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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Maret board told who to vote for. The HOS and Board chair had already decided. [/quote][/b]

OP here- while I am mainly interested in hearing about how schools have transitioned to a new Head and how the process went, I have to chime in that this sounds crazy. I somehow highly doubt Marjo Talbott would have voted for the candidate who ultimately got the job- in fact, it almost seems like the board chose him because he is nothing like her. As for the board chair, certainly a nice person but power hungry? Another bizmare allegation.

Maret used to be a fringe school, sort of artsy- at least when Strutevant was in charge- loads of debt, some really bad teachers. Marjo Talbott might not be the friendliest, but she really put Maret on the map and brought it to where it is. While I think she should have retired a while ago, I respect the work she did for the school.

Maret was founded by three women- I personally am sad the position did not go to a female, since few of the co-ed schools in this area are headed by women.  Just so very disappointed in the whole process and certainly with the ultimate selection. [/quote]

Why so very disappointed with the ultimate selection, aside from your being against his selection because of his gender? [/quote]

During his presentation to families, he talked about how much Maret and Whittle are alike. Not only are Maret and Whittle completely different, the vast majority Maret families do not want the school to become more like Whittle in any way. While he may or may not be responsible for the mishandling of Whittle finances, he went to that school knowing (or at least he should have known since it was public knowledge) that Chris Whittle is a fraud. That shows awful judgment. This HOS choice has caused our family to reassess whether Maret is the right school for our children. I'm sure we aren't alone.[/quote]

He never said he wanted Maret to become like Whittle. And do you have kids at both Maret and Whittle so you can make such a statement that the similarities he mentioned are, in fact, completely different? The similarities he pointed out made sense to me. The complete hysteria about his time at Whittle is just too much. Dude mentions briefly some similarities between this new job and his old one in an introduction to the community and [b]people are up in arms that he's a crusader looking to make Maret into a global, for-profit school like Whittle[/b].  [/quote]

What a nice strawman you have built![/quote]

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