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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any question about how the school got to where it got and how the debt accumulated and why the community was never notified about any of it until too late - are in my mind very valid questions. [/quote]

Which the Board has already discussed pretty thoroughly with the community: several new buildings over the past 20 years, unexpected repairs needed, loss of the international program, many families left becuase they didn't like the culture shift that came with the previous HoS, etc. And the community wasn't told because the Board didn't become aware until a few monthd ago when the new financial advisor (or accountant or whatever his title is) came in and actually saw the numbers no one had seen before.

Understandably prospective families may not know all this if they were not on the Zooms, Slack, email list, etc. They deserve the info, which is why it's been laid out here many times. But on this forum, I don't think it's prospective parents who are asking. I think it's the same people who have been asking for weeks now. For some reason they are just pretending not to hear the answers.[/quote]

As one of those people, it’s because the “culture shift” with the old HOS you reference is not just one little thing in a long list of reasons the school almost closed. It’s a huge issue that hasn’t been addressed at all in terms of how pervasive the problems were. Blaming just one HOS and saying it’s all fixed now is unreasonable. Lots of schools have a HOS people don’t like or say is a bad leader - an exodus of this magnitude in one year is unheard of.  As a middle school family, I can tell you that the complaints that the administration lets disruptive classroom behavior and bullying persist despite many parents expressing concern has not changed. And was definitely a reason some of the families we knew left.
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We had to leave because of bullying. We tried but our child was not protected and we were blown off after repeated attempts.

Before someone says why am I here talking when I’ve left and need to move on. The reason I’m here is because I invested many years and many $$$s and my child’s life in the care of the school. I get questions from people about jy experience while I was there as they consider checking out the school. I want to know if the school is even trying to address these big problems at all. Just because im not there doesn’t mean im not interested to see if they are going back to what they used to be. I’m not in a lot of schools in the area but I research many to understand the strengths and weaknesses so I can make an informed decision about where to send my kid to. So yes I’m still interested in ssfs cause it was a huge part of my child’s life and still effects our family. [/quote]

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