SSFS Will Stay Open

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Anonymous wrote:And both can be false. And we’ll never know since no transparency exists

THIS IS THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE. And how anyone can send their child back there because of this, I don't get.

Leadership and the BOT will have to give the best speech ever with real answers presented on Monday. I'm about to sign a contract for another school, but they are allowing me to wait until Tuesday morning.

I for one, don’t plan to be swayed by any speech even if it’s the best in history. Besides I knew a guy who gave amazing speeches, about possums, Dorothy and Beyoncé. So I’ve got no time for speeches.

But cold hard facts and numbers, presented with provable documentation. I’ll listen to that.

Not the opossum! Lololol

https://wildlifeinformer.com/opossum-vs-possum/

*the more you know.gif*

This is the best information I've ever learned on dcum!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:" ... the DCUM forum leans heavily towards those who already left yet are still disgruntled along with those who are undecided and rightly angry about all that has happened. Slack leans heavily towards those who are staying and those who are undecided but looking for reasons to stay. The shame in all this is that the two camps can't seem to find a way to converse without gaslighting each other. A sign of the times I guess but very very sad."

Well said!

In actual news, BOT says that the Friends of SSFS will get to nominate three members, and that the new HOS will start in a few weeks.

IMO, the BOT openings should also consider the wider community, not just the Friends of SSFS members. Like it or not, they haven't been as forthcoming with information either, and there are parents who don't trust their motives either.

Just my opinion.

The Friends of SSFS get a free pass from me for a little while longer. They did mobilize and save the school. And, I am of the opinion that they are not permitted to divulge some of the information that you may be seeking. But since you did put put a statement out there speaking on behalf of parents who you allege don't trust their motives, I am seriously asking for you to follow up by sharing with us what you suspect their motives might be?

But we don't even know that they saved the school yet. Have the pledges become real money in hand?

This is silly. We do know that they saved the school. You must not be a current parent or you don't read the FAQ or the emails.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Approximately 70 kids are enrolled in the US.
4 in 4th grade at this time.
Yes LS contracts are extended and yes they can be terminated at any time.

FALSE. There are over 70 kids already enrolled just for the rising 11th and 12 grade. That still leaves the rising 10th graders and rising 9th graders who have already enrolled to increase that number. AND there is still a week to go. Numbers will move after Monday's meeting.

False. The majority have signed but not paid deposit

So? They signed in good faith and particularly out of respect for the teachers. Payment will come after Monday. If you're such an "insider" then why would you want to be an alarmist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:" ... the DCUM forum leans heavily towards those who already left yet are still disgruntled along with those who are undecided and rightly angry about all that has happened. Slack leans heavily towards those who are staying and those who are undecided but looking for reasons to stay. The shame in all this is that the two camps can't seem to find a way to converse without gaslighting each other. A sign of the times I guess but very very sad."

Well said!

In actual news, BOT says that the Friends of SSFS will get to nominate three members, and that the new HOS will start in a few weeks.

IMO, the BOT openings should also consider the wider community, not just the Friends of SSFS members. Like it or not, they haven't been as forthcoming with information either, and there are parents who don't trust their motives either.

Just my opinion.

The Friends of SSFS get a free pass from me for a little while longer. They did mobilize and save the school. And, I am of the opinion that they are not permitted to divulge some of the information that you may be seeking. But since you did put put a statement out there speaking on behalf of parents who you allege don't trust their motives, I am seriously asking for you to follow up by sharing with us what you suspect their motives might be?

But we don't even know that they saved the school yet. Have the pledges become real money in hand?

This is silly. We do know that they saved the school. You must not be a current parent or you don't read the FAQ or the emails.

It’s not “silly”. Yes they collected pledges but of course not all $15 million is sitting in the bank is it? That’s silly. No one has said that has happened.

However that doesn’t mean the school isn’t reopening. That much must happen- they’ve committed that much. But does that alone mean the school is saved? Also of course not. No one can give that guarantee right now. There is a long path to full recovery and only time will tell if everyone’s effort will work out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Approximately 70 kids are enrolled in the US.
4 in 4th grade at this time.
Yes LS contracts are extended and yes they can be terminated at any time.

I can tell you this is absolutely false information. I know how many have enrolled in one of the US grades and that number alone for just one out of the 4 grades in upper school would make your number false. Show proof or stop stirring the pot.

Ditto. The # for our US grade alone does not support this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Approximately 70 kids are enrolled in the US.
4 in 4th grade at this time.
Yes LS contracts are extended and yes they can be terminated at any time.

I can tell you this is absolutely false information. I know how many have enrolled in one of the US grades and that number alone for just one out of the 4 grades in upper school would make your number false. Show proof or stop stirring the pot.

Ditto. The # for our US grade alone does not support this.

That number is?

[Anonymous]

Honestly, the school should put a ticker with grade enrollment numbers on its website. End the he said/she said unsubstantiated nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, the school should put a ticker with grade enrollment numbers on its website. End the he said/she said unsubstantiated nonsense.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, the school should put a ticker with grade enrollment numbers on its website. End the he said/she said unsubstantiated nonsense.

It's not unsubstantiated. The grade levels my kids are in do have surveys and those numbers are public to the parents of those grades. But no, I'm not going to post them here but at least I'm telling you exactly where my information is coming from. The same can't be said for the poster who is claiming to be an "insider" with no other context.

[Anonymous]

Hear me out and please help. Is it just me or does anyone else feel annoyed by all the messages on Slack? I don't want to feel this way. I truly think what the coalition accomplished is extraordinary. BUT, I can't help but feel like - where was all this community spirit and pro-Quaker behavior over the last few years? Why now? I mean I get "why now" - because the school almost folded. I can't really put my finger on how I'm feeling other than to say I'm annoyed. I don't want people to *just* affirm how I'm feeling. I also want people to counter it. Like I said, I don't want to feel this way because I have kids who want to return. I don't want to return at this point because right now the community is annoying me. I'm just being brutually honest about myself more than throwing shade at the people on slack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hear me out and please help. Is it just me or does anyone else feel annoyed by all the messages on Slack? I don't want to feel this way. I truly think what the coalition accomplished is extraordinary. BUT, I can't help but feel like - where was all this community spirit and pro-Quaker behavior over the last few years? Why now? I mean I get "why now" - because the school almost folded. I can't really put my finger on how I'm feeling other than to say I'm annoyed. I don't want people to *just* affirm how I'm feeling. I also want people to counter it. Like I said, I don't want to feel this way because I have kids who want to return. I don't want to return at this point because right now the community is annoying me. I'm just being brutually honest about myself more than throwing shade at the people on slack.

I agree that the slack channel can be annoying but then I have an experience with actual people at the school and it reminds me of why we chose ssfs and why we’re staying. I had an experience last week in fact with 3 faculty and staff who I had never met before, and their kindness and responsiveness was so touching. Slack is useful for getting information out but it isn’t necessarily a good representation of who people are.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, the school should put a ticker with grade enrollment numbers on its website. End the he said/she said unsubstantiated nonsense.

It's not unsubstantiated. The grade levels my kids are in do have surveys and those numbers are public to the parents of those grades. But no, I'm not going to post them here but at least I'm telling you exactly where my information is coming from. The same can't be said for the poster who is claiming to be an "insider" with no other context.

Why do these things need to be hush hush? And electives and co curriculars depend on division numbers not grade numbers, so everyone has a RIGHT to know something as basic as enrollment numbers. The fact that it’s treated like a state secret just means the whole lack of transparency is still a big part of every decision. There is no loss of anyone’s privacy to have a tally available to us all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hear me out and please help. Is it just me or does anyone else feel annoyed by all the messages on Slack? I don't want to feel this way. I truly think what the coalition accomplished is extraordinary. BUT, I can't help but feel like - where was all this community spirit and pro-Quaker behavior over the last few years? Why now? I mean I get "why now" - because the school almost folded. I can't really put my finger on how I'm feeling other than to say I'm annoyed. I don't want people to *just* affirm how I'm feeling. I also want people to counter it. Like I said, I don't want to feel this way because I have kids who want to return. I don't want to return at this point because right now the community is annoying me. I'm just being brutually honest about myself more than throwing shade at the people on slack.

You’re not alone. Even as they were touting the record breaking auction I remember sitting in last years auction where all of us felt dejected that we barely crossed 100K. Fund our scholars isn’t new this year. Why is the money pouring now? Just like you I thought yeah I know “why” but it just feels annoying. Also in the past few years getting the community to show up for anything was like pulling teeth. Every event was just same volunteers. Very few new. Waiting till the last minute for signups. So yeah. I feel the same way as you. And I’m not coming back cause it just is too little too late.

[Anonymous]

Huh? Everyone everywhere has been complacent, tired, struggling, and isolating quite a bit with the pandemic, everything going on in the world, the election. Have you not noticed this phenomenon literally everywhere? It’s not unique to our school community, in fact the SSFS community has been the one respite from awfulness everywhere else for our family the last few years. This closure has invigorated what is there but what was maybe less urgent and active than usual.

The way that the community has become even closer and more tightknit during this experience has been a secret blessing of the entire experience tbh.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? Everyone everywhere has been complacent, tired, struggling, and isolating quite a bit with the pandemic, everything going on in the world, the election. Have you not noticed this phenomenon literally everywhere? It’s not unique to our school community, in fact the SSFS community has been the one respite from awfulness everywhere else for our family the last few years. This closure has invigorated what is there but what was maybe less urgent and active than usual.

The way that the community has become even closer and more tightknit during this experience has been a secret blessing of the entire experience tbh.

Ok so you feel that way. I haven’t and so I replied back to the OP that I felt like her too. You don’t and that’s fine. But you’re the ping if person that makes the OP feel like everyone else wants any naysayer to shut up.

And to say we’re all still depressed from the pandemic is laughable.