Allston

No way, this school gets under a 5 star any parent that is mad that there student didn t graduate is because the school does not let up on being tough.

The school is pretty decent but also has its downs. I'm just going to give a quick summary: the men's bathrooms have piss all over the floor, the school does almost nothing to stop fights in middle school. But, the school also teaches well in math and english. Until these things are improved, I do not recommend this school.

as a parent im deeply concerned about the shcool's direction & overall management. families paying more than 30k per student deserve institutional stability, transparent governance, clear communication, competent administration and a curriculum that is fully & consistently delivered. no school is perfect. teachers get sick, schedules shift & difficult decisions have to me made. but what families have experienced over the past year feels less like ordinary imperfection & more like a steady decline in the school's ability to manage its most basic responsibilities. most visible sign is the number of families leaving. across multiple grades, many students have departed in a short period of time. families dont casually remove their kids from friends teachers routines and familiar classrooms. they do so when they feel unehard, undervalued and word down by disorganization. a significant loss of students should be treated as a serious warning that confidence in the school has weakened. instead, many remaining families are left watching classmates leave and wondering whether GISB is willing to confront the reason why. problems begin at the top. a board meeting livestreamed to 100s of community members became so disorganized that it was abruptly terminated. the vote for two new trustees relied only on a google form where totals exceeded number of registered attendees. if that was the process it raises obvious questions about voter eligibility, verification, recordkeeping and the integrity of the result. selecting trustees isnt an informal preference survey. its a governance decision that requires a secure, reliable & clearly documented voting process. The school created task forces & working groups intended to address retention and communication problems. in Nov '25, the retention and outreach strategic initiative was introduced as a collaborative effort among parents, staff & trustees. by june '26, they looked at survey data, identified communication failures and created a communication handbook & proposed an advance notice policy and beganusing ai tools to standardize writing. Parents still see delayed, contradictory and missing info about schedules, programs, activities, specialized instruction, billing & basic logistics. we shouldnt have to crowdsource daily administration.Financial pressure compounds the concern. after school care is $100 per day and there are 1300$ classes during the day. there's no accountability, stability, transparency and trust.

Is the school gone? Phone doesn't work. What is going on? Can anyone let us know?