Burgundy Farm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burgundy opening!!!!!!

Hurray!!!!

And now to pray for a carpooling solution for working parents!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burgundy opening!!!!!!

Yahoo! Fingers crossed that all goes well with the half-day reopening over the two week trial period so we can be back on campus full-time.

[Anonymous]

What changed? Are schools seeing the writing in the wall - meaning if they do t open up, parents will leave?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What changed? Are schools seeing the writing in the wall - meaning if they do t open up, parents will leave?

In their defense, this is what they said would happen all along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What changed? Are schools seeing the writing in the wall - meaning if they do t open up, parents will leave?

In their defense, this is what they said would happen all along.

Yes, they’ve been planning for a slow, measured reopening based on certain benchmarks and safety criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What changed? Are schools seeing the writing in the wall - meaning if they do t open up, parents will leave?

In their defense, this is what they said would happen all along.

Yes but they also said they would reopen in person five days a week in September “all along” so you’ll forgive the parent community who is experiencing a lack of trust with the school at the moment.

[Anonymous]

Come on. They never said that opening FT in September was a certainty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on. They never said that opening FT in September was a certainty.

Not a certainty but they expressed they were extremely confident we would be open FT. Everyone thought they would reopen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How are the Burgundy parent board members nominated? HOS? Other parent board members?

All done secretly via nominations by current board members...very inside and based on "who's who" in the community.

Required qualifications:

- affluent
- white (unless your a minority that meets a minimum six figure salary requirement and have a law degree)
- you donate a substantial amount to the school
- you're somewhat self-absorbed or just purely clueless
- acceptable occupations - lawyer, corporate VP, or some high level government position
- combined with other board members, must not represent the majority of the population of the school and their needs
- most important of all - have had very little hands on experience volunteering at Burgundy and know every little about what their kid does at the school or what goes on with the campus and teachers and students and things that matter

They are a fine group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are the Burgundy parent board members nominated? HOS? Other parent board members?

All done secretly via nominations by current board members...very inside and based on "who's who" in the community.

Required qualifications:

- affluent
- white (unless your a minority that meets a minimum six figure salary requirement and have a law degree)
- you donate a substantial amount to the school
- you're somewhat self-absorbed or just purely clueless
- acceptable occupations - lawyer, corporate VP, or some high level government position
- combined with other board members, must not represent the majority of the population of the school and their needs
- most important of all - have had very little hands on experience volunteering at Burgundy and know every little about what their kid does at the school or what goes on with the campus and teachers and students and things that matter

They are a fine group.

We were there a couple years ago and this was definitely not the case. Maybe things have changed? The people who were nominated were people who were willing to do it and were heavily involved in the school to begin with. Key was being wiling to be nominated and actually do the job. It's a lot of time and energy and I think it takes more effort than you realize to find people to serve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are the Burgundy parent board members nominated? HOS? Other parent board members?

All done secretly via nominations by current board members...very inside and based on "who's who" in the community.

Required qualifications:

- affluent
- white (unless your a minority that meets a minimum six figure salary requirement and have a law degree)
- you donate a substantial amount to the school
- you're somewhat self-absorbed or just purely clueless
- acceptable occupations - lawyer, corporate VP, or some high level government position
- combined with other board members, must not represent the majority of the population of the school and their needs
- most important of all - have had very little hands on experience volunteering at Burgundy and know every little about what their kid does at the school or what goes on with the campus and teachers and students and things that matter

They are a fine group.

Current Burgundy parent who is not on the Board and is not happy with how the school bungled it’s reopening. This is totally untrue. I know many of the Board members personally. While it could be more diverse, most Board members are *extremely* involved in the school and *extremely* devoted to the school and it’s mission and spend tons of time volunteering for activities. The school has administrative issues and communication problems, yes. But this was simply untrue to say of the Board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are the Burgundy parent board members nominated? HOS? Other parent board members?

All done secretly via nominations by current board members...very inside and based on "who's who" in the community.

Required qualifications:

- affluent
- white (unless your a minority that meets a minimum six figure salary requirement and have a law degree)
- you donate a substantial amount to the school
- you're somewhat self-absorbed or just purely clueless
- acceptable occupations - lawyer, corporate VP, or some high level government position
- combined with other board members, must not represent the majority of the population of the school and their needs
- most important of all - have had very little hands on experience volunteering at Burgundy and know every little about what their kid does at the school or what goes on with the campus and teachers and students and things that matter

They are a fine group.

This is so far from the truth. Previous poster is accurate with "It's a lot of time and energy and I think it takes more effort than you realize to find people to serve." Board meetings are open to the public. I would encourage you to attend. You can reach out to the Board Chair to do so. Regarding "very little hands on experience volunteering", while you may not have seen some of these individuals in a truly active more visual volunteering role (Room Parent, BPA Steering Comm, Fall Fair, Auction) they have all volunteered many hours for the betterment of the school. If you have questions about the process of becoming a Board Member I am sure the Board Chair and the chair of the Committee of Trustees would welcome the opportunity to answer them. Lastly you do have a say with your vote, you can vote no for individuals put on the ballot.

[Anonymous]

This nonsense about the board criteria is another great example of all emotions and no facts. You obviously have not put any time into getting to know Burgundy or the community to understand how the school operates and the countless hours people throughout the system put in. Another example of just sad and embarrassing behavior here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are the Burgundy parent board members nominated? HOS? Other parent board members?

All done secretly via nominations by current board members...very inside and based on "who's who" in the community.

Required qualifications:

- affluent
- white (unless your a minority that meets a minimum six figure salary requirement and have a law degree)
- you donate a substantial amount to the school
- you're somewhat self-absorbed or just purely clueless
- acceptable occupations - lawyer, corporate VP, or some high level government position
- combined with other board members, must not represent the majority of the population of the school and their needs
- most important of all - have had very little hands on experience volunteering at Burgundy and know every little about what their kid does at the school or what goes on with the campus and teachers and students and things that matter

They are a fine group.

This is every board selection process at every private everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What changed? Are schools seeing the writing in the wall - meaning if they do t open up, parents will leave?

From today’s WaPo. Please don’t let this be us.


Parents are sending coronavirus-infected kids to school, Wisconsin officials warn
As authorities in suburban Milwaukee gamed out the complex preparations to allow children back into classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, they didn’t plan for one scenario: parents deliberately sending infected kids to school.