Does your principla do this (or other things you know)?

[Anonymous]

Snark alert: Yes, I use DCUM for all my news- I don't bother with the actual source of information. I also follow world events by reading the Washington Post comments section and skipping the articles-it sounds like many other Yu Ying parents do the same. Why bother attending meetings at the school when DCUM can give me super accurate news????

[Anonymous]

Oh oh, I just heard George W's voice here. Someone tell him he doesn't belong nor is he welcome.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a Yu Ying parent, I would personally never use the google group forum to criticize the performance of people's children (who are on the same list!) on one test. It is tacky and inconsiderate. Maybe the "silence is deafening" because most people have good manners at Yu Ying?

So what is YY's listserv used for? Coordinating whether one should bake brownies or cookies for bake sales? Seriously, not one mention by a parent about a school's eagerly anticipated first scores on a school's listserv speaks volumes about YY's administration and not about the parents' manners. Looks like the parents at YY are too intimidated to say anything constructive or offer any opinions that could be inferred as a criticism however slight.

No one even mentioned the dual track where the kids who can't keep up will only get 3 hrs of Chinese per wk in later grades. I had to learn about it on DCUM.

Who are you. Are you even on the list serve or are you spewing your nonsense for a particular reason. I know you could not be a YY parent because your post is basically an outright lie. Yes, you are lying. How could you have possibly heard about these changes for the first time on DCUM The YY list serve was full of chatter and there were multiple meetings and school discussions regarding these changes. So again, who are you and what exactly is your agenda.

Who are YOU? You sound as if the principal, the E.D. or one of their minions lurking, oops did I say lurking, I meant monitoring on this and other boards. I am a YY parent but not the one you are accusing a liar. You also sounded so angry and righteous. Dont know who s/he is or what his/her agenda. But get your record straight before you accuse people!

The only mentions on the YY listserv were there'd be meetings and discussions about the differentiated Chinese curriculum (DCCM). The specific changes including reduced Chinese learning @ 3 hours per week, etc never made it to the listserv. No wonder the YY parent found out on DCUM. So did many others. You should do a check before you made your accusation. I have never seen anything on the YY listserv about the specifics either. What if the parent never attended any of the meetings?

A parent can hardly blame the school or the parents if they didn't go to any of the meetings or read the exhaustive document that explained exactly what was planned, answered every question that parents had raised, and was emailed to the entire school by the principal.

[Anonymous]

Who are YOU? You sound as if the principal, the E.D. or one of their minions lurking, oops did I say lurking, I meant monitoring on this and other boards. I am a YY parent but not the one you are accusing a liar. You also sounded so angry and righteous. Dont know who s/he is or what his/her agenda. But get your record straight before you accuse people!

The only mentions on the YY listserv were there'd be meetings and discussions about the differentiated Chinese curriculum (DCCM). The specific changes including reduced Chinese learning @ 3 hours per week, etc never made it to the listserv. No wonder the YY parent found out on DCUM. So did many others. You should do a check before you made your accusation. I have never seen anything on the YY listserv about the specifics either. What if the parent never attended any of the meetings?

Who am I. I too am a YY parent of two years. Either you or the other poster who wrote that no information was listed on the google and other school list serve don't read or are flat out lying. Look, there were several special meetings regarding the changes. It was discussed in the PTA meetings. Do I personally have problems with Mary, absolutely. Many do. Was her stupid spill about the CAS scores ridiculous. Absolutely. But you and the other poster are crazy if you think parents should have gotten on the list serve and bashed those two to three children who scored poorly. What would you have them say about those children. They should have done better on the scores. How did YY not prepare those two or four when the other thirty-one seemed to have passed. Just curious, how would you have liked the YY posters to talk about how your child's poor performance on that particular day led to the fodder of the wolves of DCUM who already had their own issues about the school. Would you want your DC talked about so nastily.

Frankly in regards to personnel decisions, I don't think many people take much interest in such decisions if they do not involve the academics. How many people talk about the receptionist, the copy printer or janitor replacements at Janney, Cap City, Lamb, Murch, etc. I am not one of us against the world individuals, but this YY bashing is really over the top. It is really quite disturbing. And at the rate it is going, I am beginning to understand the us vs them with your back against the vultures.

[Anonymous]

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Who are YOU? You sound as if the principal, the E.D. or one of their minions lurking, oops did I say lurking, I meant monitoring on this and other boards. I am a YY parent but not the one you are accusing a liar. You also sounded so angry and righteous. Dont know who s/he is or what his/her agenda. But get your record straight before you accuse people!

The only mentions on the YY listserv were there'd be meetings and discussions about the differentiated Chinese curriculum (DCCM). The specific changes including reduced Chinese learning @ 3 hours per week, etc never made it to the listserv. No wonder the YY parent found out on DCUM. So did many others. You should do a check before you made your accusation. I have never seen anything on the YY listserv about the specifics either. What if the parent never attended any of the meetings?

Who am I. I too am a YY parent of two years. Either you or the other poster who wrote that no information was listed on the google and other school list serve don't read or are flat out lying. Look, there were several special meetings regarding the changes. It was discussed in the PTA meetings. Do I personally have problems with Mary, absolutely. Many do. Was her stupid spill about the CAS scores ridiculous. Absolutely. But you and the other poster are crazy if you think parents should have gotten on the list serve and bashed those two to three children who scored poorly. What would you have them say about those children. They should have done better on the scores. How did YY not prepare those two or four when the other thirty-one seemed to have passed. Just curious, how would you have liked the YY posters to talk about how your child's poor performance on that particular day led to the fodder of the wolves of DCUM who already had their own issues about the school. Would you want your DC talked about so nastily.

Frankly in regards to personnel decisions, I don't think many people take much interest in such decisions if they do not involve the academics. How many people talk about the receptionist, the copy printer or janitor replacements at Janney, Cap City, Lamb, Murch, etc. I am not one of us against the world individuals, but this YY bashing is really over the top. It is really quite disturbing. And at the rate it is going, I am beginning to understand the us vs them with your back against the vultures.
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I am a Janney parent. We have a rule -- We don't talk about the receptionist, the copy printer or the janitor being replaced.... except when they are replaced by the principal's mother and at the cost of another parent's job. Is there a conflict of interest and code of conduct/ethics somewhere?

[Anonymous]

Irrespective of the politics involved, I find it interesting how bad DC-CAS scores are characterized as poor performanace on a particular day, but good scores are not characterized as superior performance on a particular day.

Though both scenarios are possible, I don't think it's helpful for parents or administrators to rationalize this way.

[Anonymous]

How about not trusting dc cas scores to tell the story of a school at all due to rampant cheating. Until that situation gets investigated thoroughly and cheaters who were paid cold, hard cash for their "advancement" on tests are prosecuted, I have no trust in any of those numbers. What makes anyone think central office suddenly knows how to effectively run test security? They have motivation to collude with cheaters for higher test scores. If these are going to be.high stakes tests where jobs are lost, schools are closed and people are rewarded handsomely, then there needs to be an outside entity running the tests. What is with teachers proctoring the very tests that can make or break their career and then handing those tests to their principal who is likewise on the hook who then hands the tests to central office who have even MORE interest in painting a rosy picture. It's a scenario fraught with tension and its showing in cheating scandals across the country.

[Anonymous]

Just back from vacation... a bunch of yahoos from YY... a little sick of learning about the principal. Yuk!

[Anonymous]

Useful contribution, thanks.

[Anonymous]

Some YY parents might think that the CAS scores, even if you think they mean something, don't mean much for this particular group, who didn't start at YY or in immersion until first grade. For better or for worse, those kids are beta testing every grade, and each subsequent class gets the benefit of the lessons learned (good and bad). All things considered, the CAS scores seemed pretty good to me.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

regarding the claim here that principal's mother replaced the receptionist - yes, a the former receptionist is no longer employed by the school (I'll assume she was terminated, rather than quit). And yes, months later, that mother of the principal was given the job of receptionist. But that doesn't mean the former receptionist's job loss had anything to do with the principal's mother. And you shouldn't expect the school to publicly say anything about the reason someone no longer works there out of respect for the privacy of the former employee. No employer would comment like that.
Anyway, the principal's mom had been working for the school, in another role, for months at that point.
Plus, there is no rule that the school can't hire someone who is a friend or relative of a current employee, if they believe they are qualified. Are you so sureshe's not qualified? So what is with these conspiracy theories? It seems like the person who keeps mentioning this here has some kind of grudge?

[Anonymous]

PP, maybe that's more the reason for the conspiracy theory. First get rid of the receptionist, then wait for a while to put the mother in place. Even YY principal knew she couldn't afford the public outcry had she put her mother there right after she got rid of the previous receptionist.

[Anonymous]

Heard on the street... the ED of YY is resigning. Very surprising.

[Anonymous]

Interesting! Mary has always been so dedicated. Does anyone know why? Have they made announcement?