The NY Times also did a story on this book but I’m having trouble linking the story here due to the paywall.
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St. Mark’s is down the road from the town I live in. We’ve had quite a few movies film here recently. Word is out it’s a great town to film in and when they film in nearby towns they often use the facilities in the town I live in.
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Thanks for sharing…it was also in Elle magazine last month. See post above in thread with embedded link
An informative researched Opinion / Commentary piece in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday , 2/14/21 , regarding a recent National Association of Independent Schools ’ conference and its speakers and topics . Worth the read in case you missed it .
I hit the paywall just as it got interesting! Curious what goes on in those private meetings.
Here is the decision we have been interested in……a while ago, this story was discussed on this thread or on CC (before this thread). It’s about a student at the Gunnery (Now known as the Frederick Gunn School) being expelled for the expletives hurled at a faculty member. The parents sued….here’s the rest of the story. Could have an impact on future cases 
? All you attorneys and legal experts in training give your opinions.
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I haven’t looked at the specifics of the judge’s ruling, and this is a press release so taking it with a grain of salt. Based on what it says, though, I view it as a net positive in that it pushes schools to have a more thoughtful, structured, disciplinary process for non-academic infractions.
I’m interested in the practical impact on how schools balance their duty to protect students in cases of physical/sexual abuse or harassment and the procedural rights of the accused.
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My question is why they were filming for “The Holdovers” at The Chateau Restaurant in Waltham MA today.
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The full text is available in Apple News.
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I know the chateau in Waltham….it could be the decor and setting? The movie is supposed to take place in the 1970’s and parts of that building have a 70’s vibe.
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I haven’t spent much time at The Chateau since the 80’s, so I’m glad to hear they’ve updated. 
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It’s not realistic to the Deerfield area, however….in real life, the students would have walked over to the Deerfield Inn….or gone to some dive place in Greenfield….but they didn’t ask me to be their technical advisor 
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NMH in the news for alums….playing at Penn
Three thoughtful Letters to the Editor in the 2/23/22 Wall Street Journal discussing the Op-Ed piece of Andrew Gutmann and Paul Rossi title " Inside the Woke Indoctrination Machine . " The Op- Ed has received national attention .
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I can’t see the article as I don’t subscribe, but the division/incitement model that seems to be used at so many elite schools is making me rethink our decision for next year. We live in a diverse, inclusive, lower income/middle income community…why move to where they are segregating students and pitting them against each other? What does the 1% know about how the 99% is doing? Too many rich people with time on their hands. Most of the country is focused on just getting by with the help of their community, regardless of race.
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I cannot read the article either, but where on earth are you getting the idea that prep schools are pitting groups of students against each other? They most certainly are not.
Furthermore, if you are considering schools where many are on financial aid, understand that a large group (like, 40%) are not wealthy at all.
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Well that’s certainly a take on what’s actually occurring.
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I still recall reading the heartbreaking stories posted on the “Black @ “school”” Instagram accounts from the summer of 2020. Black students, students of color, LGBTQ+ students, have historically faced a lot of discrimination and marginalization at boarding schools. There may not have been a lot of divisiveness, since these kids didn’t have much standing, but there were enormous divisions.
People may make fun of “wokeness”, but at least kids who used to be marginalized have a stronger voice than they used to. I know my BS kids are in a better place now than they would have been 10-20 years ago.
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I have had a lot of Deep Thoughts about race and class since my public school kid went off to boarding school 3.5 years ago. We aren’t from a diverse community, and so having a majority-minority and global community is part of the appeal. But if I am honest, many of these schools don’t have the support structure to deal with the culture shock that comes from dropping low income and bipoc kids into extreme privilege. That has caused a rift.
That reality came into sharp focus over the past two years. Most schools see it and are working on the problem now - a little late, maybe, but they are trying. But the conversations are so new and so raw, and so painful. On all sides. Change is hard. Mistakes are made.
Speaking for my family, though, I am at least grateful that my kid is part of those conversations. He is learning to navigate impossibly difficult questions of race and privilege among diverse friends and teachers he would never had exposure to in his very white local public school. Boarding school is the epicenter of where the issues of race and class collide. I don’t see the schools as segregating or pitting kids against each other. I see the opposite- the problems have come from naively trying to create one community from very diverse students, without adequate planning and support.
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I guess because we are not coming from “extreme privilege”, I have a differing view. Yes, we are white, but from a SES status my son would not be the typical BS student. And when I look at his current Title I school, there have been no reported racial incidents in his three years there (it is majority black, hispanic, and mixed race), though physical fights about other nonsense occur frequently. Kids of all races hang out together and best friends are often from different races. The kids who start problems are honestly the white, upper income kids that are there for the magnet program who try to insert race, gender identity, sexual identity, etc. into every facet of every conversation and start verbal altercations by shaming those who don’t fit their agenda. Recently, a white boy said he didn’t enjoy rap music. He was verbally assaulted for a week that he was racist by an affluent, white, female SJW. Can’t he have musical preferences? No, he MUST like what is socially expected. For the record, the girl who abused him is a Harry Styles fan!!!
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