Taylor Elem — Reading specialist change petition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

Lol I felt the same about Pellegreen. Really dry and kind of cold but kept the ship straight and teachers able to be their best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

Did he have the best teacher in the school escorted out by security?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

Did he have the best teacher in the school escorted out by security?

She was definitely not the best teacher in the school...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

Did he have the best teacher in the school escorted out by security?

When you say things like that, you lose credibility. She's a lovely person. She's not even remotely close to being the best teacher in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This situation is so sad. Dr Gaston is a true gem. I worked at Taylor for a year, in a totally unrelated area, and she made me feel at home. She truly goes above and beyond. I hear from former coworkers that the place is just a mess. It's sad because Pellegreen was a straight shooter and made it a great place to work at.

Funny, I've never heard anyone say anything good about the old principal.

Did he have the best teacher in the school escorted out by security?

Nope but he didn't seem to notice that his PE teachers were smoking pot in the building so I'm not sure he was the greatest either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. G was an AP for four years at Drew Elementary. It doesn’t really matter though as she’s not trying to get the job of principal at the moment. She just wants her reading specialist job back.

It sounds like both may need to go. It would be terrible as an organization to have Dr G there — would
Look like they’re responding to teacher pressure and they did enough of that during the pandemic. Andy why would she want to stay after all this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

LATE 90s??? You realize that was well over 20 years ago. Try and stay relevant with your comments, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

AEA is currently without a leader

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

AEA is currently without a leader

Untrue- election was last week. New President elected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

AEA is currently without a leader

Untrue- election was last week. New President elected.

Has their term started?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

There are many parents in Arlington whose only exposure to the AEA was during covid. I had no idea who they were before the pandemic and now pretty much equate them (fairly or unfairly) with the less than ideal pandemic response. My sense is their image was badly tarnished as a result

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m at teacher at another school and just want to post kudos to the brave teachers who were willing to sign that letter. That took huge courage to stand up to a clearly toxic principal.

4 CLT’s per week?! Where is AEA in all of this? Don’t teachers have protected individual planning time?

Once you bring up AEA I discount your comment

Why? I taught in APS in the late 90’s and AEA was great. Why would it make you discount the comment? The association is supposed to protect its members’ planning time

There are many parents in Arlington whose only exposure to the AEA was during covid. I had no idea who they were before the pandemic and now pretty much equate them (fairly or unfairly) with the less than ideal pandemic response. My sense is their image was badly tarnished as a result

Well that and the fiscal management and shady business dealings of the president. I sure hope we don't enter into a collective bargaining agreement with those shysters.