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Anonymous
| I do know that in the MS there will be one math teacher and one English teacher left…. I guess there may not be a need for more with such low enrollment. |
Anonymous
One math and one english teacher are leaving? Or There will only be one math and one english teacher next year? |
Anonymous
| There will only be one of each left |
Anonymous
| One of each remaining. The rest are leaving. |
Anonymous
| No skin in the game as we don't attend (live too far away). Just from scanning this thread, it seems pretty clear some folks outside SSFS are trolling. Sad to see, but not the first time DCUM has seen trolls. |
Anonymous
This is absolutely not true. |
Anonymous
| If only the school would provide information then there couldn’t be all these alternate stories. What a novel idea |
Anonymous
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There is a live FAQ for families updated frequently with as much info as is known right now, which you would know if you actually were a parent.
Go to bed, sad troll. |
Anonymous
No idea what you’re talking about. I checked the faq ecen today. Nothing concrete there. |
Anonymous
These FAQs? Do you see any details here at all about what happened and why, what changes are actually happening now, how many kids or teachers are likely staying? Anything not vague and hand-wavy? https://www.ssfs.org/news-media/faqs-for-2025-2026 |
Anonymous
Seems more like you’re the troll who doesn’t know what the school is saying. |
Anonymous
| The FAQs basically say we can’t tell you anything important until enrollment contracts come back. The school has reached out to the board for more transparency but nothing back yet. |
Anonymous
What is known “right now” a week before contracts are due is “nothing” that helps us decide. When the coalition took over I thought they would (finally) hold the board accountable and get some real answers. Then I thought the coalition would help find answers that would help us decide to come back - what the new board will be, how many teachers are actually coming back etc. the coalition has also only delivered promises with nothing to back up. I’m not sure who I’m more disappointed with - the board or the coalition who just muddied the waters. Maybe moving on after the first announcement would have been better closure then this should I shouldn’t I uncertainty I’m stuck in now. Nothing here has been straightforward. |
Anonymous
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I think that the coalition is a classic example of someone coming in with good intent but being in way over their head. They set unrealistic expectations, albeit not intentionally, by giving reassurances about things that they were not in a position to reassure. The “great news, we’re not closing” message is the same as GWB’s “Mission Accomplished.”
There were (and are) too many moving parts to have made the commitment to reopen (uncertain enrollment, uncertain teacher retention, forensic accounting, reputational damage, debt restructuring, longer term philanthropy). |
Anonymous
| The “mission accomplished” analogy is so apt. My disappointment is that the angel donor appears to have made board changes a contingency of the donation but not meaningful transparency with the families of the school and the public. Perhaps leadership of the coalition knows what is going on (maybe not) but to repair trust with the families and make it reasonable for them to stay, being open about the many unanswered questions is key. |