How is it that there isn't operating insurance to cover something like this

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Anonymous wrote: Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall.

Unfortunately, this is what we have to do. I also don't want to put my kid in another small school with potentially sketchy finances that isn't the school we wanted for long-term so we'd be applying to the schools we want for the Fall anyway. We didn't budget to pay two private school tuitions for one kid. The school just noticed everyone that no one is getting their money back. So bankruptcy court it is I guess.

Please tell me that this is because teachers are being paid

I cannot imagine they are paying the teachers and if they are, they should be providing an education. THis is horrific they are not refunding money.

Am so sorry to hear the bad news about no refunds from the school. Wishing you and all the other Feynman familes well.

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Anonymous wrote: Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall.

Unfortunately, this is what we have to do. I also don't want to put my kid in another small school with potentially sketchy finances that isn't the school we wanted for long-term so we'd be applying to the schools we want for the Fall anyway. We didn't budget to pay two private school tuitions for one kid. The school just noticed everyone that no one is getting their money back. So bankruptcy court it is I guess.

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Anonymous wrote: Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall.

Unfortunately, this is what we have to do. I also don't want to put my kid in another small school with potentially sketchy finances that isn't the school we wanted for long-term so we'd be applying to the schools we want for the Fall anyway. We didn't budget to pay two private school tuitions for one kid. The school just noticed everyone that no one is getting their money back. So bankruptcy court it is I guess.

Please tell me that this is because teachers are being paid

Anonymous wrote:This sounds just awful for everyone involved (students/parents/teachers). I agree with other posters that you never know what schools have openings and to just start calling schools that could be a good fit. Sometimes families move mid year and unexpected spots open up. Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall. It's prime time for open houses and applications aren't due till January in most cases. We're actually at McLean School's Lower School which I know took over the space at Falls Road from Feynman. My daughter is very bright but struggles with executive functioning...and I feel like her peers are also very bright - so maybe this could be an option for Feynam families? It's a wonderfully nurturing program which might be needed for these kids who are going through such a disruptive change!

+1 re Mclean for gifted “quirky” kids

Anonymous wrote: Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall.

Unfortunately, this is what we have to do. I also don't want to put my kid in another small school with potentially sketchy finances that isn't the school we wanted for long-term so we'd be applying to the schools we want for the Fall anyway. We didn't budget to pay two private school tuitions for one kid. The school just noticed everyone that no one is getting their money back. So bankruptcy court it is I guess.

This sounds just awful for everyone involved (students/parents/teachers). I agree with other posters that you never know what schools have openings and to just start calling schools that could be a good fit. Sometimes families move mid year and unexpected spots open up. Or, deal with public for the next few months while putting in applications for the Fall. It's prime time for open houses and applications aren't due till January in most cases. We're actually at McLean School's Lower School which I know took over the space at Falls Road from Feynman. My daughter is very bright but struggles with executive functioning...and I feel like her peers are also very bright - so maybe this could be an option for Feynam families? It's a wonderfully nurturing program which might be needed for these kids who are going through such a disruptive change!

I'm so sorry for those involved. If my kids were capable students and grades 4 - 8th, I'd create my own homeschool for the rest of the school year. Create a quasi great books program where book a week is read (or every two weeks for longer books) with easy daily writing prompts. Find an online math class to keep skills being developed. I don't see how reading and writing about 20 books is not providing as much academic learning as being in school all day with a lot of misc time b/w actual learning found in most schools.

Anonymous wrote:This is right on the mark. My kid started in public. DH and I never thought about private until that experience, which was disastrous. Kids bullied DC with no mercy even in K. Teachers and school leadership didn’t believe that DC was doing work themselves. It was so bad that for years after DC wouldn’t even play on that school’s playground.
Feynman was a great fit and and they loved it. DC is now a happy, well adjusted high schooler who continues to have unusual attributes but they are much more appreciated. Still in private but a more mainstream private. At the time, Feynman prevented disaster. You will put up with a lot if that is your kid.

Exactly

This is right on the mark. My kid started in public. DH and I never thought about private until that experience, which was disastrous. Kids bullied DC with no mercy even in K. Teachers and school leadership didn’t believe that DC was doing work themselves. It was so bad that for years after DC wouldn’t even play on that school’s playground.
Feynman was a great fit and and they loved it. DC is now a happy, well adjusted high schooler who continues to have unusual attributes but they are much more appreciated. Still in private but a more mainstream private. At the time, Feynman prevented disaster. You will put up with a lot if that is your kid.

A lot of these kids went to public school and had a miserable experience. Many Feynman kids aren’t just gifted but are also super quirky, nerdy, anxious, sensitive, etc. These are kids who don’t fit in well, and it’s easy to blame parents for overlooking red flags or being elitist until you meet some of these kids and understand how lonely and different and sad they were in public school. If your kid was bullied and depressed at your home school, you’ll risk school closure over suicide. If you’ve never had this worry, then perhaps you should stop being so judgmental.

I think a lot of these kids are best served by small, quirky private schools (though some will do fine at the more established, cookie cutter schools in the area). The best small school for your kid can be hard to find. The lesson from this is to look for a school that will provide financial information you ask for and can detail their plan is for maintaining or growing enrollment moving forward.

FFS just go to public school.

Anonymous wrote:I know this entails spending more money, but if you can, Mariana Parodi is an excellent educational consultant who has helped a lot of Feynman families find the right school for their kids: https://www.justrightschool.com/about
I know it is not comforting but good luck to all the affected parents. Feynman was based on a great idea that was badly executed.

Nice ad Mariana, but the issue is finding spaces at this point.

I know this entails spending more money, but if you can, Mariana Parodi is an excellent educational consultant who has helped a lot of Feynman families find the right school for their kids: https://www.justrightschool.com/about
I know it is not comforting but good luck to all the affected parents. Feynman was based on a great idea that was badly executed.

Went there for years. The heads of school are insane, and the turn over of both students and staff is egregious. No one who has ever been to that school is surprised by this.