Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 18:51     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
100% this. All of it. The Board has their head in the sand and they'll be scrambling to figure out what do when half the faculty up and leaves.


The Board rotates regularly especially since many have children who are around graduation age. Committees rotate yearly. In fact, this year's committees (finance, building grounds, etc) have not even been formed yet if I'm not mistaken. Parents who have a problem with things should get involved at that level and make their voices heard. But.. that also means you'll need to join meetings that happen about once a month.

I've been involved and I know a number of parents serving. Everyone I dealt with was quite competent, including on the staff side.

Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 18:40     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Holton has better college outcomes if that is important to you OP.


I would have you look at both. SR Class of 2023 matriculations are phenomenal

+1
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:37     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
You think people worried about their livelihoods should post details that out them?
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:32     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Not at all. I have no affiliation with Holton whatsoever except that these posts are pretty damaging and hateful about this woman and they seem to have a similar tone as the ones last spring that is all. I am not a pr firm.


But you care more about this opportunist hurting the school rather than the staff who have clearly been the victims of abuse and retaliation.


Those are very strong accusations. I would have to actually have specific incidents of abuse. Is being rude abuse or is being short or temperamental abuse? I do not think so. I have yet to hear one example of actual abuse which is a serious accusation that is all. [i][u]
But you care more about this opportunist hurting the school rather than the staff who have clearly been the victims of abuse and retaliation.


please disregard the two quotes merged - mine is only one above in bold
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:30     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Not at all. I have no affiliation with Holton whatsoever except that these posts are pretty damaging and hateful about this woman and they seem to have a similar tone as the ones last spring that is all. I am not a pr firm.



Those are very strong accusations. I would have to actually have specific incidents of abuse. Is being rude abuse or is being short or temperamental abuse? I do not think so. I have yet to hear one example of actual abuse which is a serious accusation that is all.
But you care more about this opportunist hurting the school rather than the staff who have clearly been the victims of abuse and retaliation.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:28     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Not at all. I have no affiliation with Holton whatsoever except that these posts are pretty damaging and hateful about this woman and they seem to have a similar tone as the ones last spring that is all. I am not a pr firm.


Sometimes a small loud group makes either represent what everyone is thinking or just represent yes a small group. Seen this at another school but it was the conservative Trump families that were up in arms about too much diversity etc...

I think the best thing in this case is to actually sent out a survey and poll to all parents at Holton and have them voice their feelings and whether they are happy or not. It would be interesting to see those results. If I owned a pr firm that would be the first thing I did.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:28     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Not at all. I have no affiliation with Holton whatsoever except that these posts are pretty damaging and hateful about this woman and they seem to have a similar tone as the ones last spring that is all. I am not a pr firm.


But you care more about this opportunist hurting the school rather than the staff who have clearly been the victims of abuse and retaliation.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:25     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Not at all. I have no affiliation with Holton whatsoever except that these posts are pretty damaging and hateful about this woman and they seem to have a similar tone as the ones last spring that is all. I am not a pr firm.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 16:12     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
I don't know anything about the inner workings of this school, but I know what it looks like when people who have had enough start to spill some serious tea and this thread is it
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 15:53     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Sounds like a pretty cushy job. No wonder she spends all her time performing for the board and photo ops.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 15:50     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The main job for the HOS of Holton is to raise money, right? I'm curious to know how much she has raised in contrast to how much she has cost:
1. A whole new administrator salary for an associate head because she doesn't want to deal with the day to day of running the school.
2. Crisis communication costs.
3. The full time salary of whoever has to spin each faculty/staff departure.
4. High end retreats


Don’t forget…
5. A brand new house, entirely renovated and decorated on tuition dollars. (And a rumored six-figures lost when she fired the first decorator.) Fac/staff and students are hosted in the backyard. Board and select donors allowed indoors. Instagram provides some decent snapshots of events hosted pre and post PBE that reflect her penchant for investing in appearances and VIPs. #CheckReceipts

Not to mention it’s a house she doesn’t live in very often. Try to schedule an in-person meeting with her on Fridays/Mondays. She’s never there, but in Richmond at her other home.


Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 15:15     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.


Get those screenshots, y’all. Several of the most damning threads were gutted in May. When your board president is also the board chair of the national chamber of commerce and made his career in buying companies, “transforming them” and then selling them for parts, you gotta be ready.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 15:09     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


PP— Can you say more? Why would it be any less legitimate if there was overlap with some or all of the people that expressed concerns last year?
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 14:59     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think this is the same crisis communications firm that was hired last year to minimize legitimate concerns about the school's leadership and get threads shut down.

Anyone else would concede that the departure of the long-tenured and well-respected heads of the lower, middle and upper schools in one year is, at the very least, a valid topic of conversation and possible source of concern.

You're the only bringing up DEI, which you have now done a couple of times, in a seeming attempt to change the subject.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2024 14:37     Subject: Holton Arms v Stone Ridge
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So she's spending significant money and driving away talent. At what point is the Board going to do their job, to preserve the future and identity of the school?

I think this is the same group of posters that were mad last year about the DEI being omitted from contracts.


I think there are a lot of different people who have legitimate concerns about Penny Evins as a leader of the school. You're attempting to dismiss them because you're still trying to woo favor with Penny. She's fickle. Don't bother. Listen to the legitimate experiences of people who actually deal with her and the consequences of her poor leadership.