Gonzaga Kairos Vandalism

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decision week for admissions... sincerely disappointed...

Their yield will be down this year for sure.

We were on GZ/Prep fence...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decision week for admissions... sincerely disappointed...

Their yield will be down this year for sure.

We were on GZ/Prep fence...

We sent sons to both.

Both great schools that are more similar than different.

This thread is a bunch of very unhappy people with axes to grind venting their spleens over minor incidents. There really are some sick people out there.

Prep is a more relaxed, sedate environment. Gonzaga is busier and more frenetic.

Our Gonzaga son is completely comfortable in the city or any urban environment. He preferred eating half smokes purchased off a food truck for lunch. Our Prep son liked eating a plate lunch in the South Room looking out at the lawn and trees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decision week for admissions... sincerely disappointed...

Their yield will be down this year for sure.

We were on GZ/Prep fence...

We sent sons to both.

Both great schools that are more similar than different.

This thread is a bunch of very unhappy people with axes to grind venting their spleens over minor incidents. There really are some sick people out there.

Prep is a more relaxed, sedate environment. Gonzaga is busier and more frenetic.

Our Gonzaga son is completely comfortable in the city or any urban environment. He preferred eating half smokes purchased off a food truck for lunch. Our Prep son liked eating a plate lunch in the South Room looking out at the lawn and trees.

MINOR INCIDENTS? This wasn’t a couple of kids breaking a window with a rock or sneaking beers into class. 40-50 students destroyed a home over TWO days. A refrigerator was tossed off a cliff and a toilet was tossed out into the yard. Cabinets were pulled off the walls. A car windshield was smashed. What exactly would elevate this to a major incident? Please enlighten us, PP.
What’s “sick” is parents and administrators who want to sweep this under the rug with checkbooks and no accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decision week for admissions... sincerely disappointed...

Their yield will be down this year for sure.

We were on GZ/Prep fence...

We sent sons to both.

Both great schools that are more similar than different.

This thread is a bunch of very unhappy people with axes to grind venting their spleens over minor incidents. There really are some sick people out there.

Prep is a more relaxed, sedate environment. Gonzaga is busier and more frenetic.

Our Gonzaga son is completely comfortable in the city or any urban environment. He preferred eating half smokes purchased off a food truck for lunch. Our Prep son liked eating a plate lunch in the South Room looking out at the lawn and trees.

You seem a little sick if you think this was a minor incident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Decision week for admissions... sincerely disappointed...

Their yield will be down this year for sure.

We were on GZ/Prep fence...

We sent sons to both.

Both great schools that are more similar than different.

This thread is a bunch of very unhappy people with axes to grind venting their spleens over minor incidents. There really are some sick people out there.

Prep is a more relaxed, sedate environment. Gonzaga is busier and more frenetic.

Our Gonzaga son is completely comfortable in the city or any urban environment. He preferred eating half smokes purchased off a food truck for lunch. Our Prep son liked eating a plate lunch in the South Room looking out at the lawn and trees.

These are the parents at the school who are an embarrassment. The PP may have a child that was involved, which would explain the lax attitude. So unhealthy for a school that has so many wonderful attributes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pardon me stewardess, but I speak Jesuit.....the underlined has been translated for your enjoyment.

The Gonzaga leader said “each student has been issued consequences commensurate with his involvement (Dad's donations).” Those consequences (checks), he wrote, “mark only the beginning of a longer process for students to reflect on their actions (learn that some payoffs are annuities).", learn from their mistakes (That Dad can write checks that make everything ok), and make amends consistent with our Christian ideals(growing endowment).”

Do you also speak jive?

Oops, probably cant say that anymore. Too bad, that was a funny movie.

I couldn’t resist. Great movie. But this has been going on there for a long time. 20 years ago, friends pulled two sons from Gonzaga and enrolled them at another WCAC school. Couldn’t take any more stories about a bunch more of kids getting in trouble, with discipline decided by the family’s donation history. The stories didn’t involve their kids, it wasn’t whining about their poor little precious boys getting in trouble. They just wanted their sons around a healthier approach to consequences.

[Anonymous]

Again - decision week and I’m really disappointed - Prep and Landonhave their histories - but there it is improved -

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again - decision week and I’m really disappointed - Prep and Landonhave their histories - but there it is improved -

Unfortunately it seems bad behavior, up to and including criminal acts, happens at all boys schools. Too much testosterone and hormones? Seriously, call it the mob mentality, as someone posted upstream, but I haven’t heard of these issues at private or parochial co-Ed schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again - decision week and I’m really disappointed - Prep and Landonhave their histories - but there it is improved -

Unfortunately it seems bad behavior, up to and including criminal acts, happens at all boys schools. Too much testosterone and hormones? Seriously, call it the mob mentality, as someone posted upstream, but I haven’t heard of these issues at private or parochial co-Ed schools.

Not a chance I’m sending my daughters to school with these fools - girls schools rule!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again - decision week and I’m really disappointed - Prep and Landonhave their histories - but there it is improved -

Unfortunately it seems bad behavior, up to and including criminal acts, happens at all boys schools. Too much testosterone and hormones? Seriously, call it the mob mentality, as someone posted upstream, but I haven’t heard of these issues at private or parochial co-Ed schools.

Not a chance I’m sending my daughters to school with these fools - girls schools rule!!

You wont be sending your daughter to school with fools because they are at GZ and Prep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga dudes what did you do?
Privilege has limits even for you
They say urban smart and socially just
But for many of your parents a Range Rover is a must
You should read the Gospel and get a life
I'll see you in 20 in Chevy Chase with your blond wife

One of the best things ever posted here.

Wow. The stupidity is through the roof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again - decision week and I’m really disappointed - Prep and Landonhave their histories - but there it is improved -

Unfortunately it seems bad behavior, up to and including criminal acts, happens at all boys schools. Too much testosterone and hormones? Seriously, call it the mob mentality, as someone posted upstream, but I haven’t heard of these issues at private or parochial co-Ed schools.

Not a chance I’m sending my daughters to school with these fools - girls schools rule!!

You can't but is she goes a Catholic school in the are she will be dating them

[Anonymous]

My son is a student at Gonzaga and I echo the other parents posting here who are disappointed with the school's response to this incident. I would like to know why the ring leaders of the operation were not expelled. It is highly suspicious because I know that the school has expelled students in the past for incidents much less in severity. These kids should not have gotten off so easily and it is very short sighted of the administration to not take stronger action. I am also deeply disappointed that Fr. Planning sent a letter over two weeks after the incident...and only because the Washington Post was going to write an article. The school has been lacking in transparency lately and students, parents, teachers, and alumni are very distraught and angry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a student at Gonzaga and I echo the other parents posting here who are disappointed with the school's response to this incident. I would like to know why the ring leaders of the operation were not expelled. It is highly suspicious because I know that the school has expelled students in the past for incidents much less in severity. These kids should not have gotten off so easily and it is very short sighted of the administration to not take stronger action. I am also deeply disappointed that Fr. Planning sent a letter over two weeks after the incident...and only because the Washington Post was going to write an article. The school has been lacking in transparency lately and students, parents, teachers, and alumni are very distraught and angry.

Is there a mechanism where people can make their feelings known? Will the distraught and angry actually do something like press for greater transparency or a more detailed explanation?

These incidents always make me wonder what goes on at private schools that no one ever hears about because they hide it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is a student at Gonzaga and I echo the other parents posting here who are disappointed with the school's response to this incident. I would like to know why the ring leaders of the operation were not expelled. It is highly suspicious because I know that the school has expelled students in the past for incidents much less in severity. These kids should not have gotten off so easily and it is very short sighted of the administration to not take stronger action. I am also deeply disappointed that Fr. Planning sent a letter over two weeks after the incident...and only because the Washington Post was going to write an article. The school has been lacking in transparency lately and students, parents, teachers, and alumni are very distraught and angry.

Is there a mechanism where people can make their feelings known? Will the distraught and angry actually do something like press for greater transparency or a more detailed explanation?

These incidents always make me wonder what goes on at private schools that no one ever hears about because they hide it.

I too am a parent and agree 100%. I have a sophomore and I am seriously considering not re-enrolling him next year. I’m so conflicted right now. I’ve seen some very positive changes in my son, both socially and academically, since he’s been at Gonzaga (more interested in excelling in the classroom, much more helpful at home, signing up for the service opportunities at school.). But I’ve also witnessed some boorish behavior from other students and I don’t like my son being around that behavior. I certainly don’t want him to think we will buy him out of bad decisions. I know my son would never lead an incident like what happened, and I don’t think he would actively participate, but I’m also not naive enough to believe that at 16 he would be mature enough to stop it or report it.