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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very common. Like others have said kids, faculty and admin keep leaving left and right from pandemic onward including lower school head who weirdly left after only one year, assistant lower school head, DEI coordinator, athletic director, development director & a lot of teachers who were at the school forever. The HoS keeps saying that "the hallmark of a great school is when its best people leave for other or better schools" but that's absurd and people know it. Academics are a joke and not getting any better and it's showing in out-placement numbers.

Something has definitely changed. We sensed it during the pandemic but thought it would pass but Lowell just isn't the same anymore. The school is like a shadow of its former self- no longer that happy, liberal welcoming place we knew.

Seems the same old attack dogs are out bad-mouthing people and deflecting on this board as they do on all other threads critical of Lowell. Maybe they're the ones who need to get hobbies and seek therapy LOL.[/quote]

This! We loved the school but that’s the key word, loved! A lot has changed and not for the better. The HoS has a weird following from a few parents that’s downright cult-like. I mean good for them for believing in her and the school, I certainly don’t fault that. But it comes at the expense of any ability for critical thought or objectivity. You can love someone, something, somewhere and believe in them/it while simultaneously admitting some things could be better. That isn’t possible at Lowell. It’s like an alter universe. Saying good people are leaving is a sign of positive things is beyond alternative facts and just shows the mental gymnastics that happen at the school to justify things. And don’t dare question any of that or yeah, you’ll be told you need therapy. [/quote]

Their pre-primary head and amazing science teacher also left. Parents were told she was leaving due to going to graduate school. That may have been true but she also went to a nearby public school and left very last minute. [/quote]

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