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[quote=Anonymous]Everyone in the entire school?  PP, no parent was a witness to that event, to "know" it happened exactly as you say it happened.  And neither do you "know" it for a fact.

I bet if one were to actually ask the students individually what happened, you would get a differing version from every kid you ask.  There was an incident last year that we asked DC and his friends about, and got widely divergent versions of it, not necessarily that kids are intentionally being deceitful, more that there are filters of perception and they don't always get it right.  Even honest, well-intentioned adults don't always get it right - even sworn eyewitness testimony is often proven wrong in courts of law.  I've no doubt that he tried to get kids to come forward and get to the bottom of the theft, but in absence of concrete evidence on details and specifics, I don't think anyone can be touting anything as "fact" and it's not fair or appropriate to launch into defaming someone based solely on second hand hearsay.

As for the tardy policies, they were posted back in August, and they sent home hard copies to us parents, and in fact we had to sign and return an acknowledgment of them.  Last year they had issues with some kids roaming the halls and causing trouble, and I know some parents expressed concern then - which is what they are trying to resolve this year by tightening up the tardy policies.

Please, I'd recommend you take these things up in a one-on-one meeting with the head of school - with an itemized list, going over one item at a time - I'd also suggest going back to verify some of the assumptions (i.e. tardy policy, which we WERE informed of).  Throwing a commingled mass of concerns around everywhere, en masse, with some unverified and based on rumors or mistaken understanding of published policies - really doesn't help.

An appointment, one-on-one, with clearly stated issues, gone over item-by-item has been our approach to dealing with concerns, and we've found the school to be very responsive with that approach.[/quote]

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