Leaving Lowell early

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Lowell parent who was there before and during the pandemic.

There were some staffing issues with the 1st grade that were unavoidable. They were among the last to return to campus, and it was a difficult time for all.

Instead of recognizing that this was an impossible situation where nobody won, some parents of first graders completely lost perspective. They let their fear, frustration, and anger cloud their judgment. Instead of trusting leadership working to make a horrible situation better, they blamed and even battered the HoS. There was ugly gossip. There were threats. I wasn't even a 1st grade parent, but I heard about it from many fronts.

YES, it was terrible. But no, it wasn't different from things happening at other schools. Lowell weathered the pandemic extremely well, especially compared with other privates. Kudos to the trustees and the head for leading with grace and respect during an impossible situation.

To the PP: go to therapy. Seriously. The anger and resentment years later isn't about the school anymore. That's yours, and I hope you can work through in, instead of trying to attack the school years later.

What was unavoidable about the staffing issues in 1st grade? What made 1st grade different from any other grade? Also I didn't hear any anger nor resentment from the PP just stating how he/she felt. If you are representative of parents at Lowell who can't take any criticism without resorting to "you need therapy", I would want nothing to do with the school.

+1. This is really nasty.

This is really Lowell. Peel back the showy progressive facade and what’s left is admin that is inattentive, often unkind and puts money above educational best practices.

That's been our experience as well. They say all the right things in terms of progressive education and accepting everyone but really, they only accept those who think and act exactly as they would wish and its only loosely a progressive education in the true meaning. The HoS blatantly lies to parents and has been a major disappointment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t speak to how many people leave early but I wish we had…the school has gone downhill since the new HOS started a few years ago. She interviewed well but hasn’t delivered what she seemed to promise.

We loved Lowell for all its quirkiness…even with the downsides that everyone has mentioned. However, it is just a shell of its former self.

Agreed. I feel for her as she started the year COVID hit. She was just getting her footing when all h#$$ broke out and while I can appreciate the challenges and difficulties presented to everyone during this time and being new had to have made it that much worse, she overall just didn't handle any of it well. From the way she treated teachers/students/and parents to just well, everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[mastodon]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Lowell parent who was there before and during the pandemic.

There were some staffing issues with the 1st grade that were unavoidable. They were among the last to return to campus, and it was a difficult time for all.

Instead of recognizing that this was an impossible situation where nobody won, some parents of first graders completely lost perspective. They let their fear, frustration, and anger cloud their judgment. Instead of trusting leadership working to make a horrible situation better, they blamed and even battered the HoS. There was ugly gossip. There were threats. I wasn't even a 1st grade parent, but I heard about it from many fronts.

YES, it was terrible. But no, it wasn't different from things happening at other schools. Lowell weathered the pandemic extremely well, especially compared with other privates. Kudos to the trustees and the head for leading with grace and respect during an impossible situation.

To the PP: go to therapy. Seriously. The anger and resentment years later isn't about the school anymore. That's yours, and I hope you can work through in, instead of trying to attack the school years later.

What was unavoidable about the staffing issues in 1st grade? What made 1st grade different from any other grade? Also I didn't hear any anger nor resentment from the PP just stating how he/she felt. If you are representative of parents at Lowell who can't take any criticism without resorting to "you need therapy", I would want nothing to do with the school.

+1. This is really nasty.

This is really Lowell. Peel back the showy progressive facade and what’s left is admin that is inattentive, often unkind and puts money above educational best practices.

That's been our experience as well. They say all the right things in terms of progressive education and accepting everyone but really, they only accept those who think and act exactly as they would wish and its only loosely a progressive education in the true meaning. The HoS blatantly lies to parents and has been a major disappointment.

+1 you hit the nail on the head