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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the poster who said “net can’t even see any loss whatsoever” how is it not a loss for the community, students/friendships, and the academic environment at a school that prides itself on an advanced curriculum when it seems to continually replace outgoing students with new students?

Since you have a close source, it would be interesting to know how many students didn’t re-enroll in February? How many remain of the original 400 founding students? How many of the (only a handful in the entire school) students that opted for online will be returning in the fall? If there are truly no concerns then this information should be very helpful to those considering the school and reading the threads that seem to contradict what you are saying.[/quote]

There were around 276 founding students in PK-10. Less than 100 founding students remain, and about 35 students in the initial high school group stayed through graduation. They added the toddler group and gave them substantial credits to stay after Covid. The high school is very small- less than 120 total, I think.

[b]Admissions has done a great job bringing in new families every year despite the ongoing challenges at the school[/b]. Unfortunately, administration does not do well keeping people happy once they are in. I have read on here before that it’s the kids “who couldn’t keep up” who leave, but our personal experience was the exact opposite. The top kids in the grade were the ones who left, year after year. I would love to see the school grow, but they can’t grow until they offer more, and they can’t offer much until they bring in more $$$. Social, sports and extracurricular opportunities are very limited. [/quote]

And yet they've gone from four admissions personnel a couple of years ago to two now. It looks like they're finally hiring for another one, but they've gone six months with two in that office.[/quote]

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