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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher (not at GDS). It’s very common for schools to have a mechanism for anonymous reporting of incidents at school. Not sure what is shocking about this. A report is just that. It’s not a disciplinary proceeding or punishment. [/quote]

It's one think to know that one can report something anonymously.  What GDS has done is issue an open invitation for any and all big or small real or perceived slights to be reported and for kids to rat each other out.  That's dangerous.  There is something to be said for giving people grace when they make mistakes and also learning to deal with all sorts of adversity.  We are teaching our kids to be so self-centered and only think to think of themselves.  How awful to grow up thinking that even a benign comment is somehow loaded, filled with animus, and directed at you.  That is the effect of these sorts of policies.  I do not have kids at GDS, have kids at other privates.  I find this GDS policy Orwellian and hope it's not a  DC private school trend. [/quote]
What is your threshold for when incidents involving students warrant reporting?[/quote]

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