Bullis HOS “exit was messier than it appeared” according to the Post

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t act alone. Board approved all of it and many are still there. So it seems that the crookedness will continue. Heard the new HOS made renovations on an already renovated house and is driving that same Mercedes. And the board hired the new HOS.....

Exactly. If I were a parent at that school I would demand that every board member that allowed this resign. Where were the financial controls? They need to have an independent audit to determine what is going on and put financial controls in place otherwise no parents should make any donations to this financial cesspool.

Talk about incompetence.

That sounds like a logical approach, but I imagine that many parents will want to bury their heads in the sand and act as if it’s not a problem, at least not anymore. They have a lot at stake with the school’s reputation, especially parents of juniors and seniors who will not be switching to other schools at this point.

Then there’s the parent that was proudly wearing her Bullis sweatshirt at the demonstration to force Hogan to let private schools open. It gave me the impression of a parent putting their own interests above the interests of the community, and wearing the school shirt She seemed like she was rah-rah Bullis.

The " reputation" is up for eval to anyone who google searches the school name " Bullis" and immediately is linked to the WAPO article

The lesson learned- while there is still time to learn it- is for OTHER SCHOOLS to do check their finances and the relationship between their HOS/ HR/ Finance and Legal

Because applying to schools - tuition dependent schools- is done online and if I were a Private Board I'd be looking hard at what a google search on my HOS's name or the name of the School yields on pages 1 & 2

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Anonymous wrote:As a former employee I knew this day would come. I compliment the Washington Post for writing this article but they have barley scratched the surface on the levels of corruption and misappropriated funds. The chickens have come home to roost.

It seems that what is needed is more than the Washington Post- the FBI and the IRS

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like same hook from "Bad Education" movie - you get a board to keep sweeping things under the rug because:

1) some of them personally benefit
2) they don't want to fess up this happened while they were asleep on the throttle and/or since they hired the man
3) they don't want scandal in the newspaper hurting the school's reputation and enrollment

But at the end of the day it's a private school, so if the alums, donors and current families are too rich to care, why would I care.

Because embezzlement- if it is proven by criminal investigation is a felony and

because - losing accreditation due to transcript fraud means enrolled kids might not have their transcripts accepted at the Universities they are applying to

and because what is left when a ponzi scheme crashes is- nothing

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This thread is just what the Pandemic Boredom Doctor ordered. And it's perfect.

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Anonymous wrote:Nazareth, the attorney, filed a “complaint” in MD for divorce from her husband (who, based on the filings, never moved to MD). Boarman, the head of school, was named as a third party to the case, almost certainly because the husband filed a counter-complaint on grounds of infidelity and named the affair partner. Boarman was subpoenaed and deposed, but it looks like the filings pertaining to him were sealed on request of his attorney and/or Nazareth’s attorney. Boarman has his own attorney and filed an objection to his subpoena, but was unsuccessful. Obviously, he did not want to be dragged into this. The interesting thing is that all of these filings were taking place in the fall of 2019, and my guess is this matter is the basis for the Bullis board finding “cause” to terminate.

Can we go back to Episode 5 where Fink goes to the Bullis Chair with the paper trail on the financials and the teachers rise up in rightful indignation- many of whom might be single parents.


The Lawyer Nazareth filed for Divorce only after her severance golden parachute from Bullis , right ?

So, seems if that is true than the HOS and Board who voted to make her financially independent from her soon to be Ex, have only themselves to blame for the H making everything public

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Anonymous wrote:The headmaster has a checkered past, makes you wonder if the school really did their diligence when hiring him in the first place.

With that being said he did increase Bullis enrollment by 20% during his tenure and raised funds for a stunning STEM building.

But how did he increase enrollment? By lowering standards of admission. Existing families noticed and started to leave. To fix the deficit, he proposed cutting teachers' pay. Even more families left after the 2018-2019 school year, the year all of this became common knowledge in the community. Bullis was begging for applicants right up until Fall 2019... soliciting from summer camp lists, recruiting athletes, and adding Chinese boarding students. They even accepted juniors and seniors after the school year started. This was just to boost enrollment numbers and keep up appearances. I suspect there were great allowances given for financial aid just to fill seats.

The STEM building is really just an empty shell with no STEM program inside. At the opening ceremony, Boarman gaffed when he said the "E" stands for entrepreneurship. He never intended to boost academics -- the building is smoke and mirrors. There was very high turn-over of teachers in the science and math departments. Upon closer look, the labs are nothing better than a 1960s college science lab. Boarman loved to brag about spending over a million dollars on furniture alone for that building. It looked like a furniture showroom threw up all over it. He put the GC in charge of furniture selection, and they took trips on the private jet to the showroom in Michigan. Students used those cozy study nooks on the 2nd floor for watching Netflix. It's a shame they mixed Kindergartners in the same building with 12th graders. More than a few lower schoolers had quite a fright using the restroom where the upper schoolers were vaping. The new "1930 Grill" further divided a student body already struggling with diversity based on SES. Those with means paid to eat in the new building, while everyone else dined for free in the cafeteria. Consequences of some very poor planning.

That is sickening... but I think the remedy here is not to assume that this is unique to Bullis

This kind of theft and betrayal of educational mission could happen at any school that fails to regularly outside audit

It could happen at any school, of course. But stop trying to normalize it, like Bullis is just like all the other area privates. It's not. What's been revealed here is appalling corruption.

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Anonymous wrote:how bout the Canadian football QB who showed up at Bullis last August, he lives with a Bullis board member.

The leadership from the board is disgusting, its deeper than the current chairman of the board.

Agree that things will not change anytime soon. The same Board means the same policies. The biggest pet peeve I have is the recruiting and admitting students in 11th and 12th grade because of a SPORT. They need to get rid of ALL coaches that are not teaching at the school. Why does the school pay for outside coaches? It is all really disgusting and I'm angry that I'm a full pay.

Bigger question:

Why would a kid from Canada want to go to all of that trouble late in HS ?

If he was that good, there was always Exeter or Andover- much closer to Canada and Bullis doesn't really have any kind of an Academic power house rep - so what did coaches at Bullis offer or what were they willing to provide that other HS programs would not- that should be where you look.

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Bullis is well known by power conference coaches such as ACC, B10. Relationships matter between HS coaches and college coaches when it comes to recruiting. Do the math.

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Heard of Dwayne Haskins...

Andover and Exeter may send players to Ivy League teams but not to big time football schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis is well known by power conference coaches such as ACC, B10. Relationships matter between HS coaches and college coaches when it comes to recruiting. Do the math.

Not exactly an academic powerhouse but meh, I suppose it's an athlete mill.

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Did anyone say it was? "Meh"...you just sound stuck up and painful

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I’m not a fan of Bullis however I don’t think it’s appropriate to critique kids who have found away to live their childhood dreams by finding away to play ball at the next level.

While it may not be the college where you choose to send your son or daughter, it could be a dream for another and should be applauded.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is just what the Pandemic Boredom Doctor ordered. And it's perfect.

Yep; I'm a public school parent between podcasts and this is better than Dirty John.

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Nonprofit boards are entrusted with three fundamental and important fiduciary duties: care, loyalty, and obedience.


YOU HAD ONLY THREE JOBS!!!

Care: Board members must take care in the organization and actively participate, performing important duties such as attending board meetings, providing strategic direction, and providing management oversight. Part of this duty is becoming educated on the nonprofit and the appropriate industry. - FAIL

Loyalty: This duty means that the board member should not use the position to further a personal or professional agenda. The board member is there to solely operate in the interest of the nonprofit—nothing else. Board members should avoid conflicts of interest to this effect, and be diligent about reporting perceived or potential conflicts of interest so that the board member’s loyalty to the nonprofit remains above suspicion. - FAIL

Obedience: Finally, there is the duty of obedience, in which board members must always stay knowledgeable regarding how local, state, and federal laws and regulations apply to the nonprofit and to themselves as board members. For example, the IRS is a federal agency and as such they issue their own set of regulations. It may not be the most entertaining or rewarding part of board service, but the board member is responsible for having an extensive knowledge of by-laws and other governing rules and regulations. Board members should never act outside the scope of the nonprofit’s legal documents, and board members should keep each other in check on this very important duty. - FAIL

YOU MAY WELL BE SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR BUSINESSES, BUT YOU HAVE FAILED MISERABLY IN YOUR BASIC FIDCIARY DUTIES. YOU FAILED THE CHILDREN, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PARENTS WHO RELIED ON THE BOARD TO PROTECT THE FINANCES, REPUTATION, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WE ENTRUST WITH LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN. FOR 10 YEARS, YOU LET THIS PREDATOR WALK AMONG OUT FAMILIES AND ROB US BLIND. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU - AND SHAME ON US FOR TRUSTING YOU AND BELEIVING YOU WERE UP TO THE JOB.

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis is well known by power conference coaches such as ACC, B10. Relationships matter between HS coaches and college coaches when it comes to recruiting. Do the math.

Not exactly an academic powerhouse but meh, I suppose it's an athlete mill.

Bullis is certainly no mill for athletes nor even a powerhouse in any sport except maybe Lacrosse