posters are, instead, finding tangents about which to post.