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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not a HA parent (or in any way affiliated with the school) but I have 3 kids in a k-8 so we are exploring area schools as we begin to think about high school. My oldest is a girl so HA is on our list to look at.

While this is anecdotal, multiple parents of girl at my DC’s school have mentioned issues with the Holton HOS, and I have now heard from 3 other sources about problems with the HOS, teachers morale, and teachers leaving (not DCUM, people associated with the school).

While the parents I know personally of girls who go all seem very happy with the school (all in lower or middle school), hearing concerns from so many sources has put Holton near the bottom of our list of schools to consider for DD. There are plenty of schools in this area that don’t have these concerns that we would rather focus on. I have heard at least 2 other parents in DD’s cohort say something similar - Holton seems like a bad risk right now. Even if my DD ends up applying, we are very reluctant to send her if we have another option.

I know the DCUM response will be to tell me that HA doesn’t need my DD/ she wouldn’t get in anyway/ my family is terrible, etc, etc. However, if what I am seeing in my small world is also the same conversation happening elsewhere, the quality of students at Holton will decline as their application pool decreases, even if they meet enrollment.  [/quote]

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