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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle school is McLean's largest program.  It thins out significantly in high school.  A lot of families leave for other high schools as we probably will too. [b] As PP said, socially limiting, blah blah academics and an abysmal athletics department. [/b] The new athletic director came from Stone Ridge but he's done absolutely nothing to build the athletic program.  [/quote]

+1 Couldn't agree with the statement more. We left after 6th grade and really saw how poor the academics were. [/quote]

Recently? I can't imagine this was under Mike Saxenian and David Roth. [/quote]

Another poster said David Roth is terrible.  I agree.[/quote]

What's wrong with him? I thought I heard he was great at Commonwealth. [/quote]

He does not have the skills to run a middle school program.  When parents bring issues to him, he is quick to defend his staff and point out deficiencies in the student.  "I reviewed Johnnie's file and based on his profile, he lacks A, B, C..."  Rather than say "I hear your concerns and I will be meeting with the teacher(s) and the learning specialist to see what can be done to provide more support or develop strategies to improve outcomes for Johnny".  He doesn't seem to have a clue.  And, I have heard parents tell me he has lied to them, which diminishes his credibility as an administrator.  When you voice concerns to him, he either acts like he doesn't know what you are expecting from him or in some instances he does not respond at all.  This sends a message to teachers that perhaps they don't need to respond to a parent's concerns either.  He's not the right person for that position as voiced by many parents.  There have been other comments that are not appropriate to print but apply to his intellectual capacity.[/quote]

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