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[quote=Anonymous]Sela has indeed gotten a lot of grief on DCUM, some of it unfairly so.  But having read this section for a good 5 years now, it's also true that Sela has had supporters who have taken even legitimate criticisms or concerns expressed by current or past parents and accused posters of everything from unfair treatment to straight anti-Semitism.  For speaking of their concerns or what they think is not working at the school.

It's true, some schools (actually any new schools that some consider a great thing) get beaten up terribly here, and there are definitely those who seem to only be happy if they are throwing mud at someone/something.  But on the flipside, no other school has had such vehement and sometimes absurdly hostile supporters react to either actual stories from parents or totally legitimate questions by prospective parents.  Questions being asked in many of the other school threads (like about concerns about Principals, questions about past scandals, location questions, playground questions, teacher retention questions) often get framed automatically as trolls and haters and people with prejudices.

That dynamic has hurt the school IMHO almost as much as some of the actual concerns, because so many prospective parents do turn to DCUM for baseline info and that hostility has turned so many off that I've talked to at school expos and on playgrounds.[/quote]

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