Anonymous wrote:Very sorry to see Tom go, but very excited for the new Head.

Agree very much.

Anonymous wrote:The board acted pretty much in secret. Not really the way I thought consensus was supposed to work.

No board can deliberate on sensitive personnel matters in the public square.

Very sorry to see Tom go, but very excited for the new Head.

The board acted pretty much in secret. Not really the way I thought consensus was supposed to work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was the teachers who ran Farquhar out. He was a good Quaker. That didn't go down well with teachers who think the high school experience should be more like a training program for a medical intern or an investment bank.

It was far, far more complicated than that (and I disagree with your analogy to demanding pre-professional or training programs). Tom Farquahar is a good man, and I am sure that everyone in the school community wishes him well.

I certainly wish him well. He is a good and decent man, and I, personally, will miss him. I wish him much luck and happiness in his new position.

Anonymous wrote:It was the teachers who ran Farquhar out. He was a good Quaker. That didn't go down well with teachers who think the high school experience should be more like a training program for a medical intern or an investment bank.

It was far, far more complicated than that (and I disagree with your analogy to demanding pre-professional or training programs). Tom Farquahar is a good man, and I am sure that everyone in the school community wishes him well.

It was the teachers who ran Farquhar out. He was a good Quaker. That didn't go down well with teachers who think the high school experience should be more like a training program for a medical intern or an investment bank.

He is arriving at a good time. The college admissions from Sidwell were excellent this year, and parents are very pleased with the new college counseling program. There are a good group of kids in US, and I am guessing the teachers will be pleased with his selection. So the school is in generally good shape. Let's hope he has smoother sailing than his predecessor.

Anonymous wrote:Same kind of accolades I heard regarding Farquhar. LOL - we'll see how soon the parents turn on him.

Funny, only in that you don't know what you are talking about.

is it the parents who ran Farhquar out?

Same kind of accolades I heard regarding Farquhar. LOL - we'll see how soon the parents turn on him.

Very highly respected in Quaker education community, and more broadly in the NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools).

Anonymous wrote:What have people heard about him?

Just curious....are you a current parent, prospective parent, or curious bystander?

Good guy, well-liked as Upper School principal and as a teacher before that in his prior stint, and very successful in his current Head job at Wilmington Friends.

What have people heard about him?