Anonymous
Post 10/26/2021 12:11     Subject: Re:BASIS McLean HOS resigned

Anonymous wrote: Current family as well. We plan to get out after next year when my son will be entering 6th- an entry year at other independent schools. There have been some great teachers, but there has been an underlying tension at this school that has started with the poor administration and trickles down to the teachers and then to the students. I have had so many teachers tell me that their hands are tied on so many issues because of the administration over the past few years. To be honest, things have gone down even more rapidly since the new acting HOS took over. She is someone with little experience, a lot of insecurity and power hungry. The place is run like a business not a school- and that is the heart of the problem. I think the reason so many people comment about this school is because it is an extreme situation of a poorly run school.
It is actually shocking.


Thank you for this. We got out as well.
Anonymous
Post 05/11/2021 18:48     Subject: Re:BASIS McLean HOS resigned

Current family as well. We plan to get out after next year when my son will be entering 6th- an entry year at other independent schools. There have been some great teachers, but there has been an underlying tension at this school that has started with the poor administration and trickles down to the teachers and then to the students. I have had so many teachers tell me that their hands are tied on so many issues because of the administration over the past few years. To be honest, things have gone down even more rapidly since the new acting HOS took over. She is someone with little experience, a lot of insecurity and power hungry. The place is run like a business not a school- and that is the heart of the problem. I think the reason so many people comment about this school is because it is an extreme situation of a poorly run school.
It is actually shocking.