Relieved to know that @ChoatieMom and I both remember the JFK administration…Anybody else alive this long that can also remember starting gym class off with Robert Preston’s recording of “Go Chicken Fat Go”? Sometimes when I am a in a mood, I threaten to send a copy to Kiddo’s conditioning coach at school!?
OMG @Golfgr8 you just took me back—I forgot all about PE with Go You Chicken Fat Go!!!
DS wasn’t too worried about them finding much. He was more concerned for the person who had to deal with the now science experiment sure to be growing in his refrigerator…I’m not sure we’re going to want to use that fridge in the future.
Boo. Snowflakes.
I will have to look up “Go Chicken Fat Go.”
Back to the original topic, we found out recently that we are getting $2,100 credited to next year’s tuition. We can also get credit toward next year’s laundry service.
Choate offered a $3,100 refund for boarding students. They are also offering to pack up kids rooms and store the boxes for free until next fall.
@Altras SMS did the same, except they did state they could not store furniture or other large items.
Also, the school is allowing kids to declare that contraband (including alcohol and drugs) is present in their room, prior to them being discovered. If students own up to it, items will only be confiscated and parents notified, but no school disciplinary action will result.
I personally support that approach. Unusual circumstances result in unusual solutions. Using a COVID-justified breach of privacy to punish or dismiss a bunch of kids isn’t good for anyone. Turn it into a positive for everyone and just keep the offenders on appropriately short leashes thereafter.
@Altras it seems like St Mark’s and Choate May have called each other because DS said they were given the same instructions. Declare now or suffer the consequences.
^Same thing at Hotchkiss.