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[quote=Anonymous]I do agree, the article could have been worst but Valerie Strauss' article lacks some credibility.  All of her sources wish to remain anonymous "citing fear of retaliation", I'm not sure how much I buy that. Its clear there are some problems at Landon which must be addressed.

As for the article being objective, I disagree. As a former Landon parent, the post brings up the notorious SAT scandal from the early 2000's. The Post cited a "2002 SAT cheating episode in which eight members of the lacrosse team were suspended while two non-athletes were forced to leave the school." This couldn't be more far from the truth, 4 members of the lacrosse team were involved with the scandal. The two kids forced to leave the school, did in-fact play sports but rather never came forward in a timely manner.

As for the anonymous letter which was sent to the administration and sent to the Wash Post, the letter was written by several whiny mothers who were extremely upset their sons lost playing time to underclassmen. While some of the allegations were true, some were completly blown out of proportion in attempt to ruin a man's career.  Landons baseball team had a phenomenal season this past Spring, the administration fired one of the baseball coaches for his antics (PS he was the former head baseball coach at Prep for 10 years before he came to Landon)I don't recall hearing any complaints from baseball parents this year.

Again, Landon certainly has some issues to address this summer, but I question the purpose of this article. Is all of this truly newsworthy material? By now most parents who spent hours playing on this website know Landon has had some problems, is the Washington Post that desperate to "sell" newspapers again :roll:[/quote]

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