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I don't think people are asserting it is an "easy" job, but that IS the job - to manage a number of stakeholders in a way that advances the students' experience on campus and the girls' ability to get a strong education, across all three divisions. We live in an area where there are many private schools (both in the DMV and up 95 in Baltimore) that serve as benchmarks. This past year has tested school leaders and while I would not characterize myself or our family as feeling like an "outsider" or "upset", I do objectively think leadership at SR has not been as strong as at other schools. At a minimum, the communication from the school has not presented it in that light (and even can come off as tone-deaf at times). It is always hard to pinpoint what makes someone a great leader - while competence and hard work are musts for a school head - it seems many on this board think the "tone at the top" is perhaps "off".   [/quote]

I put it down to a seeming unwillingness to listen. I feel like when I bring an issue up it is as if they listen but they don't really hear what's being said. They don't like what they see as complainers even when the complaint is justified and the institution needs to learn something. It is not a coincidence that people post in frustration on this forum because they don't feel they can get an audience for their issues anywhere else. We get these endless surveys that seem to be just window dressing. There is a strong sense that those at the top know everything and you are made to feel like your view is discounted, even though you're paying the bills. [/quote]

You may be paying the bills, at least for the period of time your daughter is there. But among the many voices, that of the parents is least listened to.

A senior administrator at a Catholic school very much like SR told me, Parents come and then they go. By the time their kids are seniors they are usually dialed out. Until then we listen politely. We know they’ll be moving on shortly.”

The attitude was ,”We are running the school and the parents are not.”

Some parents think their “paying the bills” should give them more say on how things are done. It doesn’t. And the school would be impossible to administer if they started letting the parents into the decision or policy making process.[/quote]

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