Anonymous wrote:OP here again. My oh my, enough about the skirts.
I would like to know more about the head as a “polarizing” figure. I would also like to know more about the teachers. If so many have left, how are the replacements? Also, I went to the open house but it was such a dog and pony show (why does every school bring their chorus to sing?).

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Anonymous wrote:A fact would be “the skirt falls one inch below my daughter’s crotch” and an opinion would be “that is too short and I don’t like it” or “that’s length is fine and doesn’t bother me.”

Yes, we all know, pedantic one. Why are you so invested in exposing your daughter’s crotch, though? What’s the psyche behind that? F’in so weird. It is so so odd that rather than be like, yeah, the skirts that are 3 inches long are not school appropriate you insist on justifying it. Crazy. Most of us with issues at our school can acknowledge it readily. It makes you all lack any credibility.

Anonymous wrote:Former Holton parent here: I think part of what is driving this is that the current Head of School is a polarizing figure. In part, this is not her fault, Susanna Jones was always going to be a tough act to follow. In part, though, it kind of is, I can see why many find her off-putting. It also got kind of politicized, there are those who think her selection was motivated by anti-DEI kinds of considerations, and while I think this is greatly overstated there are those who see it very differently and have been pretty vocal about that on this board. Where some see a sinister purge by the new Head, others see a natural process where the new Head wants her own people in senior posts. Full disclosure: I personally preferred Susanna and think the new head is a downgrade, but Head of School is not a role that really affects a student’s day-to-day experience all that much.

The truth, as I see it after a lot of time around these sorts of schools, is: 1. Holton was and remains a really great school; 2. When comparing among Holton and its peer schools, they are much more alike than different; 3. In my experience, random variation among class year cohorts has a much greater effect on the students’ experiences than anything else. Some classes are filled with delightful kids, some are infested by mean girls, and you just never know.

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Anonymous wrote:A fact would be “the skirt falls one inch below my daughter’s crotch” and an opinion would be “that is too short and I don’t like it” or “that’s length is fine and doesn’t bother me.”

Yes, we all know, pedantic one. Why are you so invested in exposing your daughter’s crotch, though? What’s the psyche behind that? F’in so weird. It is so so odd that rather than be like, yeah, the skirts that are 3 inches long are not school appropriate you insist on justifying it. Crazy. Most of us with issues at our school can acknowledge it readily. It makes you all lack any credibility.

I really hope you a troll and not a Holton parent. (For the record, I couldn’t care less about the skirt length.)

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Anonymous wrote:A fact would be “the skirt falls one inch below my daughter’s crotch” and an opinion would be “that is too short and I don’t like it” or “that’s length is fine and doesn’t bother me.”

Yes, we all know, pedantic one. Why are you so invested in exposing your daughter’s crotch, though? What’s the psyche behind that? F’in so weird. It is so so odd that rather than be like, yeah, the skirts that are 3 inches long are not school appropriate you insist on justifying it. Crazy. Most of us with issues at our school can acknowledge it readily. It makes you all lack any credibility.

Anonymous wrote:A fact would be “the skirt falls one inch below my daughter’s crotch” and an opinion would be “that is too short and I don’t like it” or “that’s length is fine and doesn’t bother me.”

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Holton parent and even I don’t think the skirts should be that short. You can start calling me names now.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Holton parent and even I don’t think the skirts should be that short. You can start calling me names now.

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Anonymous wrote:I would never be swayed by the threads on here. My daughter’s school, NCS, is bashed regularly and it is by all accounts an incredible school, where smart girls are turned into very very successful scholars. This seems to make some people uncomfortable. But who cares really? Holton is also a very fine school and comparable in many ways. The skirts are, however, silly and embarrassing.

With statements like the ones above, you are just reinforcing the NCS mean girl stereotype.

I’m sorry, I don’t think you understand what it means to be a “mean girl.” You could have used NCS. I said, don’t believe gossip, NCS is often maligned on here, it’s a good school, Holton is a good school, the skirts are ridiculous. That’s not meanie boo boo. Those are simple facts.

That’s an opinion.

Have you seen them? It’s not. It’s a simple fact. They are clown like.

Merriam-Webster is your friend.

This makes no sense. I am aware of the difference between a fact and an opinion. No reasonable person could have an opinion that the skirts are normal school attire. So, ergo, not an opinion.

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Anonymous wrote:I would never be swayed by the threads on here. My daughter’s school, NCS, is bashed regularly and it is by all accounts an incredible school, where smart girls are turned into very very successful scholars. This seems to make some people uncomfortable. But who cares really? Holton is also a very fine school and comparable in many ways. The skirts are, however, silly and embarrassing.

With statements like the ones above, you are just reinforcing the NCS mean girl stereotype.

I’m sorry, I don’t think you understand what it means to be a “mean girl.” You could have used NCS. I said, don’t believe gossip, NCS is often maligned on here, it’s a good school, Holton is a good school, the skirts are ridiculous. That’s not meanie boo boo. Those are simple facts.

That’s an opinion.

Have you seen them? It’s not. It’s a simple fact. They are clown like.

Merriam-Webster is your friend.