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Anonymous:
If you were thinking of sending your child to Hyde or if you are a student checking out Hyde,I urge you not to.  Hyde is more of a Cult than a school with very poor adademics and many unqualified teachers.  They spend a lot of time soliciting families to donate to the school, much more so than other boarding schools.  The "character building" seemed more like punishment by humiliation!

Also check out the extremely high turnover rate of teachers. What does that tell you?  As you see from this site, there are many negatives about Hyde and very few positives.  

I would research Hyde much further before you enroll.  You should continue talking to kids or parents who graduated.  This is good for any school you are planning to attend.

tommyfromhyde1:
I didn't find out about them soliciting parents
for donations until several years after I got
out. My dad told me about it. It sounded like
that was the main focus of the parent seminars.
Donations were how you proved that you "gave a
shit about your kid". It was apparently a real
guilt trip if you didn't donate.
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Anonymous:
It was the TOTAL focus at the family weekends!  They get all the parents in the hall each day of the weekend and put incredible pressure on you by using more senior parents who tell you how wonderful the school is and how you are not committed if you don't give.  They do this to the teachers also, since many of them are former students.

Anonymous:
You forgot something.  Hyde also assigns senior parents from the region to strong arm the other parents in their region to donate.  This happens when they have the mandatory parent meetings each month.  My parents told me about this.

Anonymous:
Boy there's a whole lot of negativity here..sheesh.
Hyde isn't for everyone, it's for people that aren't satisfied with the way things are going in their families...it's a lot of hard work.  And you gotta agree the reason you even looked at Hyde in the first place is that your kid was pretty f***ed up..right..well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree..if you know what I mean, so it doesn't surprise me that I'm reading this stuff.
I was a student and a faculty member and I've moved on, but I cherish the times I had as both student and staff member, it's a great place and it does wonders for the people who buy into the program, just like ANY program.  The people who you're hearing from are the ones that wanted their kids fixed, without having to do any work themselves.  As soon as the behavior looked better, they were out of there.
Regarding the fundraising...it's obvisous that nobody is getting rich there...the money is actually needed for stuff like electricity, food and good teachers...they could just raise the tuition $2500 per kid, but instead they use the family weekend money pitch as a community builder...again..if you don't buy into the program..you don't get why you're being asked for money.
This website/forum is not the place to find out if Hyde is right for your family...you should probably go up for an interview...it's free, you can see the school in action..good things and bad, and you can maybe learn about what your family should be dealing with and whether or not Hyde is the place for you.
And Tommy...There was no fund rasing in the parent seminars when you were there...it was really low key and done in the school meetings.  Joe asked parents for money now and then, but when you were there in '76 the only fund raising was to a few really rich people that helped out with America's Spirit.  By the way there's no mention of that on this site.  I got to sing on Broadway and at the Kennedy Center, I would have never had that opportunity if I didn't go to Hyde.

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