I actually prefer the arms length approach. In both my kids’ LDS, there is/was way too much parent involvement and I think it’s difficult for the administration to do a good job when they’re busy trying to placate individual parents. Each parent complaining is only concerned with their own child/children; the school administration should be concerned with the entire school community. Of course there should be a happy medium in here somewhere, but I hate the sense of entitlement many parents seem to have these days when it comes to private school expectations (not pointing at anyone here, just sharing my own personal experience). One of the reasons we are choosing BS for our kids is because I assumed all BSs still had the arms length approach they had when I attended. At kiddo1’s school, it is very clear to me that there are two very influential parent categories, neither of which is fighting for things that benefit my child. It’s beyond frustrating, and it’s one thing we will look at more closely when choosing a school for kiddo2.
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