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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or, it's maybe (just maybe) possible that different parents have different perspectives?

For some, this is a deal breaker (that it happened and the administration seemed afraid to deal with it head on).

For others, the schools' great track record with happy students and academic success makes it not a deal breaker.

Both perspectives actually seem quite sane to me without having to name call or eye roll others. [/quote]

But it still would give me pause knowing the admin turned their backs on kids. While it may not happen again, the thoughts still linger.[/quote]

It’s not the same admin.[/quote]

Pretty much the entire top leadership has turned over including most of the board now. [/quote]

What made the school so strong to begin with? Is there any worry that -- while complicit -- the board and administration also were part of the school's success? Or is it more the parent population driving that? Or Montessori approach? Truly just curious. We applied to but did not get into the school and are now happily settled elsewhere. And again, do not think there is a right or wrong answer when it comes to parents' choices ... it seems reasonable to believe this has been handled and the school is now a better place and it seems reasonable to worry still. I just wondered if the school lost so many staff that it's just entirely a different place now or not?[/quote]

You raise the most salient point. The school community has been asking itself that throughout this process. Or, more pointedly, how to maintain the successful parts of the school while removing those who got it there, as well as changing the damaging aspects of the school culture. The top admin are gone or leaving, but the lower level staff is mainly still there including (most...not all...) teachers. I think the conclusion was, it is the teachers that are the most important to success. It does remain to be seen and as a new-ish family I've found it interesting to note that schools don't change quickly, they do seem to be made up of everyone involved and they each have their internal culture embedded. The part that needed to end was a kind of culture of secrecy based on top leadership. It seems that is slowly changing, plus new safety and other policies are being applied. [/quote]

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