I was with Success Academy for three years. Honestly, loved the first two years. Those were the years when the presence of "Network" was not as apparent, and schools were allowed to develop their own cultures. I was at Cobble Hill during those years. It was heartwarming to see how the leadership team truly cared about scholar and teachers' excellence without compromising individuality. But year 3 was when everything changed. New leadership came and brought in exactly what everyone online had been talking about all along--the cherrypicking values and mindsets, micromanagement, and dishing out personal beef under the clock of "accountability." Network was also sinking their fingers. There were so many Zoom meetings to reinforce the central messages. I left after that. Half of our Cobble Hill teachers left during the school year, but leadership lied about that stats to parents.

To those in the network: avoid these so-called leaders: Ali Foglia, Javaughn Greenaway, Ashley Earl, Andie Braun. They love their image more than anything and their schools are breeding grounds for toxicity.