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[b]Why so very disappointed with the ultimate selection, aside from your being against his selection because of his gender? [/quote][/b]

Many things, first and foremost that he is coming from Whittle.

Second, the lack of transparency in general with the process: There should have been a voting member on the committee from the faculty, the parent survey results should have been public, and the student feedback appears to show (based on what my DC has told me) that they liked the male candidate *the least* but the board seems to have glossed this fact over.

Third, the search firm that was used is known to recycle past candidates who were not successful in past cycles because they are lazy and are unskilled headhunters.

Finally, none of the candidates know anything about Maret itself- why not promote from within, such as the Associate Head of School, or bring someone back who knows the school well, like one of the former division heads? As someone with past consulting/managerial experience, the process was vexing to watch unfold. However, and as some have intimated on this thread, the decision rested in very, very few hands, sort of like the Politburo.[/quote]

There are literally zero internal candidates that would have been anything besides an outright train wreck as HOS. [/quote]

Why? We are at another big 3 school and there was no transparency at all with the final candidates. It was secret. Give this gentleman a chance. How would you feel if someone wrote this about you on here? [/quote]

Uh…sort of like how you are on here? Glass houses. And I don’t care if you are Big 3. Give me a break.[/quote]

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