Petty incident or detail that turned you off a school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a new petty incident from an open house last week: at progressive school for gifted children that is in very high demand in my area, an administrator described students as “kiddos” for 2 hours.

My skin crawls when parents refer to children as kiddos. I just hate it so much. It isn’t cute, clever, friendly, homey or whatever else people think it is. Ditto “the littles.” Ugh

And "tiny humans" - the worst. 🤮🤮

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that families provide lunch for students at field? Would love more info

Omg! I live OOS and a friend who worked at Field 15 years ago was telling me about this and I thought he was making it up. He has a weird sense of humor so I figured it was part of some kind of setup for a joke. It’s insane.

This stopped 3 or 4 years ago. The school uses Wholesome Foods for lunch service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a new petty incident from an open house last week: at progressive school for gifted children that is in very high demand in my area, an administrator described students as “kiddos” for 2 hours.

My skin crawls when parents refer to children as kiddos. I just hate it so much. It isn’t cute, clever, friendly, homey or whatever else people think it is. Ditto “the littles.” Ugh

And "tiny humans" - the worst. 🤮🤮

I don't think anyone says that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that families provide lunch for students at field? Would love more info

Omg! I live OOS and a friend who worked at Field 15 years ago was telling me about this and I thought he was making it up. He has a weird sense of humor so I figured it was part of some kind of setup for a joke. It’s insane.

What if the family can't afford to provide lunch for the entire school? How long are they expected to feed everyone (a month, a day, etc)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a new petty incident from an open house last week: at progressive school for gifted children that is in very high demand in my area, an administrator described students as “kiddos” for 2 hours.

My skin crawls when parents refer to children as kiddos. I just hate it so much. It isn’t cute, clever, friendly, homey or whatever else people think it is. Ditto “the littles.” Ugh

And "tiny humans" - the worst. 🤮🤮

"littles"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a new petty incident from an open house last week: at progressive school for gifted children that is in very high demand in my area, an administrator described students as “kiddos” for 2 hours.

My skin crawls when parents refer to children as kiddos. I just hate it so much. It isn’t cute, clever, friendly, homey or whatever else people think it is. Ditto “the littles.” Ugh

And "tiny humans" - the worst. 🤮🤮

I don't think anyone says that

They do, oh wise one. 🙄 Google it.

[Anonymous]

Assistant director of admissions asked me to go out for coffee. It felt like a date and appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a new petty incident from an open house last week: at progressive school for gifted children that is in very high demand in my area, an administrator described students as “kiddos” for 2 hours.

My skin crawls when parents refer to children as kiddos. I just hate it so much. It isn’t cute, clever, friendly, homey or whatever else people think it is. Ditto “the littles.” Ugh

And "tiny humans" - the worst. 🤮🤮

I heard tiny humans at an event this weekend- at our own school. I died a little inside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that families provide lunch for students at field? Would love more info

Omg! I live OOS and a friend who worked at Field 15 years ago was telling me about this and I thought he was making it up. He has a weird sense of humor so I figured it was part of some kind of setup for a joke. It’s insane.

This stopped 3 or 4 years ago. The school uses Wholesome Foods for lunch service.

Having a "families take turns to provide lunch for entire school" policy is not petty - that's a really significant issue. What a way to highlight financial variation in your student body. It's awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The person who was checking people in at admissions for a tour acknowledged all the white families with kids named things like Clay. We had arrived before many of those other families and it wasn't crowded before the other families arrived.

The other admissions people was wonderful though or else we would have not applied.

Are you trying to say that you felt like white families were welcomed and black families were treated as invisible?
I don't follow what you mean by the name Clay; it is not a particularly common name.

My guess is it's a school with a more Southern flavor. It's a British name that's more popular in the South.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The person who was checking people in at admissions for a tour acknowledged all the white families with kids named things like Clay. We had arrived before many of those other families and it wasn't crowded before the other families arrived.

The other admissions people was wonderful though or else we would have not applied.

Are you trying to say that you felt like white families were welcomed and black families were treated as invisible?
I don't follow what you mean by the name Clay; it is not a particularly common name.

My guess is it's a school with a more Southern flavor. It's a British name that's more popular in the South.

I don' know a single person with the name Clay. The only Clays I have only encountered have been poor and white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Admissions director told us they have adhd in response to us asking about fit for our adhd kid. Just bc our DC has adhd doesn’t mean we want the folks who run the school to have it. Friend who is a parent at the school then told me their DC’s advisor also has adhd and told parents that in a meeting. Same advisor that didn’t return emails. As we started to note how many alums are teaching at the school and also may have adhd we got concerned.

This is so biased. Reveals a lot about how you subconsciously view your own child. Your kid doesn't have much of a chance with parents like you.

+1 Also Admissions directors don't run schools.