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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent considering applying to Landon, the article provided no new information to me other than that the head of the upper school is resigning ... and apparently he is the designated spokesperson on the record for the school as he is leaving anyway?  There were no real answers to anything they are doing to address anything, other than to suggest that people are thinking about things.  Total waste of print space as far as providing any real information about either existing programs ... or what they plan for the future.  The outgoing head's speech was interesting ... did he basically say that same sex education for boys was inevitably incomplete?  (Specifically, that boys miss an "invaluable" experience by going to all boys' school?)  And that is just left unaddressed?  How is the school planning to round out the experience?   And the vignette about the family who has gone there since the founding -- what was the point of that?  The summary wasn't followed up with anything but is the implication supposed to be that the school is basically "owned" by a few people now?  Other than the baseball coach, it didn't say anything about other sports (lacrosse being of recent interest), but does the school have a stated philosophy of coaching?  Is it thinking of getting one?   It said nothing about middle school although that head of school has been roundly and repeatedly disparaged on this forum.  Wasn't he in charge of some of the troubled children?  And what is up with having dual or triple roles for people in key positions?  Teacher, admin, coach, etc.?  At some point doesn't the school have to get more FOCUS? [/quote]

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