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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, my daughter was in a progressive school. I thought they'd be more tolerant, not less. Go figure.
As you can see from the comments above, once your child has been counseled out, people make a lot of assumptions: that your child must be seriously disabled, that he or she had serious, unmanageable behavioral issues and disrupted the entire class, that you were an obnoxious, aggressive, helicopter parent, all of which just makes the experience of being counseled out all the more damaging. And if it happens at a progressive school...well, if such a warm, wonderful, welcoming place would do that to your child, then you all must be super f***ed up. If you try to explain how it all happened, it sounds so preposterous, that people think you're a liar in addition to all of the above.
Again, wouldn't it be nice if the schools had to make their "counseling out" rates public?[/quote]

Thank you for your posts! My husband and I felt like we were going crazy and couldn't find anything online about, "how things are done at independent schools," until we came across this thread. It's a subject that can't be discussed with other parents, and certainly not brought to the attention of teachers and administrators. We live in close proximity to quite a few independent schools, some better than others, but it's a small world. We started looking into other schools, and are learning the hard way that ,"you'll never work in this town again" applies to elementary-aged children as well! Although it would be unethical to talk amongst themselves, the schools most certainly do. Thanks again and hope you had some luck. Btw, I can tell the person giving you a hard time is most likely a head of school or other administrator with a vested interest. Best of luck![/quote]

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