SSFS HOS leaving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can some sum up exactly what RG did to be fired? Can't seem to find a straight answer.

I assume, this means your kids don't go to this school? Seems like you'd know if they did.

Dp here but no, thats not the case. Plenty of guesses though.

[Anonymous]

we withdrew from the school but are still following what's going on. Can anyone summarize what they addressed in the parent email? Not that it will bring us back at this point, but we want to know if they are starting to make amends at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can some sum up exactly what RG did to be fired? Can't seem to find a straight answer.

For starters, he couldn’t keep admin bc he treated everyone like garbage. In his tenure, they were on their 4th US head in as many years, 4th LS head in as many years, 4th DEI coordinator in as many years (the last two women didn’t even finish the school year and the most current one is suing him), and he ended this school year with the highest attrition rate probably ever which lead to layoffs of employees completely out of the blue on the last day of school for teachers. So, I’d say that scratches the surface. Just scratches the surface…..

I didnt know TO was suing him but I can't blame her. I've never understood why as a DEI expert RG can't even maintain his DEI dept hires? What a joke.

Suing him or suing the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can some sum up exactly what RG did to be fired? Can't seem to find a straight answer.

For starters, he couldn’t keep admin bc he treated everyone like garbage. In his tenure, they were on their 4th US head in as many years, 4th LS head in as many years, 4th DEI coordinator in as many years (the last two women didn’t even finish the school year and the most current one is suing him), and he ended this school year with the highest attrition rate probably ever which lead to layoffs of employees completely out of the blue on the last day of school for teachers. So, I’d say that scratches the surface. Just scratches the surface…..

I didnt know TO was suing him but I can't blame her. I've never understood why as a DEI expert RG can't even maintain his DEI dept hires? What a joke.

Suing him or suing the school?

Poster said suing him.

[Anonymous]

13:10 where did you read that info about financial status? sounds like speculation/gossip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:13:10 where did you read that info about financial status? sounds like speculation/gossip

Sorry, i meant, with an email without addressing it, I take that to mean, they don't want to tell us what's going on, which can only mean it's not good. If it were good they'd spell it out in the email.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:13:10 where did you read that info about financial status? sounds like speculation/gossip

Sorry, i meant, with an email without addressing it, I take that to mean, they don't want to tell us what's going on, which can only mean it's not good. If it were good they'd spell it out in the email.

They did address it. They sent out a second email explaining it was accidentally omitted from the first email. The second e-mail has the information asked for.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Email to the parent community was a complete joke. At the start of the message, the co-clerks wrote that they would address three main concerns that were made clear at the listening sessions, one of which was financial status of the school. They addressed two other issues but NOT the financial status!

I don't think that email was the place to address the financial status of the school. The email laid out the biggest concerns and what is being handled. To me, that suggested the financial concerns are not as bad as we think they are so not taking center stage in recovery. Perhaps I'm being naive, but I feel like if that was the #1 issue, it would have been addressed as such.

Yep corrected email sent and YOU ARE NAIVE! They wrote that the school is in financial trouble.

[Anonymous]

This is like reading a Fox News message board - gossip, doomsday assertions, repeat posters, pot stirring, and at least a few trolls.

If you are a current SSFS parent as I am, we should respect the school that we chose including the teachers and take our conversations elsewhere. RG is gone, for which I am happy, the BOT and other leaders are working to address the issues and listen to the community, and our kids return in less than a month. It's time to pull together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like reading a Fox News message board - gossip, doomsday assertions, repeat posters, pot stirring, and at least a few trolls.

If you are a current SSFS parent as I am, we should respect the school that we chose including the teachers and take our conversations elsewhere. RG is gone, for which I am happy, the BOT and other leaders are working to address the issues and listen to the community, and our kids return in less than a month. It's time to pull together.

I think anyone posting here or reading here, knows what this is or isn’t. No one is being forced to read it - including current parents - but I don’t think it’s fair to tell others what to say or not to say. There is a lot of pent up frustrations and largely I have found this message board to be a place where people share their opinions but I haven’t spotted much (or any) outright disrespectful discourse.

I also know a lot of what is being said here IS true, and for many families who otherwise don’t know what’s going on (as the school has often been woefully opaque) this board has been helpful. Expressing opinions doesn’t mean families are not supportive of teachers or hoping for the best for next year. But it doesn’t mean people need to stay quiet unless they have praises to sing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is like reading a Fox News message board - gossip, doomsday assertions, repeat posters, pot stirring, and at least a few trolls.

If you are a current SSFS parent as I am, we should respect the school that we chose including the teachers and take our conversations elsewhere. RG is gone, for which I am happy, the BOT and other leaders are working to address the issues and listen to the community, and our kids return in less than a month. It's time to pull together.

I think anyone posting here or reading here, knows what this is or isn’t. No one is being forced to read it - including current parents - but I don’t think it’s fair to tell others what to say or not to say. There is a lot of pent up frustrations and largely I have found this message board to be a place where people share their opinions but I haven’t spotted much (or any) outright disrespectful discourse.

I also know a lot of what is being said here IS true, and for many families who otherwise don’t know what’s going on (as the school has often been woefully opaque) this board has been helpful. Expressing opinions doesn’t mean families are not supportive of teachers or hoping for the best for next year. But it doesn’t mean people need to stay quiet unless they have praises to sing.

+1-everyone trusting the board and keeping quiet even when it was very clear there were major problems is sort of how we got here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious. Is it a small group of people who are writing on here? We’ve now beaten a dead horse here. I was a new parent this past year and didn’t notice all the things mentioned, but now it just seems like people are just upset and needlessly venting about stupid things like the shoes at graduation.

I only posted once in this thread. I am glad you had good first year at SSFS. As a parent who just left after 8 years in the SSFS community (our youngest decided not to attend the US), I can assure you that this is a very different school than when our family started. The former head of school was amazing and Dr. Glasgow was nothing like him. The staff turnover rates have been concerning for the last few years and the school has lost many wonderful educators who had been at the school for years. I truly hope that the school can get back to its roots and be the SSFS that we all loved.

[Anonymous]

To us it felt like a bait and switch. We came during TG, and the school was one way, then it changed and didn’t feel the same at all. And I never heard the teachers struggling with maintaining discipline in the classroom before. But they had to run every decision through RG. We decided to leave as well. My kids were miserable there this past year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can some sum up exactly what RG did to be fired? Can't seem to find a straight answer.

I assume, this means your kids don't go to this school? Seems like you'd know if they did.

Not yet, my kid will be starting there this September.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can some sum up exactly what RG did to be fired? Can't seem to find a straight answer.

I assume, this means your kids don't go to this school? Seems like you'd know if they did.

Not yet, my kid will be starting there this September.

I really hope it works out for you. We just didn't feel comfortable putting our kids through a school recovery experiment at a tuition of $40K. So we withdrew. If they pull themselves out of the hole we'll come back in a few years.