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Mass exodus from SSSAS Middle School
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Anonymous
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Why all the talk of families starting to look at other schools?
Is it really the dress code or something else? Why mostly girls??? The year hasn't even started yet!! I'm a LS parent and this makes me nervous....... |
Anonymous
| This is an exaggeration. Parents are upset. Lots of parents think about leaving at this age. Maybe this tipped the scales but I’d be surprised if it turned into a mass exodus. |
Anonymous
What happened? |
Anonymous
| Stop it. |
Anonymous
| MS is the weakest link at SSSAS but it’s fine. I think that’s true at a lot of schools, actually. MS is just rough all around. |
Anonymous
Changes to the dress code that were kind of confusing. No idea why that would be enough to drive people away, but I doubt there actually is a mass exodus of any kind. |
Anonymous
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There was already a mass exodus for the class of 2029 with many now going somewhere else for high school. The new dean of the MS is awful (the prior one was great and is still there but now just teaches in the classroom vs being the dean). The dress code shenanigans are so ridiculous. The US dean is a nightmare and the HOS for the US is super goofy.
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Anonymous
In what way is the US Dean of Students a nightmare? I’ve never heard my kid or any of their friend have issues, nor any of my parent friends say one word about her. She’s fine. And if by HOS for US you mean the director of US (there’s only one HOS, and she’s head of the whole school), he’s wonderful. Students love him, parents love him. |
Anonymous
| This is drama. People move at high school. Many more stay. Those who are happy stay and those who aren’t go. Most are happy. What is the big deal. |
Anonymous
| Nothing to do with the dress code. It's the admin, every time, and that's not specific to any school. A bad head of school or administrator has trickle down effects on everyone eventually. |
Anonymous
My kids are in the US. The US dean is extremely problematic and inserts herself to create drama among students, especially girls, while laughing off horrible behavior from boys. The consequences are not uniform and when there is actual conflict that should be addressed (pretty standard HS concerns, nothing extraordinary), she won't enforce rules if she doesn't feel like it. The US head is perfectly nice, but his #1 concern is the staff, not the students. He is just ok, but better than the dean, unless you have a problem with the dean and then forget it. All students and all parents do not love him. |
Anonymous
| The more I hear about SSSAS the more I wonder why on earth someone would pay as much money as they do to send their child there... fools and their money, as the saying goes... |
Anonymous
| These posts feel like sock puppet it by one family upset with the administration. Most people are happy at SSSAS. |
Anonymous
I think this is true. We have been very happy. BUT I do know that when families face an obstacle, the admin seems happier to just let that family go than try to fix the problem. So you end up with a mix of nothing but families who love the school and those who are new, because anyone with a problem was forced to leave by an unresponsive admin. |
Anonymous
Np here. To me they seem sock puppet by a booster, who dismisses any opposing view, which isn't helpful. Reminds of the posts on the public school forum about ACPS when boosters chime on that their kids never see any fights, never have any problems, so any opposing view points are sock puppets/trolls/lying. |