Mad at the Board

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Anonymous wrote:The bubbling issues seem to be mostly contained in adult communities, very little surfacing about poor student experiences.

That bodes well for Maret being fine institutionally when the dust settles after they secure a new long term HoS.

The thing is people love to complain online (go figure), but on campus the community is thriving. Everyone knows the Maret community is really strong and spirited.

During the open meetings with the board, none of the whiners in this thread say anything. From this thread, you would think there are people up in arms and shouting during board meetings, but no, they're all pleasant and kind until they take their false rage back here. So I would take everything you read on here with a grain of salt. My kid is a lifer and Maret has been wonderful even amidst the admin shakeup.

Some adults, for the first time, are learning they won’t always get their way and that other people are in charge.

Well said!

No one is "shouting during board meetings..." I hope not. Because parents are engaged and concerned does not make them "whiners" and doesn't mean they cannot constructively engage. It's okay to be a parent who simply sends their child to a school for all thirteen years and doesn't want to be apart of change or bettering the community. Others are more engaged. If you think the community is thriving without significant a number of concerns that remain unaddressed, you are not paying attention. Again, it's fine if that's the way you operate, but don't name call others. That's not the kind of behavior the supports a community.

Well said! Voicing concerns should not be labeled as toxic behavior.

It’s toxic when you quite literally whine on the internet instead of using productive channels like school meetings where you’re offered the opportunity to voice concerns. Hard to take you seriously and, as you can tell, many don’t.

Can’t you people come up with a better word than “toxic?” But since you’re using it.. stop gaslighting. What’s toxic is the behavior of Maret’s “leadership.” People can voice whatever opinion they want here. Go outside and touch grass.

But not the artificial grass from the Barrett Fields.

The Lorax says it’s “toxic”

[Anonymous]

When is the meeting for discussing the HoS recruitment process?

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Anonymous wrote:When is the meeting for discussing the HoS recruitment process?

State of the school is January 28 via zoom.

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I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

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What is this supposed to mean: “As an interim leader, I am charged with providing continuity, promoting a calm and stabilizing culture”

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

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You clearly don't know schools. Some schools have appointed interim heads who are board members and are not even former Heads of Schools. This whole "only at Maret" line is extreme and uninformed.

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

This isn't the hill to die on. Someone with relevant interim HoS experience at a local peer school who also has clear knowledge of Maret as a board member makes clear sense for Maret. She is ideally positioned to have a sense of what issues need immediate support and how to scaffold for the next HoS.

Invest your energy in having a deliberative hiring process and making sure all challenges are unearthed and made clear for the long term head.

Relatedly, Maret's employment page doesn't have too many openings, so concerns of significant faculty turnover seem overblown.

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

You are crazy and you know nothing. I have never heard of an interim going through a recruitment process. I’m curious how extensively the process was that NCS put her through because that was a completely unusual situation and a head scratcher. And trust me I know my way around the independent school scene.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

This isn't the hill to die on. Someone with relevant interim HoS experience at a local peer school who also has clear knowledge of Maret as a board member makes clear sense for Maret. She is ideally positioned to have a sense of what issues need immediate support and how to scaffold for the next HoS.

Invest your energy in having a deliberative hiring process and making sure all challenges are unearthed and made clear for the long term head.

Relatedly, Maret's employment page doesn't have too many openings, so concerns of significant faculty turnover seem overblown.

Ding ding ding. But we already knew that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

Trust me, I know my way around the independent school scene far better than you do and interims are not typically recruitment processes at all. They are typically assignments. The interim is there only to hold the wheels on for a year and guide the board into a legitimate search, while putting space between the previous head of school and the next head of school, which many schools need for the successor hos to get established.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

This isn't the hill to die on. Someone with relevant interim HoS experience at a local peer school who also has clear knowledge of Maret as a board member makes clear sense for Maret. She is ideally positioned to have a sense of what issues need immediate support and how to scaffold for the next HoS.

Invest your energy in having a deliberative hiring process and making sure all challenges are unearthed and made clear for the long term head.

Relatedly, Maret's employment page doesn't have too many openings, so concerns of significant faculty turnover seem overblown.

Well, the high turnover was mentioned by the board president and isn’t posted online (several faculty left, but not recently).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just received a letter from Sue Bosland introducing herself to the parents. I assume she’s the board chair discussed here. Says she joined in 2018, that’s a long time to be on the board.

Just a board member. I just want to mention a fact: school boards do not appoint one of their members as head or interim head. Normally there is a selection process, except of course at Maret, where anything is allowed.

Blah blah blah. She’s not just a board member. She has actual HOS experience. Do you understand that?? It’s a one year interim role to hold the school together. She knows the school better than any other interim would. You sound so ignorant.

Yeah, I bet she’s the only person with HOS experience. Wait—how was she hired at NCS? Wasn’t she hired through a recruitment process? Just a fact for you to think about.

Trust me, I know my way around the independent school scene far better than you do and interims are not typically recruitment processes at all. They are typically assignments. The interim is there only to hold the wheels on for a year and guide the board into a legitimate search, while putting space between the previous head of school and the next head of school, which many schools need for the successor hos to get established.

Maybe, but are interim heads typically from the same board, or does the board usually recruits someone outside the board? From what I see on LinkedIn, it seems to be the latter. It just seems odd.