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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a recent GDS.  It is great to read this forum and hear things said out loud that I can’t imagine ever being said at the school (without consequences for your kid). The teachers are amazing.  The rest was not.  The thought/speech police are very effective at teaching kids to not express any view other than the school’s.  To the PP above my child made great friends but the atmosphere impacts social relationships.  Kids know they can’t really engage in dialog even with their peers on some subjects.

I ran into a beloved teacher recently who said the HS administration had become very difficult to deal with in the last few years and the teacher was thinking of leaving.  If my kid were applying today I would worry about the impact the HS administration will have on teacher retention. [/quote]

Our lifer gds grad last couple of years faced the same. Kid is a centrist who truly didn’t want to engage in non stop political debates but was constantly asked to in so many classes and interactions socially.

The atmosphere really harmed this kid’s ability to feel like they could have meaningful interactions w many of their peers - kid was scared of saying the wrong thing constantly even in group chats in the forum after class. Left with a few good friends but just a few.

Kid’s lasting impression of GDS is that it was run by thought police run amok. 
Kid has the most fond remembrance of some of his teachers and mostly disdain for the HS head, the DEI officers and the myriad policies instituted 2021-2023 that made the place a far worse environment.

Luckily having a blast in college but has no warm spot for gds generally speaking.

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Parent of a GDS senior and this unfortunately is our experience. Our kid was put through the wringer for something harmless they said that was not the "GDS way", taken out of context and anonymously and inaccurately reported. Our kid was already feeling the inability to not have free and meaningful conversations amongst peers and teachers but this incident took it to the next level. We were warned to not bother challenging the HS administration and when we tried I was met with the typical GDS non-response, no one would take ownership or give me a straight answer including the HS principal. We finally gave up and our senior just stays under the radar, looking forward to graduation. [/quote]

So sorry your kid went through this. I’ve been through a few things with this administration and the prior principal. With the prior one, at least she had the decency to respond to me and call me. And could make decisions on the spot.

This one pushes everything down to her number 2 who himself mostly cites that things are above his pay grade and not in his control.

It’s crap management 101 wrapped in GDS nice nice talk. God forbid a parent needs something or a response. Then everyone shuts down and says nothing can be done. Don’t bother. It’s our way. You agreed to it in the manual. Stop asking.

I can’t imagine what the teacher employees must go through. [/quote]

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