If you haven't seen it, you may want to take a look at Hyde's new public relations rhetoric:
http://www.hyde.edu/page.ww?name=Teachi ... ember+2005If you read between the lines here, one might conclude that Hyde is very worried about enrollments and is trying to figure out a way to reshape its image from a school for "problem" students to a school for all students interested in "excellence."
This has the aroma of a marketing ploy to boost a school that knows it's in some trouble, given all the competition in the "troubled student" market. As I travel around Hyde I continue to hear anxiety-driven comments about enrollment trends (much of it in the form of a whisper). Postings on this website and other bad publicity may be having an impact.
The basic problem, of course, is that Hyde is still Hyde, with all the attendant failings, shortcomings, and hypocrisy. Let's hope parents aren't seduced by this rhetoric.