SSFS HOS leaving

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Anonymous wrote:The AD departure seemed sudden, but he is already working his new job in PA. So he had this lined up a while and never told the school or the school never bothered to announce he was leaving?

Maybe the AD asked not to have it announced?!

That seems strange. Though given the fact that there have been other unannounced departures or announcements made as late as possible, I think this was more RGs decision not to announce so as not to panic families even more.

My bet is RG didn't want another resignation on his "record." Announcing later makes it appear that this could be a resignation in solidarity.

Exactly my thought. It’s like how he didn’t announce the US head resignation until after families had signed their re enrollment contracts and only then because the other school was making their announcement that weekend.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The AD departure seemed sudden, but he is already working his new job in PA. So he had this lined up a while and never told the school or the school never bothered to announce he was leaving?

Maybe the AD asked not to have it announced?!

That seems strange. Though given the fact that there have been other unannounced departures or announcements made as late as possible, I think this was more RGs decision not to announce so as not to panic families even more.

My bet is RG didn't want another resignation on his "record." Announcing later makes it appear that this could be a resignation in solidarity.

Solidarity- yet he was able to get a new job, get listed on their directory and list it on his LinkedIn - yeah … right.

[Anonymous]

Is it true that the assistant head of athletic dept was also let go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that the assistant head of athletic dept was also let go?

Yes, she was laid off in June.

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely agree with a previous post - HOS must have strong business sense including enrollment management and fundraising. HOS must also be able to promote the school and keep strong relationships with alumni. It's the division heads that must have strong education backgrounds in curriculum, instruction, and child and adolescent development

To speak with insight about the education a HOS is soliciting funds for, it helps if they truly understand good teaching and the school’s mission and strengths.

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Anonymous wrote:The MS day to day functions well because of people like ER, FZ, and a lot of strong teachers.

But unfortunately they’ve lost some of their strongest teachers.

They lost 2. Yes they were strong, but IMO as a parent not the strongest teachers in the building. There are 18 others who have been there for 3-30 years. There's a reason the MS has the lowest turnover of any division on campus.

What is the reason that MS has been more successful in retaining faculty?

Well the rising 8th grade class lost 1/3 of its class so something is going on in MS. Literally a third of the kids aren’t returning from 7th grade. Not a good sign.

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MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

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Anonymous wrote:The MS day to day functions well because of people like ER, FZ, and a lot of strong teachers.

But unfortunately they’ve lost some of their strongest teachers.

They lost 2. Yes they were strong, but IMO as a parent not the strongest teachers in the building. There are 18 others who have been there for 3-30 years. There's a reason the MS has the lowest turnover of any division on campus.

What is the reason that MS has been more successful in retaining faculty?

Well the rising 8th grade class lost 1/3 of its class so something is going on in MS. Literally a third of the kids aren’t returning from 7th grade. Not a good sign.

This happened last year also, when my 8th grader was rising to 9th a large number of students didnt return to high school. Now I realize why - lack of discipline, lackluster academic program, and exorbitant rise in tuition. We are not returning for 10th.

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Anonymous wrote:MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

My kids experienced this also. The school simply wasn't doing anything and we brought up concerns multiple times. We decided not to reenroll.

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Anonymous wrote:The MS day to day functions well because of people like ER, FZ, and a lot of strong teachers.

But unfortunately they’ve lost some of their strongest teachers.

They lost 2. Yes they were strong, but IMO as a parent not the strongest teachers in the building. There are 18 others who have been there for 3-30 years. There's a reason the MS has the lowest turnover of any division on campus.

What is the reason that MS has been more successful in retaining faculty?

Well the rising 8th grade class lost 1/3 of its class so something is going on in MS. Literally a third of the kids aren’t returning from 7th grade. Not a good sign.

This happened last year also, when my 8th grader was rising to 9th a large number of students didnt return to high school. Now I realize why - lack of discipline, lackluster academic program, and exorbitant rise in tuition. We are not returning for 10th.

Leaving between 8th and 9th is pretty common in K-12, but a mass exodus between 7th and 8th is unusual. I can't speak to any discipline/bullying issues, but the tuition increases have been VERY high compared to prior years.

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Anonymous wrote:MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

TBH a lot of this was a result of the micromanaging of RG. Many admins had their hands tied when it came to these issues in their own divisions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

TBH a lot of this was a result of the micromanaging of RG. Many admins had their hands tied when it came to these issues in their own divisions.

I have heard this said from many people including teachers. What I don't understand is what policies was RG pushing that tied teachers hands in maintaining order and civil behavior in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:The MS day to day functions well because of people like ER, FZ, and a lot of strong teachers.

But unfortunately they’ve lost some of their strongest teachers.

They lost 2. Yes they were strong, but IMO as a parent not the strongest teachers in the building. There are 18 others who have been there for 3-30 years. There's a reason the MS has the lowest turnover of any division on campus.

What is the reason that MS has been more successful in retaining faculty?

Well the rising 8th grade class lost 1/3 of its class so something is going on in MS. Literally a third of the kids aren’t returning from 7th grade. Not a good sign.

This happened last year also, when my 8th grader was rising to 9th a large number of students didnt return to high school. Now I realize why - lack of discipline, lackluster academic program, and exorbitant rise in tuition. We are not returning for 10th.

Leaving between 8th and 9th is pretty common in K-12, but a mass exodus between 7th and 8th is unusual. I can't speak to any discipline/bullying issues, but the tuition increases have been VERY high compared to prior years.

We determined that pre RG, increases were roughly around 3%/year, trending similarly with other local provate schools. Post RG, the increases were over 5% and all over the place, always announced right before winter break. There was no explanation about these increases other than "the pandemic" however, since other schools werent doing the same, it was clear not all could be blamed on the pandemic. Then a comparison of programming at the same price point schools made it obvious that the school was not increases program options, ,resources etc to be on par with schools with a similar tuition rate. That's when it was obvious the increases were due to financial management problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

TBH a lot of this was a result of the micromanaging of RG. Many admins had their hands tied when it came to these issues in their own divisions.

I have heard this said from many people including teachers. What I don't understand is what policies was RG pushing that tied teachers hands in maintaining order and civil behavior in the classroom.

Everything had to be run by him first. It's not so much the policy, but imagine having 4 classes of 15-20 kids 5 days/week and needed approval/justification for every disciplinary decision that's made. Literally everything beyond talking in class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MS behavior is atrocious. The rising 8th grade class was fraught with bullying both in person and online. This class had a hyper focus on race and identity targeting. These problems started when the kids entered middle school. The middle school did seem to step up their efforts to better respond to these behaviors but nothing is being done to proactively address it. This is an example of two things - lax leadership from MS division head and a school complacency around its Quaker mission. I hope both will change as a result of what has been a jarring amount of turnover.

TBH a lot of this was a result of the micromanaging of RG. Many admins had their hands tied when it came to these issues in their own divisions.

I have heard this said from many people including teachers. What I don't understand is what policies was RG pushing that tied teachers hands in maintaining order and civil behavior in the classroom.

Everything had to be run by him first. It's not so much the policy, but imagine having 4 classes of 15-20 kids 5 days/week and needed approval/justification for every disciplinary decision that's made. Literally everything beyond talking in class.

Sounds like how scheduling anything (parent meetings, class parties, affinity group gatherings) had to go through him also and grinded to a halt with nothing getting approved on campus.