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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The nastiness of this discussion is pretty surprising. We have two girls at holton and really like the HoS... our impression is that she does an excellent job taking in a lot of information, making hard decisions, and communicating them. The parents who are upset that she isn't giving them more detail about various staff changes / terminations are being so unrealistic and clearly don't understand how employment law works.  She is not going to make decisions that please everyone all the time because the parent body is not a monolith; every decision she makes is going to upset someone.  At the end of the day, most of the GIRLS are really happy to go to Holton... parents, on the other hand, seem to enjoy finding something to complain about. I really don't think this discussion is representative of the parent body, but of the people who go out of their way to vent their issues.  I hope perspective families recognize that these very loud voices are not necessarily the best source of information about the girls' experience as students in the school.[/quote]

Employment law???!  The problem with MR. ___'s departure is that there were longstanding sexual harassment complaints. His departure was the result of an allegation by a student of more than just harassment.  The girls had also drafted and circulated talking points of their complaints about him. How the HoS handled it was complete hypocrisy.  When applauding Christine Blasey Ford for using her voice.  Then denying Holton girls the opportunity to do the same.
Besides how HoS handled sexual harassment and assault claims, I would agree that the academics are stellar and the girls get into good colleges.[/quote]

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