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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

How does something go on for 20 years and the board only finds out a month ago? I still haven’t heard anything that answers that. The reason that’s important to me is I’m supposed to trust the same people to recover and tell me the next time things go wrong. [/quote]

Because the board was asleep at the wheel.  They were just agreeing to things without asking questions or without much concern.  Many people just take these board positions as an extra role and happy to put in on their resume without actually doing any of the real work.  [/quote]

For 20 years no one in a 20+ member board ever asked a question? Did any of them have a kid in the school to even have a basic understanding of how the school was for students? Cause even without being in the board clearly the 200+ students that left were at least observing that much. [/quote]

I guess they didn’t ask questions and were just yes men.  Many companies also falter because of board issues.  SSFS no different.  They just didn’t do their due diligence and didn’t take their role as a board member seriously. [/quote]

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