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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We thought the departing headmaster at St. Anselm’s was great. He really cares about the boys and was invariably positive even in tough circumstances. We thought he handled covid well, although parents insisting that “covid is over because WE SAY it’s over” got more than their fair share of attention and influence. He had weekly phone chats where anyone could broach any topic, and he invited follow up.  He had a light touch, but responded to the concerns we broached.

The complaints seem to be coming from the same people who hire a school to educate their sons and then complain that they don’t get to be in charge. E-mails not getting through?  Please. We had that problem one time the first year. We talked to the tech guy and it was fixed. Teacher not returning assignments. We ran into that and after parents raised the issue we saw improvement.

We’re personally sorry to see the headmaster leave, but the designated “interim” replacement is a very solid man who has done a great deal for school and students for many years and will undoubtedly build on that foundation.

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The headmaster did not lead whatsoever and have heard him use the excuse that he was new. He often said he couldn’t and didn’t want to “overstep” with regards to concerns, changes, or decisions.  I think PP misinterpreted what another poster meant about emails not going through. The emails go through but teachers very, very frequently do not respond back. My son has even experienced one teacher tell him to “never email him again,” when he returned back to school from an illness. He had emailed said teacher to ask if they could meet to catch him up since he was out and teacher did not respond to email. I’ve come to expect not to get a response. Assignments and tests are not returned, this is absolutely true. It’s true that it was complained about several times by parents and should not have to have been and if you believe that was remedied, you would be mistaken. We have tests and quizzes that haven’t been seen in months and hear excuses such as teacher is holding them because some kids haven’t taken test yet or they’re still being graded. Have tests out now that we’ve never seen and never will and finals are next week. Have even had a class where tests were not allowed to come home because this class used same tests on the following year students and didn’t want it available to them. 
Hopefully, the interim will be better, it cannot possibly be worse. 
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