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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What came up in another thread is a lack of a vehicle for giving feedback to the administration, especially for employees. Frustration and concerns build up.[/quote]

This also comes up quite a bit from parents. There was a thread on here a while ago from a parent who was having a really difficult time working with the GDS learning center. I was surprised that a few GDS parents asked the parent why they were posting. The post was taken down. I’m not questioning why the OP took the post down, but it’s unfortunate someone in a similar situation or someone trying to find related information won’t be able to judge for themself. There are other examples from Sidwell, NCS, Maret, Holton, etc. If it’s meant to be informative and not malicious then I don’t see the issue. [/quote]

I think it also comes from posters seeking community, commiseration, or answers in the school community and not getting that. [/quote]

That speaks volumes. Parents want commiserating in the community not finding it come to DCUM? Maybe it’s the parents looking for commiseration who are the issue. As a PP said, not everything is high stakes.[/quote]

Why are parents looking to commiserate the issue? And I don’t understand the comment about high stakes. In your opinion does the height of the stakes dictate whether someone should post? If you don’t like something that someone wrote but it has no material impact on your life you should be able to move along. [/quote]

There are thousands of people in a school community. If you can’t find anyone to commiserate with you in real life, you’re probably the one with the problem.[/quote]

We have been part of several school communities and only one of them was so "talk to the hand" and blatently "we don't want to hear anything from parents" - it was that school we feel free to weigh in on topics on DCUM (but don't initiate any such posts) that ring true to our experience with that school. Meanwhile - we do read about what is written at the other schools for our kids and sometimes it is interesting to see what other people think is worth complaining about. Usually we haven't had that experience or we don't share the same perspective.   [/quote]

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