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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the many problems with BIM is that they treat everyone as replaceable. Relationships between faculty, children, and their parents are important and take time to build. Then BIM wipes that away in an instant without explanation. It has happened over and over again. The administration thinks it does not matter, but every time someone leaves it causes problems for everyone. Things slip through the cracks and the cracks get bigger.

Any parent who still thinks the academics are good enough to pay for such a poorly run business should take a hard look at that decision. how many times your kid can lose their favorite teacher or their teacher lose their director before you realize that the chaos takes a toll?[/quote]

Look, they’re trimming administration to focus on teaching and keeping kids in-person. Not everyone was wowed by every member of the administration, nor the program’s ability to communicate. So you have to balance relationships with the good of the program. One person cut this year was directly responsible for the departure of the teacher that convinced us to come to the school, so not sad about some of this.

But lots of parents are impressed enough with their kids’ progress that they’re willing to pay. And if they wanted a school that was a well-run business, they would choose a HoS who had experience building  a business.

I think the toll comes from trolls on this site who come on to insult parents who made a different choice. Not defending the school (lots of unforced errors there) but we haven’t seen turnover that really troubled us other than the teacher who convinced us to come. Not every person there is sacred, nor would I want them to be.[/quote]

Their management level was thin, mostly inexperienced. and unable to cope with the load they had before they started cutting and losing people.

You will find out in a couple of months how many more of those teachers you came for are staying or not.  Morale in a climate like that heads for the basement.  And lots of schools are advertising lots of openings for teachers in this area for next fall.  How will BIM be competitive with tight budgets and their current rep?

Oh yeah, just wait for the new HOS next year to fix it all.  That's the school motto now.[/quote]

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