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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps a LAMB parent could simply ask their Principal, in person and face-to-face, whether this rumor is true.

I know LAMB is not famous for good communication from its administration but surely they would respond honestly if the question was put to them directly by a parent?

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What makes you think that they would respond openly and honestly?  That has not been their track record.[/quote]

I'm the PP who suggested that a parent could ask their principal. I am also the parent of an admitted student who is deciding how to proceed. I don't really understand these responses saying "haha" etc.

I know that LAMB has a reputation for poor communication but my understanding was that such failures were due to bureaucratic sluggishness or, at worst, reflected an institutional decision to place a low priority on such things. While I don't find either of those explanations very reassuring, they are much better than the idea that the administration deliberately withholds information from its parents/community to advance their own goals.

I would be very interested in whether LAMB parents feel that the administration's communications problems are "merely" due to disinterest/resource limitations, or whether they actually feel like the administration has been dishonest/withholding with them. I guess at some point, what difference does it make if parents aren't getting the information they need, but the distinction is important to me.[/quote]

LAMB alum parent. No clue if they're moving.  I don't think they ever lied to us purposely.

But in terms of a hierarchy of stakeholders -- parents aren't the top of the list. So in this case, they would see the stakeholders as the LAMB board, the DCPCSB, the DCI Board, their lenders, their current landlords. All those entities, and several people at those entities would need to be consulted and agree on any plan to acquire a new building and close the other buildings.

That's a lot of hurdles -- and the administration would say to themselves "let's not worry parents unnecessarily until we're sure this is a 100% done deal."

But of course that stakeholder list I noted above is pretty big, and bigger since the school has grown, and it's tough to keep things quiet.

They will announce it to everyone if and when the ink is dry. Not a moment before. [/quote]

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