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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate when people post vague references to some awful truth without actually saying anything. [/quote] Parent here. I have volunteered in the art room a few dozen times this year for my son's class and two years ago when I now middle schooler was at Murch. I just had to chime in seeing as a lot of misunderstanding is being spread here and I feel I've gotten to be close to this teacher over the year and s based on the factscan speak on her behalf. The art teacher did not resign because of the room change only. She was a pretty flexible person who would have make do with a room without water. To all who know her, it was pretty obvious that she loved the kids, the community and her job. Her own kids go here. She lives a block away. And she would have loved to stay in her community school has things not gone very wrong. As far as the sink, she was able to make my own kids make amazing art out of trash for goodness sakes. Obviously she was enough of an outside the box thinker and she would have been fine without a sink, had things not unfolded as they did. As far as I know her leaving was directly triggered by a meeting with the principal. The principal called her into some interrogation meeting based on some untrue gossip or misunderstanding he got from another teacher. She strongly felt he was purposely trying to both humiliate and intimidate her by the way the meeting was set up, school secretary taking notes and door open, her crying. She was very shaken up from the experience and even three days later when I volunteered in her class, she could not speak of it without breaking down. I tried to change her mind but it was as if she's seen the devil. She just knew she could not do it. Despite all the wonderful things he's been telling parents, including me, about her and posting on the website, I was shocked to learn that he has never once apologized to her personally for putting her through such a scarring experience; and all based on absolute garbage gossip. Who'd want to work for a hyper-paranoid leader whose target is on your back? I could tell that it was a very hard decision for her to make. It's unfortunate that the principal is as paranoid about gossip as he is for most of what I do hear about him is actually hopeful. I really hope next year he'll relax a bit and see that despite all the talk we all do, we all wish him well. As far as I know the art teacher is now very content with her new decision, so perhaps a new school year could begin where we all call to our higher selves and not fall prey to our weaknesses. I certainly hope this will be the only incident such as this. [/quote] 06/20/2012 20:02 here, and I still think that your message is vague and does not tell the story fairly for the poeple involved. the issue is how is the new principal. some people, including me, posted their impression based on their first hand direct dealing with him. any opinion is obviously welcome, including the negative ones. but your post is based on second hand related experience, and most of all, you keep saying that the reason for the principal's action was mere garbage gossip, even referring to a hyper paranoid leader, apparently basing all this on gossip yourself, since you were part of it and you did not talk to all the people involved. moreover, after using this harsh assessment of the principal, you do not give us the tools to make our own judgment since you do not say what the gossip was. this is very relevant. in a MS school I know a teacher walked into a room to find a teacher inappropriqtely touching a child. you can bet she ran to the principal and there was an unpleasant meeting before the police was called. this is an extreme example that does not have anything to do with our situation, but it is just to show that the nature of the problem is relevant to determine if the reaction of the principal was justified or not. at this point we should hear all the bells and know all the details of the situation to judge. sorry for the long post, my point is that if we post something in response to the question how is the new principal, good or bad, we should stick to our personal direct experience, and give all the facts so readers can make up their own minds based on the facts and not on somebody else's judgment. at this point, I am left with the curiousity to go both to the principal and to the teacher,( who BTW I am sorry to see go) and aske them WTH happened. ps. for the people downtown just think about doing your job, especially during business hours, that would be enough[/quote]
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