I think it’s safe to say that when something happens at one BS it happens to all of them. I can guarantee that during the first week of school the SPS incident was addressed in a direct and responsible way at ALL BSs. I can go back to other BS scandals/incidents that grabbed national headlines or articles in Vanity Fair which in turn were addressed by every single BS head on- either during a school meeting which included everyone ( including the kitchen staff ) or in the Student Handbook.
Cyber- bullying, inappropriate faculty/student relationships, drugs, wild off-campus parties, students making unkind/ inappropriate remarks about their school, fellow students and faculty on social media … on and on. The BS world is small and what happened at SPS was felt everywhere.
I refuse to hold an entire school/ community hostage over one person’s actions. I think that’s ludicrous and completely unfair to all the fine people who had absolutely NOTHING to do with it and were shocked and appalled like everyone else. Do I think SPS will take a hit with fewer applicants? Perhaps. But I’d like to think ( hope ) there are more people out there like me who are willing to see how they handle this and give them a break. I say- Allow SPS to address what happened and recover in peace .
And it’s true… this could’ve happened anywhere. I believe people on the outside tend to forget that but thankfully all the BS Heads don’t and I’m positive SPS feels their support.