Holton is forcing all student organizations to delete their instagram pages

[Anonymous]

Why is someone on this page so beyond obsessed with trying to drag Holton through the mud? First the skirt post, that went so off the rails it had to be locked, and now this? I can 10000% guarantee this is not a Holton parent and yet here we are...sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think inexcusable is a bit harsh. They may just not have known. I have never thought that the number of clubs my DDs are on even have an IG. Is that “inexcusable”?! Holton SM covers those accomplishments whether for sports, theater, debate, modelUN, DECA, community service initiatives, and the plethora of other club activities. Seemed to suffice to me and I enjoy seeing all of these fantastic accomplishments ur these hard working young women show up in my feed. Why would they or I be hunting down an unofficial IG account that I don’t even know the handle of? You, PP, are either clueless as to all this all works or has a younger kid who you assume will not ever ever be on SM without your explicit permission.

Your tolerance level of what is inexcusable is inexcusable.

?? It's very strange a school does not have a social media policy for the clubs, and try to keep them in house. Even colleges and universities do this.

[Anonymous]

Good, I wish all schools would do this. Our school has everything go through instagram and if you are a parent who limits it, its a problem and teachers get mad that kids don't show up as things are often last minute.

[Anonymous]

Also don’t see any issue with all postings related to clubs/ECs going through the official school channels. What’s the upside for not having them centralized?

[Anonymous]

What grade are you in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also don’t see any issue with all postings related to clubs/ECs going through the official school channels. What’s the upside for not having them centralized?

1) Clubs, especially affinity groups or high commitment clubs rely on instagram to communicate with branches in other schools to schedule collaborations, etc.
2) These clubs serve as a unifying thread for students both past and present. It helps foster a sense of continuity for students both past and present.
3) It allows students to develop their leadership, time management, and collaboration skills through planning a schedule for posts, collaborating with team members and making said posts, etc.
4) My DD says that club leaders were not provided adequate time and reasoning for the change. It was all so very sudden and hidden under a guise of "taking work off the students' hands."

But yes, my DD has expressed the admin was flexible and willing to compromise. They ultimately merged their plans with the wishes of the students. We do see the benefits of a centralized club account, and they have come to a solution that both the centralized and personalized club accounts will exist. Yay for teamwork.

[Anonymous]

DD’s school pushes kids to communicate via email so that girls without social media are not left out—either because they don’t have social media or the algorithm didn’t serve something up in a timely matter. Similarly, coaches communicate via email vs an outside app. The school is trying to get girls in the habit of checking email. I think this is a good thing.

You can develop leadership by thinking ahead and sending an email—and bonus they actually have to write something, communicate using words.

If the school continues to highlight key events via the main school account, the past and present community issue is moot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ignoring the "nerd club" troll comment, this is in line with them shutting down the college acceptance pages that every class at every school has been doing for the past decade

It seems like a very hierarchical, control-freak kind of thing to do

Oh please. What is all the hubbub about? It’s not that big of a deal— on either end. It’s not control freak. They are minors. I don’t want some high schooler deciding what photos my 14 year old daughter at whatever club event is posted and commented on without some oversight. But I’m not up in arms about the school not having oversight about the pages before. It seems like a reasonable course correction. Of course the school will allow the innocuous school decision IG page to go on. Nothing salacious goes on there and it’s an optional thing to do.

I am confounded by the intense reactions on either side. If we can’t even find common ground on something so meaningless without reading into every single act and declaring it some major wrongdoing on either side, how can we expect our country to ever find its way back to normalcy on a greater scale. We are literally fighting about club IG pages. Do you realize that? This isn’t a board agenda item. Can we start modeling rational adult behavior and critical thinking and discourse at least on the school community level. Let’s not model this BS to our kids.

Exactly this…but we’ve been disappointed, though not really surprised, by all the pettiness and drama at this school. The other day, we overheard a very young student saying that a certain teacher was going to be fired all because of a curriculum change the parents didn’t like. We figured the child must’ve overheard their parents talking that way. Honestly, the way some of the parents were reacting to that change was almost like a riot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is someone on this page so beyond obsessed with trying to drag Holton through the mud? First the skirt post, that went so off the rails it had to be locked, and now this? I can 10000% guarantee this is not a Holton parent and yet here we are...sigh.

I mean, the thread was locked because you lunatics insisted it be locked numerous times and kept leaping on “perv” and “misogyny” tropes to get it done. Still very unclear why you are all so obsessed/invested with endorsing total freedom to don strange public belt skirts and disseminating that as the image of the school. Is it a “culture”? Nobody understands but it’s weird AF. Hope that helps!

[Anonymous]

Of course they’re trying too hard to control the girls, that’s the kind of school it is. You chose it, what else did you expect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The other day, we overheard a very young student saying that a certain teacher was going to be fired all because of a curriculum change the parents didn’t like.

Teachers don't get to change the curriculum, that's done one or two levels above them.

[Anonymous]

I’m shocked their dress code didn’t change after the post about it. Universally everyone thought it was a sloppy uniform.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The other day, we overheard a very young student saying that a certain teacher was going to be fired all because of a curriculum change the parents didn’t like.

Teachers don't get to change the curriculum, that's done one or two levels above them.

Try telling that to the parents trying to get the teacher fired.

[Anonymous]

The trolls are very busy on this forum!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ignoring the "nerd club" troll comment, this is in line with them shutting down the college acceptance pages that every class at every school has been doing for the past decade

It seems like a very hierarchical, control-freak kind of thing to do

Of course the school will allow the innocuous school decision IG page to go on. Nothing salacious goes on there and it’s an optional thing to do.

They’ve already made the decision this will not be allowed. Call the school and ask if you don’t believe me