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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is it with you nasty myopic Washingtonians all so eagerly waiting for a new and different school to fail? These are real people teaching there and sending kids there. And if you thinks it is weird that it’s for-profit then you’re naive about what a racket the privates are in these cities. Sidwell’s financial management is absolutely shocking, as we have all learned during COVID.
And at the privates all we get is bombarded by fundraising, hypocritical vows of progressive and equitable reform (while none of the families actually make real changes to the system.. (See Nice White Parents podcast!). Whether or not a a school is for profit or not-for-profit is the least of my concerns about school choice.

Perhaps you are concerned about the impact of China on the curriculum or COVID on the financials. I get that. By why the Mr Burns-like hand-rubbing glee at the idea of whittle’s downfall? Why do you care and why are you so so mean about it?

Not all of the posters above are like this— but many are :([/quote]

I agree with you PP.  some of this stuff is incredibly mean spirited and racist.  My kids are at a K-8 private and I sometimes wish there was a school that seemed different from the usual DC bubble schools.  I had been watching Whittle to see how it is doing because I would consider it for HS, it's a great location, if it has a decent curriculum, has that international thing going for it.  Sure there's downsides, but it seems to be an honest vision.[/quote]

Regret we left our previous school for whittle.  Curriculum is not time tested and is not comprehensive or cohesive.  And international?  Did you research what happened to Chris whittle’s Avenues?  How many Avenues ever actually opened?  [/quote]

The facts are that the school has laid off 75% of staff, many with no real notice prior to the start of the new academic year leaving them in a terrible spot of trying to find a position in the current economy.  The head of school has departed.  Several students have left as parents have seen the writing on the wall.  The parent organization has also seen large scale firings and lay-offs, many of those in their education planning function raising the very real question of who is in charge.  Very few of these issues are pandemic related.  More due to poor planning and flawed assumptions on which the pandemic has shone a harsh spotlight [/quote]

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