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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools shouldn’t be unaccountable. When there is high demand for something, schools may not care if parents raise issues because they can fill the spot if the person leaves. If ignoring problems, leads to people complaining on the Internet and it potentially reduces demand then they start caring. Private schools are very much about brand and frankly care more about brand protection than your individual kid.

People from a community don’t complain unless they are unhappy. It’s unlikely someone is randomly making something up. Where there is smoke, there is fire is usually correct. Now the complainer may have unrealistic expectations or may be complaining about something you don’t care about so read carefully. It’s similar to Yelp reviews. I care about the food so bad reviews because the server wasn’t friendly enough or they mixed up the order don’t bother me as long as all foods reviews were great. Conversely, a review that gushes over the great service but says the food was bad will keep me away. [/quote]

Does anyone make a decision based on complaints on DCUM? Every school we looked at for our kids were ripped to shreds on DCUM. No school is perfect, just like no parent, kid, administrator or teacher is perfect.[/quote]

I hope they don’t, but sometimes valuable information is given here regarding grade makeup/personality etc. just check out the SR thread. The new family that is just now finding out their DDs grade is knowing for bullying probably wishes they asked this forum earlier. But, yes, you are correct, one needs to take much of this with a grain of salt. [/quote]

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