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TJ Commended Student Emails Released - Who is really responsible?
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Anonymous
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23466063-national-merit-tjhsst-emails
These e-mails were posted on another thread - you're invited to peruse them and come to your own judgment about who the real culprit is in this whole situation. |
Anonymous
| It looks like TJ needs a new director of student services |
Anonymous
| He's been at TJ for 20 years. Shouldn't he know what he is doing by now? |
Anonymous
looks to me like he took an unfortunate clerical error and made it a lot worse by lying about it. principal should be off scot-free, though. |
Anonymous
| I mean, he screwed up, finally admitted it and seemingly is working to fix things. Not sure what else can be done except fire the guy at the end of the year. |
Anonymous
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Dang. What a nut job!
Was this the Norma woman? I'd be so embarrassed by these email messages going public. |
Anonymous
+1 This. It's unfortunate but for sure I've dropped the ball occasionally in my own job and I imagine everyone has at some point as well. Sounds like he forgot about the packet for a few weeks. Also perhaps notable re: timing - TJ only has advisory on Mondays I believe. No school 10/24 or 10/31 so prior to 11/14 there was just one other Monday: 11/7 and it too was after the 11/1 cut-off. Naturally they could have figured out some other way to hand them out but really it seems like just an error. One that's been apologized for, that TJ's working to help clean up with outreach to colleges, and that he already said they would handle it differently moving forward. |
Anonymous
| So kids got digital notices during the deadly global pandemic, and they showed up a week late this year. I just don't see the problem here. Is someone deliberately trying to make this big nothing into something? |
Anonymous
| Why is this even the school’s responsibility to notify students? College Board is a business— they can do it themselves. |
Anonymous
| I think Kosatka just screwed up and then made it worse with his CYA attempts. Definitely not the political fiasco that some are making it out to be, but still a big error on his part. He should have just owned up to it. The hate on Bonitatibus is definitely unwarranted in this case, since she did her job on time and can't be expected to know what her subordinates are up to 100% of the time. |
Anonymous
This happens in other schools where nobody cares or notices. It really should not be the school’s job and it may not be a priority for some schools. College Board is fully capable of contacting students and should be the ones responsible for such notifications. |
Anonymous
Agreed. He indeed messed up and made it worse by trying to cover it up. When certain parents' names pop up in the email, he should be more prepared when crafting the answers. Anyway, the remediation methods have been taken, and most importantly, there is no real impact on the kids, the kids probably won't even care. Is it warrant an apology from the school? Yes, an Attorney General's investigation? No. BTW, I am just one of the NORMAL Asian parents in TJ, who don't think this is a big deal, and it is definitely not an act of racism. |
Anonymous
Are you trying to make excuse for him? Where are the accountability and responsibility? |
Anonymous
He already apologized (accountability) and reached out to all schools applied to by the affected students (responsibility). What else do you think he should do? |
Anonymous
| Look, this was a screw up for sure. But being commended is not a big deal, especially if you’re at TJ. I don’t understand what the fuss is about. |