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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's a good thing!  Development more than pays for itself, and marketing and admissions are important.  Great teachers like great students.  And you want families to have a good admissions experience to set a good tone for their long-term commitment to the school.  They'll complain less, volunteer more, give more money, etc.

If we want great teaching and administration and continuous improvement, we *want* BSSM to think of itself as competing with independent schools to deliver the best quality education around.  There's no benefit to trying to force the school to "know its place" and "stop putting on airs."

Being a parochial school is great--the religion, the mission, the support of the the diocese, the ties to the local parish and community.

But being too "parochial" in attitude (dictionary: "narrow, limited, restricted") is a problem.  It leads to complacency, excuses, and a failure to address problems quickly and proactively.

BSSM has recently suffered a lot of turnover, has a shortage of highly-experienced staff and faculty, just lost the highly-regarded Assistant Principal, and apparently already had a bad year in the middle school by not having it well-staffed.

The last thing the school should do now is say, "Oh well, we're just a parochial school.  Losing lots of experienced people isn't a problem, it's just one of those things that happens.  We'll just list the open roles on that one website like we always do and hire whoever applies before school starts in 8 weeks."

Instead, the school should say, "Most middle schools in this area had a good 2023-24 school year and have plenty of good teachers returning for 2024-25.  Most schools in this area already have a good Vice Principal in place.  We don't have any of that.  We are seriously behind the 8-ball and now we're scrambling (again) to just to fill vacancies.  Families are paying us and relying on us.  We need to be more proactive about hiring, developing, and retaining great people."

BSSM should strive to be the very best it can be, not hold itself to lower standards.  [/quote]

Ok but will they? [/quote]

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