new Janney principal selected--from Stoddert

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the truth is in the middle. I think there are many insufferable (real) Janney posts but I also think the majority of Janney parents are not evil and selfish.

+1. The Janney moms (and dads too) I know are very educated and accomplished themselves, and therefore are passionate about high quality education for their kids. What is wrong with that?

[Anonymous]

With priviledge comes responsibilty. Most of us in upper NW are very priviledged vis-a-vis the city as a whole and the broader society. Values of collective responsibilty are important for our family. We opt into public because we want our children to be exposed to children from different socio-economic backgrounds, yet this is often elusive at our upper NW school (not Janney). All children deserve access to quality education, and elementary certainly is not the time to give up on kids are decide which kids are "worthy" of a quality education. The literature strongly suggests that my kids will be fine academically regardless of where they go to elementary because of my education and economic background. I want them to also be good people with strong values who will make a contribution to bettering society. The assumption that people don't care about their kids in other schools or parts of the city is difficult to understand. There are really solid examples of schools like Ross that have great outcomes for all kids regardless of SES these are the school administrators I want to hear more about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With priviledge comes responsibilty. Most of us in upper NW are very priviledged vis-a-vis the city as a whole and the broader society. Values of collective responsibilty are important for our family. We opt into public because we want our children to be exposed to children from different socio-economic backgrounds, yet this is often elusive at our upper NW school (not Janney). All children deserve access to quality education, and elementary certainly is not the time to give up on kids are decide which kids are "worthy" of a quality education. The literature strongly suggests that my kids will be fine academically regardless of where they go to elementary because of my education and economic background. I want them to also be good people with strong values who will make a contribution to bettering society. The assumption that people don't care about their kids in other schools or parts of the city is difficult to understand. There are really solid examples of schools like Ross that have great outcomes for all kids regardless of SES these are the school administrators I want to hear more about.

I want to like your post- but I just can't. You 'opt' for public because you don't want to pay for private, not so your kids can mix with the poors. And about the responsibility part, you are saying that your group in upper NW is responsible for bringing educational values to others? The others- except the bunch of poor folks who already care about their kids education?
We are ALL privileged to have a lifestyle that affords us the time to spend moments of our lives in DCUM doing things that don't matter. And our responsibility is to not be douche bags. Work on the latter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Frankly, until recently I had not known that Stoddert was a school. I thought it was just a DC parks & recreation center for soccer. The school seems to have a mixed reputation, more of a middle tier. Is this a sufficient background to be entrusted with the responsibility for Janney?

Troll alert!

[Anonymous]

We left Stoddert to move to Janney- oh well. Now we could have just stayed....

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Why did you move, for the middle school feed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did you move, for the middle school feed?

More drunk Moms

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Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Seriously. I'm a Janney parent of 3 kids and am on campus twice a day, every day.
How the heck do you know her meeting schedule?
I haven't heard a thing.

And what "aftercare meeting this week"? I have kids in Janney aftercare and I didn't see anything about this. And I don't see it on the website either. The PTA meeting is on the website and has been in announcements.

There was a meeting - guess you don't know everything that happens at Janney do you?

[Anonymous]

My kid had Ms. Lutz at Murch. She was a good teacher, but arrogant with an "I know best" attitude. Very ambitious or she would not be the new Janney principal at such an early age. Good with the kids, but not as good with the parents. It sounds as if she has learned since then. It will be interesting hear about her a year from now.

"She is much easier to work with than work for." I belive to be true and I do not envy Janney teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid had Ms. Lutz at Murch. She was a good teacher, but arrogant with an "I know best" attitude. Very ambitious or she would not be the new Janney principal at such an early age. Good with the kids, but not as good with the parents. It sounds as if she has learned since then. It will be interesting hear about her a year from now.

"She is much easier to work with than work for." I belive to be true and I do not envy Janney teachers.

Yes. Very arrogant. I hope the janney parents are ready to support their teachers next year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid had Ms. Lutz at Murch. She was a good teacher, but arrogant with an "I know best" attitude. Very ambitious or she would not be the new Janney principal at such an early age. Good with the kids, but not as good with the parents. It sounds as if she has learned since then. It will be interesting hear about her a year from now.

"She is much easier to work with than work for." I belive to be true and I do not envy Janney teachers.

Yes. Very arrogant. I hope the janney parents are ready to support their teachers next year.

I have to say after a few weeks and a few interaction with Ms. Lutz, going back and reading this quote, put words to a feeling I couldn't define. I haven't gotten a feeling of warmth and support from her. Jamboree doesn't have the same "whole school gathering to embark on a day together" vibe. It's more of a perfunctory detail to check off a list, not an opportunity to speak the audience gathered in a meaningful way. Not even a "Let's have a great day and wonderful holiday weekend".

I'm a fairly new ES parent, and I'd love to know how I can support our teachers. Our family has loved the culture of Janney until now and I want it to remain as much the same as it's been up to this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With priviledge comes responsibilty. Most of us in upper NW are very priviledged vis-a-vis the city as a whole and the broader society. Values of collective responsibilty are important for our family. We opt into public because we want our children to be exposed to children from different socio-economic backgrounds, yet this is often elusive at our upper NW school (not Janney). All children deserve access to quality education, and elementary certainly is not the time to give up on kids are decide which kids are "worthy" of a quality education. The literature strongly suggests that my kids will be fine academically regardless of where they go to elementary because of my education and economic background. I want them to also be good people with strong values who will make a contribution to bettering society. The assumption that people don't care about their kids in other schools or parts of the city is difficult to understand. There are really solid examples of schools like Ross that have great outcomes for all kids regardless of SES these are the school administrators I want to hear more about.

[Anonymous]

Sorry but my responsibility is discharged by the sky high taxes that I pay to the DC government, some of the highest in the nation. As far as I can see these tax funds are often wasted by Mayor Bowser and her cronies in sweetheart "consulting"contracts and no-show jobs given to their political friends, whether in DCPS or other agencies. Hey Muriel and Kaya, how about ensuring that more tax dollars actually go to the classroom by hiring math and music and art teachers especially for the struggling schools in our city, as opposed to spending money political consultants to train principals how to go door-to-door and market themselves?! And put more emphasis on ferreting our DC residence fraud in our public and charter schools. DC has enough unmet needs without using hard-earned taxpayer dollars to provide a free education to a large chunk of PG County!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but my responsibility is discharged by the sky high taxes that I pay to the DC government, some of the highest in the nation. As far as I can see these tax funds are often wasted by Mayor Bowser and her cronies in sweetheart "consulting"contracts and no-show jobs given to their political friends, whether in DCPS or other agencies. Hey Muriel and Kaya, how about ensuring that more tax dollars actually go to the classroom by hiring math and music and art teachers especially for the struggling schools in our city, as opposed to spending money political consultants to train principals how to go door-to-door and market themselves?! And put more emphasis on ferreting our DC residence fraud in our public and charter schools. DC has enough unmet needs without using hard-earned taxpayer dollars to provide a free education to a large chunk of PG County!

Lay off the news feeds. The spin doctor is real. Yes, DCPS has issues. Yes, Muriel bit off more than she can chew by taking this job. However the news stories are not giving you the full picture of what is happening. They have their own political agendas.

[Anonymous]

We are a new Janney family here so no experience with the prior principal. She definitely does not exude warmth. But as long as she's competent that's fine.