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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have friends with kids at BIM and just heard some very disturbing news about what's going on there.  They did a good job with distance learning, by most accounts, but their enrollment for the fall has supposedly collapsed so badly that they are not bringing back some popular teachers, over the protests of parents and students.  Does anyone know what's really happening there? The school hasn't released any real info about this anywhere.

We shouldn't be surprised after the parade of management mess-ups in their first four years.  The fourth head of school there now will serve one more year, then apparently they are shipping him out too.  Yet another new leader to promise the world and not deliver. The new owners (the original company sold the private school network to a mystery private equity firm) apparently didn't like losing money any more than the first group, so they proposed subletting the half of their giant building that they don't use now (because they never managed to recruit enough students).  That shattered what little confidence was left among many parents.  Successive leaders and the company CEO had promised to build a grand facility with hundreds and hundreds of students.  God knows what kind of numbers they will have this fall. They never release them.

It's an endless series of broken promises from management.  Some kids thrive on the tough curriculum and heavy test-centric atmosphere. Many teachers get good reviews. But it sounds like the ship is starting to sink.  Can you imagine planning to put your child there for the next 6-7 years?

If anyone else still connected to BIM has more info, we would be interested. What a sad story.[/quote]

We were connected throughout the 2024-2025 year and we really didn't like it. My child came home and said that they were bullied for many reasons, including being non-binary. But yes, it is still sad. According to my child, they still have friends who like it there, even though it is a very tough curriculem, mainly focusing on accedemics and not really caring about outside life.[/quote]

BIM is not the place for anyone who doesn't fit their mold.  A parent who thinks, we like the rigor, but my kid is XYZ, will they fit in?

They probably won't.[/quote]

True. They seem pretty focused on boosting their college admission stats almost to the exclusion of other concerns.[/quote]

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