A timely example of why schools need to be held to high *verifiable* standards:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1252375/posts
Because nuts like this run our school systems now.
Why do you assume that this school has underperforming students? In my experience, schools this liberal and wacko generally are found in wealthier suburbs where the kids do very well academically. (By the same token, the vast # of private schools in the US are the more liberal, the more expensive they are.)