Upheaval at Holton

[Anonymous]

Was the DEIB director included in these emails and conversations with the affinity group and the HOS? This almost seems unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can any current liberal families not in the upper class share why your family is staying at Holton?

If you want an all girls experience where are going? Maybe SR but they don’t accept that many students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG someone please out the board member who doesn’t know what “recourse” means.

Wait, that email was from an administrator?!!?

Yeah, she resigned.

[Anonymous]

What if there is no upheaval?

How are we going to carry this torch forward, continue spreading hate and trying to do damage to the school and HOS?

What are we doing to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are people still clueless as to why Holton is tanking?

The new HoS is a puppet hard-right conservative who's friends with
Brett Kavanaugh and Glenn Youngkin.

Last year, she made many cultural changes and got into a big fight with the Black affinity group. She walked away from the forum crying, and one of her assistants wrote in an email that the Black families needed to pay for how they treated her. The same assistant accidentally sent the email to a bunch of Black parents.

Most of the White parents seem okay with it, but a lot of the Black parents are trying to leave. We pulled our application after everything came out.

It was a pretty big deal last year.

You are trying to trash a school that your DD never even attended. You appear to be the author of most of the defaming posts after this one. Please stop your campaign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are people still clueless as to why Holton is tanking?

The new HoS is a puppet hard-right conservative who's friends with
Brett Kavanaugh and Glenn Youngkin.

Last year, she made many cultural changes and got into a big fight with the Black affinity group. She walked away from the forum crying, and one of her assistants wrote in an email that the Black families needed to pay for how they treated her. The same assistant accidentally sent the email to a bunch of Black parents.

Most of the White parents seem okay with it, but a lot of the Black parents are trying to leave. We pulled our application after everything came out.

It was a pretty big deal last year.

You are trying to trash a school that your DD never even attended. You appear to be the author of most of the defaming posts after this one. Please stop your campaign.

To be fair, that pp clearly does have a connection to the school.

[Anonymous]

Maybe PP could have chosen different words, but the key takeaway is that not one Holton family has said it isn’t true and that’s enough for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can any current liberal families not in the upper class share why your family is staying at Holton?

If you want an all girls experience where are going? Maybe SR but they don’t accept that many students.

NCS and they have a very strong DEI program and many happy African American families. SR is not a liberal parent community in the least. Complete opposite actually. The families I know there are actually against DEI programs very vocally and are very club oriented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can any current liberal families not in the upper class share why your family is staying at Holton?

If you want an all girls experience where are going? Maybe SR but they don’t accept that many students.

NCS and they have a very strong DEI program and many happy African American families. SR is not a liberal parent community in the least. Complete opposite actually. The families I know there are actually against DEI programs very vocally and are very club oriented.

PP above here - also adding in Madeira as another option....They also have strong DEI programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are people still clueless as to why Holton is tanking?

The new HoS is a puppet hard-right conservative who's friends with
Brett Kavanaugh and Glenn Youngkin.

Last year, she made many cultural changes and got into a big fight with the Black affinity group. She walked away from the forum crying, and one of her assistants wrote in an email that the Black families needed to pay for how they treated her. The same assistant accidentally sent the email to a bunch of Black parents.

Most of the White parents seem okay with it, but a lot of the Black parents are trying to leave. We pulled our application after everything came out.

It was a pretty big deal last year.

You are trying to trash a school that your DD never even attended. You appear to be the author of most of the defaming posts after this one. Please stop your campaign.

DP. I am confused. Why would this constant poster keep posting then about Holton if her daughter is not there and how would she have all of these emails from internal communications? Last question - why would she keep posting about Holton? I am sincerely curious what else you would think their motive would be?

[Anonymous]

Are those emails available someplace else?

Are they authentic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG someone please out the board member who doesn’t know what “recourse” means.

Wait, that email was from an administrator?!!?

Yeah, she resigned.

Wait, which one please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG someone please out the board member who doesn’t know what “recourse” means.

Wait, that email was from an administrator?!!?

Yeah, she resigned.

Wait, which one please?

It was the old comms director who wrote the "recourse" email.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are those emails available someplace else?

Are they authentic?

Yes they are

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can any current liberal families not in the upper class share why your family is staying at Holton?

Sure! Liberal family of color here who practice a minority religion.

we love Holton. It has incredibly rigorous academics and never neglects pushing girls to discover their best selves. They have an equally rigorous DEI curriculum that is woven into each and every class. Even the website highlights the DEI work. The school is the most racially and ethnically diverse we found in our search that also has high academic standards. Our daughter has friends of all races.

We are in upper school and have attended numerous parent events on campus and in people’s homes and I am always struck by how they never feel homogenous. Everyone shows up. I’ve definitely been inside some ultra-fancy houses, but I have ALWAYS felt welcomed.

It also feels like a bit of a tribe. I have had other parents that I don’t even know well that have jumped jn and offered to help me out multiple times (with driving, coordinating after school activities, etc)

This school is not for show. It’s all depth.

This thread is nutty and does not reflect the reality of this lovely warm place.

If yore interested in Holton, visit or ask admissions for names of whatever group you are interested in - black families, Muslim families, East Asian families - they will find someone who will be happy to talk frankly with you.