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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm kind of disappointed in the Woods community (a few of you at least).  I thought we were better than this, pre-judging someone you have never met (or maybe met briefly when she was at the school), already deciding she is a "poor choice" and "bad fit."  [b]Look at the search committee.  Look at the board members.  They are Woods parents who want the same things we want for our children and our school.  If you are a Woods parents, you know at least some of them and know they are good and thoughtful people.[/b]  Do you have so little faith and trust in them?  I agree that the announcement could and should have contained more information on why this choice was made, but we hold ourselves out to be a warm and welcoming community.  It's not feeling that way reading some of these comments.[/quote]

This is clearly written by someone on the search committee- the same ones that used most of the announcement to pat themselves on the back for having done the work. (They deserve thanks, for sure, but that notice was very self-servingly done.)

Look, I DON'T know these parents or the board. Why? Because having joined the school within the last 3 years, I haven't been invited to any functions where I might meet them-- I assume in the pre-covid era things were different. The only parents I have met have been on the sidelines of the sports field.  That's not the committee's fault, but it is the reality of the situation. The fact that all the posters in this thread had a similar reaction suggests that the committee isn't prioritizing the same things as the parents. And if the problem is simply the announcement, then there has already been plenty of time to further explain...but only silence from the committee and school.

This person may be a wonderful addition to Woods, but so far all I see and hear is that she's a public-school admin which is exactly the kind of leadership most Woods parents turned AWAY from when choosing woods over public, or leaving public to come to Woods. [/quote]

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