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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Administrative bloat is completely out of control. Start there if you want to fix the “inflationary” burden

Counterargument - parents demand this and that and the other thing. In order to stay competitive, the school has to have all of the staff and services. What bloat is there? Be specific, what positions would you eliminate?
They won’t because they can’t.

A few easy ones:  one of the middle school librarians (very little value added if any), Freshman Dean role (advisories and others can cover the core responsibilities), and the full time parent relationships coordinator (I don’t know her current title).  Separately, my kids’ have had awesome teachers, a terrific and challenging learning environment, and great friends.  He condescension of some members of the administration toward parents is palpable, and the narrow range of views that are viewed as acceptable, are disappointing and frustrating.  But our kids have gotten terrific, open-minded and engaged teachers with a wide range of interests and backgrounds, and we couldn’t be happier. It’s really just part of the administration we are crazy about. And our kids don’t really need to deal with them and have a terrific school experience which is all that really matters to us in the end. We would take the same path again in a heartbeat.
The three positions you mention, ya, no, you have no idea what you are talking about. Sorry, you just don't.

Those were good suggestions that someone provided, when challenged that they couldn’t provide anyone. The response is unhelpful and not illuminating. Here are some more: Assistant Head of School for Academic Affairs (yes I said it), half of the bloated development office, US community service coordinator.[/quote]

The people actually do things. Every day, to support your kid or your family in the life of the school. The tireless hours of meetings and events well beyond an 8-9 hour day that the people specifically mentioned give to the school commuinity is ignored by the person who suggests their position should be eliminated. The Dead of Academic Affairs is arguable one of the most important positions in the school and is incredibly well staffed right now. I'll given you 'assistant librarian in the middle school" - however, when there are 30 kids in the library, if there is one librarian and 10 kids seeking help to find resources for a paper, if they come home and tell you that they couldn't start their paper yet because the librarian was too busy, you would be complaining about that too.[/quote]

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