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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Can you please point out some of those things? We're giving strong consideration to the neighborhood, and would love to know the good/bad/ugly about the school.[/quote]

It is hard to do this fairly, because one person's bad/good/ugly is another person's requirement, but this is information I have searched for myself, so here are my opinions. Which are not everyone's. Only mine.

There's a weird apathy in the community about the school. I've talked to a lot of parents who feel very disconnected from Shepherd--if that's because they work all the time, live far away, or just aren't involved... it's possible. The school does host several events to try and encourage family participation... but a lot of them seem to fall somewhat flat. I've seen several teachers try and coordinate more things like this--and not really have them advance.

Small things that shouldn't become huge issues become huge issues, and things that should be taken seriously aren't. I've seen some cultural clashes that were really nothing taken all out of proportion, and some cases of actual bullying ignored or denied. I'm still not very clear on what happened to the music teacher, as an example--but it sounded like parent overreaction basically got him fired. He was an asset to the school, I think it's a shame. (And I don't know all the details, so maybe there is something I don't know that happened more serious than what I heard.)

I have the impression that the administration and the parents are both working very hard to make the school a good place--but they're not working together. I'm not sure the organic milk and yoga crowd is going to help that... as in my experience they will become fixated on making the lunch trays recyclable and ignore the fact that most parents didn't go to the fundraising gala because the tickets were too expensive and the location too far away.

All that being said, it is an excellent school, with a committed staff and student body. [/quote]

Wait, the location of Gala - located at Shepherd's IB high school is too far away??

Also, when did the music teacher get fired???[/quote]

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