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[quote=Anonymous]Burgundy is a mixed bag. Both my kids went through all years, youngest graduated recently. Pros: most of the teachers are truly decent people who actually like kids. Lovely campus. Lots of outdoor time. Lots of unstructured time, which (I believe) is important for kids - they need to play, not just be supervised in organized recreational activities. Some fabulous lower school and early childhood teachers. In lower school, no grades, so no pressure.

Cons: nice but ineffectual head. Progressive in ethos but this is not consistently matched by a coherent education philosophy. Teachers uneven. Advising/Counseling dithery; school did not handle problem kids well; always wanted to "talk it out" in community meetings with all the kids, never seemed willing to say to some kids: sorry, enough is enough. Judg-y and virtue signalling but no actual boundaries. MS math teachers sucked except for Charlene.

All in all not sorry we sent our kids there- gave them lots of good things, especially in the early years. In hindsight wish we had left after 5th though. New MS head gets good reviews so maybe changing....[/quote]

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