This is a lovely facility with some very dedicated staff but the school is primarily focused on theater and not on educational basics. The head of school is a frustrated thespian singer dancer who is out of touch with the makings of a balanced education. He is not an educator and lacks any business sense. The school's budget and staffing in performance art is excessive and leaves the balance of the school curriculum underfunded and poorly staffed. This year a third of the professional teaching staff either left or was dismissed. In general the departing staff were replaced by inexperienced newly graduated teachers. Preference was given to Westminster alumni. It remains to be seen how well this cost cutting effort will work out. It has however instilled or should I say heightened the atmosphere of fear and distrust that has permeated the faculty and staff for many many years. One of the telltale traits of narcissism: Create a self-centered fantasy world, then act with existential rage whenever it's threatened. \r
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""O, had I but followed the arts!"" -William Shakespeare
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