Lawsuits and complaints against Hyde School?

[Anonymous]

"Never underestimate the power of a woman"--Nellie McClung

[Anonymous]

The letter about Laura taking the job in Woodstock was written by Malcolm...who said HE would be coming down every weekend.

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-01 02:29:00, Anonymous wrote:

"The letter about Laura taking the job in Woodstock was written by Malcolm...who said HE would be coming down every weekend."

My concern is not about Laura and the percentage of her time she will spend in Woodstock, Bath, or anywhere else.  I trust her judgment on this.  Rather, my overwhelming concern is that Hyde is such an amazingly flawed school with so many problems that they are hard to list completely.  Making this one change at the top of the Woodstock campus cannot possibly fix the pervasive problems at that school.  I feel very discouraged.

[Anonymous]

I think you are very wrong.  The change you will see in Woodstock will be the transformation from Hyde Light to a true character culture, where Hyde works the best.  A perfect example is the elimination of non-character faculty like Tom Lord.  It was a gutsy move on LG's part, but it's the first step towards making Hyde Woodstock..."Hyde"..

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-01 05:05:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I think you are very wrong.  The change you will see in Woodstock will be the transformation from Hyde Light to a true character culture, where Hyde works the best.  A perfect example is the elimination of non-character faculty like Tom Lord.  It was a gutsy move on LG's part, but it's the first step towards making Hyde Woodstock..."Hyde".."

I wish you were right, but I'm not at all optimistic.  How will Laura Gauld fix all the problems related to the huge percentage of kids that Hyde admits with serious mental health/substance abuse problems when they don't have the right model in place to help these kids (And to argue that Hyde's narrow application of "character education" is what will help these kids is beyond arrogant.); the remarkable number of young, inexperienced faculty, many of whom are struggling with their own issues and are the last people who should be the principal advisors and role models for all these seriously struggling teens; the below mediocre quality of classroom instruction and academic rigor in many classes; the "in your face" treatment of many parents and students; the pervasive arrogance that leaks all over Hyde; the large drop-out rate; the toxic Joe Gauld influence?  Do you really think Laura Gauld can fix all that?

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-01 06:13:00, Anonymous wrote:

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On 2006-06-01 05:05:00, Anonymous wrote:


"I think you are very wrong.  The change you will see in Woodstock will be the transformation from Hyde Light to a true character culture, where Hyde works the best.  A perfect example is the elimination of non-character faculty like Tom Lord.  It was a gutsy move on LG's part, but it's the first step towards making Hyde Woodstock..."Hyde".."

I wish you were right, but I'm not at all optimistic.  How will Laura Gauld fix all the problems related to the huge percentage of kids that Hyde admits with serious mental health/substance abuse problems when they don't have the right model in place to help these kids (And to argue that Hyde's narrow application of "character education" is what will help these kids is beyond arrogant.); the remarkable number of young, inexperienced faculty, many of whom are struggling with their own issues and are the last people who should be the principal advisors and role models for all these seriously struggling teens; the below mediocre quality of classroom instruction and academic rigor in many classes; the "in your face" treatment of many parents and students; the pervasive arrogance that leaks all over Hyde; the large drop-out rate; the toxic Joe Gauld influence?  Do you really think Laura Gauld can fix all that?"

I did not hear anything about Tom Lord leaving.  Hyde has always used him as a poster teacher because he is one of the few who has decent teaching credentials.

[Anonymous]

This isn't really about Laura. I wish it were that simple, b/c I have great respect for her. BUT, she IS married to Malcolm and thus is part of the Gauld clan. Do we know that Laura would want to do things differently if she could?

That family system will not allow her the leeway to make changes so dramatic as to reform the underlying flaws of Hyde School and stop the damage it is doing to students and their families. It is a cult of personality focused on Joe, and now Malcolm. Consider the Washington situation and Joe's interaction with that faculty in light of his temper flare that is described under a different thread. Joanne is another fine individual. But, she cannot have the autonomy necessary to break away from a flawed situation of the group. Who knows, anyway, whether she would really want to? The Gaulds have been a kind of surrogate family for her, I would guess.

One of the craziest things, as another person has written somewhere on this site, is if you just read Joe's book, you think Hyde is a great idea. Just like Laura is a great person. But one cannot separate the ideas and principles from the personalities in this case, and unfortunately the personalities of the Gauld males, in particular, frighten me.

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-01 05:05:00, Anonymous wrote:

"I think you are very wrong.  The change you will see in Woodstock will be the transformation from Hyde Light to a true character culture, where Hyde works the best.  A perfect example is the elimination of non-character faculty like Tom Lord.  It was a gutsy move on LG's part, but it's the first step towards making Hyde Woodstock..."Hyde".."

Why would you make a comment like this?  Tom was one of the most loved teachers at Hyde with the strongest background in education.  What kind of education does Laura have?

[Anonymous]

What does non-character faculty mean?

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-02 17:43:00, Anonymous wrote:

"What does non-character faculty mean?"

What do you consider character?  The staff who are recovering addicts, or cowards because they can't move on in life?  Is this the kind of character that should be taught to our kids.  If "the apple doesn't fall far" then you would have Hyde teaching kids how to be cripples who use Hyde as a crutch.  This is all that Hyde is, a CRUTCH for loosers!!

[Anonymous]

Fuck off and die. As if there could be any question that sending your kid(s) off to some pseudo-therapeutic greed-based mind control cult is any kind of solution to anything!!! You all should have been abortions yourselves and have no business being responisible for the life of another human being! FUCK YOU!!!

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-02 21:34:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Fuck off and die. As if there could be any question that sending your kid(s) off to some pseudo-therapeutic greed-based mind control cult is any kind of solution to anything!!! You all should have been abortions yourselves and have no business being responisible for the life of another human being! FUCK YOU!!! "

You are right.  Sending my child to Hyde was not the answer and I am ashamed and sorry for it.  I think that saying I should have .been aborted is a bit extreme  We all make mistakes and I made a huge one when thinking that this so called Character based school would help my child.  I feel badly enough about putting my child through the awful experience! I hope you will reconsider what you said and learn that people make mistakes and it is through those mistakes that we hopefully become better people, and learn and grow!  

I declare publicly that I was not a well informed or smart parent when sending my child to Hyde.  It is because of this that I feel it is important to get the word out to other parents so they will not live with the same guilt!  Hyde is a frightening place and from what I am reading on these posts it is becoming more frightening by the minute.

I can understand your bitterness and hope that through this website you too can make a difference for other uneducated parents who put their kids lives in the hands of Educational Consultants who might have guided them in the wrong direction.  Instead of attacking those who might have made a mistake, please help us help others not to make the same mistake!

[Anonymous]

Instead of attacking those who might have made a mistake, please help us help others not to make the same mistake!

Excellent point, Smithers!

[Anonymous]

On 2006-06-01 03:50:00, Anonymous wrote:

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On 2006-06-01 02:29:00, Anonymous wrote:


"The letter about Laura taking the job in Woodstock was written by Malcolm...who said HE would be coming down every weekend."

My concern is not about Laura and the percentage of her time she will spend in Woodstock, Bath, or anywhere else.  I trust her judgment on this.  Rather, my overwhelming concern is that Hyde is such an amazingly flawed school with so many problems that they are hard to list completely.  Making this one change at the top of the Woodstock campus cannot possibly fix the pervasive problems at that school.  I feel very discouraged."

Does anyone know what kind of credentials Laura Gauld has to run a boarding school?

[Anonymous]

She gave some good blow jobs, I heard.  :lol: