Is Woods Academy struggling financially?

[Anonymous]

I noticed that several faculty and staff members were let go this past summer. What is going on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed that several faculty and staff members were let go this past summer. What is going on?

Ooooh. Yesss. Something must be going on. And the anonymous posters are going to help you get to the bottom of it.
Meanwhile, at first glance, they run a small budget surplus each year for a long time. No obvious hole. But dig deeper. You’ll find something to start a rumor with.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521011508

[Anonymous]

It’s not unusual for there to be faculty turnover when a new head of school comes in. It goes both ways: In some cases the school decides not to renew faculty contracts, and in others faculty walk away because they don’t like the new leadership culture.

Do you know for sure that these faculty members were let go? It’s so common in private schools for someone with an axe to grind or a love of drama to make an assumption that a teacher was fired. Typically contract renewals happen in February-April. Summer departures are often the teachers’ choice—sometimes for health and personal reasons.

I scrolled the faculty and staff directory. It looks like they have the same number of teaching staff and admin positions as ever. If anything, they may have added an admin position or two in recent years. So if anyone was let go, I don’t think it was to save on payroll expense.

[Anonymous]

I doubt it. I think this is just what happens with a new head of school (and likely a good thing. There are some US teachers who need to GO).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not unusual for there to be faculty turnover when a new head of school comes in. It goes both ways: In some cases the school decides not to renew faculty contracts, and in others faculty walk away because they don’t like the new leadership culture.

Do you know for sure that these faculty members were let go? It’s so common in private schools for someone with an axe to grind or a love of drama to make an assumption that a teacher was fired. Typically contract renewals happen in February-April. Summer departures are often the teachers’ choice—sometimes for health and personal reasons.

I scrolled the faculty and staff directory. It looks like they have the same number of teaching staff and admin positions as ever. If anything, they may have added an admin position or two in recent years. So if anyone was let go, I don’t think it was to save on payroll expense.

I know for sure that these faculty members were let go. Actually they were blindsided by the decision. These were not people looking to leave because of new head of school. If you’ve been then awhile, you know that a lot of things have changed.