Good Hope School, St. Croix US Virgin Islands

 
Evaluation 1).
 
 
Academic integrity of Good Hope School
Effectiveness of administration at Good Hope School
Academic and disciplinary support provided at Good Hope School
Director's involvement in academics at Good Hope School
Fair and equitable treatment by board and director at Good Hope School
Good Hope School has adequate educational materials on hand
Attitude of local community towards foreigners at Good Hope School
Cost of living in relation to salary at Good Hope School
Satisfaction with housing at Good Hope School
Community offers a variety of activities at Good Hope School
Availability and quality of local health care at Good Hope School
Assistance with visas, shipping and air travel at Good Hope School
Extra-curricular load is reasonable at Good Hope School


Comments:
Living on St. Croix is not like living on other islands, as it seems to have been left behind in time (cruise ships stopped coming...I wonder why)? The post never seems to arrive, no one wants to serve you and there is no support from the community when you arrive or afterwards....

Rents have skyrocketed out of control in the past year, and one cannot rent anything half-decent for under a 1,000 a month at Good Hope School....

There are, of course, some great teachers and students in
Good Hope School, and I have never come across such a hard-working faculty. But the present head makes extremely sporadic decisions. For example: pay bonuses cut w/o justification, one spouse of a teaching couple received bonus and not the other although they both do the same job, a class teacher who is respected in the community and been in the school for 11 years demoted to teacher's aid, staff meetings where....


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