Tell me about Rockville High’s principal

[Anonymous]

The principal has been at RHS since 2021, and my son who is about to be a senior at Rockville has said that the principal at the school is rather obnoxious and had been really strict with many rules from the previous year. Does anyone else who has a kid at the Rockville HS have their kid tell them any experiences about the prinicpal?

[Anonymous]

Don’t have much to say. I have a kid who graduated RHS in the inaugural year for the prinicpal (21-22), and they’re just..there I guess.

[Anonymous]

My kid just graduated from RHS and I was happy with the principal. She definitely seems like she cares. Her personality isn’t one I naturally mesh with,but I don’t hold that against her. She calls the students “her babies” and I think that bugs a lot of kids.
I give her high marks for attending events and showing support. I personally saw her commit a lot of time to a school group that was above and beyond in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

I find her to be unnecessarily aggressive and off putting. I sent her an email because I wasn’t getting responses from the assistant principal or counselor over a very small issue. No response for over a week so I called and when she finally called back I got a lesson on how the question could have been an email.

It is almost like MCPS needs to do personality and customer service training for principals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find her to be unnecessarily aggressive and off putting. I sent her an email because I wasn’t getting responses from the assistant principal or counselor over a very small issue. No response for over a week so I called and when she finally called back I got a lesson on how the question could have been an email.

It is almost like MCPS needs to do personality and customer service training for principals.

Not just principals. Same is true for some in counseling and main office staff too.

[Anonymous]

As a graduate of private schools, may I gently suggest that the principal should be a tough cookie (strict, setting high standards, holding students and teachers accountable, etc.)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find her to be unnecessarily aggressive and off putting. I sent her an email because I wasn’t getting responses from the assistant principal or counselor over a very small issue. No response for over a week so I called and when she finally called back I got a lesson on how the question could have been an email.

It is almost like MCPS needs to do personality and customer service training for principals.

Not just principals. Same is true for some in counseling and main office staff too.

As a main office staff member, I will nominate parents to be the first ones to attend customer service training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I find her to be unnecessarily aggressive and off putting. I sent her an email because I wasn’t getting responses from the assistant principal or counselor over a very small issue. No response for over a week so I called and when she finally called back I got a lesson on how the question could have been an email.

It is almost like MCPS needs to do personality and customer service training for principals.

Not just principals. Same is true for some in counseling and main office staff too.

As a main office staff member, I will nominate parents to be the first ones to attend customer service training.

Clock that! 😅

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a graduate of private schools, may I gently suggest that the principal should be a tough cookie (strict, setting high standards, holding students and teachers accountable, etc.)?

Per what you said, she was basically like that during the previous school year. She implemented many useless school rules that seemed to make no sense or even unfair I suppose.

[Anonymous]

I have a kid at Rockville. I haven’t had to deal with her personally, but I have been impressed with her dedication to the students. She always shows up. I have seen her at sports events, music events, theater events. She’s been at every evening meeting I’ve been to, it’s not just the APs. I think that says a lot about how much she cares about the students. When she speaks, she gives clear messages. I don’t have any issues with her or the school, besides the issues that have to do with it being a smaller school (not enough class selections), but that doesn’t have to do with the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a graduate of private schools, may I gently suggest that the principal should be a tough cookie (strict, setting high standards, holding students and teachers accountable, etc.)?

Per what you said, she was basically like that during the previous school year. She implemented many useless school rules that seemed to make no sense or even unfair I suppose.

Which rules?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a graduate of private schools, may I gently suggest that the principal should be a tough cookie (strict, setting high standards, holding students and teachers accountable, etc.)?

Per what you said, she was basically like that during the previous school year. She implemented many useless school rules that seemed to make no sense or even unfair I suppose.

Which rules?

There’s two that I could remember.

7:25 rule (I believe in which students should stay in the cafeteria before 7:25 A.M on a school day before the first period class begins, which seemed very unnecessary)

The clearly controversial rule involving every student in the school to wear their student ID cards throughout the entire day. It’s meant to create safety in the school campus but I’ve heard from the students that the ID card rule has been pretty annoying and unhelpful.

[Anonymous]

Another parent without too many interactions but the ones I have had have been positive. Personally I appreciate having a principal who is “strict with the rules.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another parent without too many interactions but the ones I have had have been positive. Personally I appreciate having a principal who is “strict with the rules.”

Yeah, that makes sense. In which is probably ironic considering most of the students would disapprove. They have to get it over with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a graduate of private schools, may I gently suggest that the principal should be a tough cookie (strict, setting high standards, holding students and teachers accountable, etc.)?

Per what you said, she was basically like that during the previous school year. She implemented many useless school rules that seemed to make no sense or even unfair I suppose.

Which rules?

There’s two that I could remember.

7:25 rule (I believe in which students should stay in the cafeteria before 7:25 A.M on a school day before the first period class begins, which seemed very unnecessary)

The clearly controversial rule involving every student in the school to wear their student ID cards throughout the entire day. It’s meant to create safety in the school campus but I’ve heard from the students that the ID card rule has been pretty annoying and unhelpful.

These are not terrible rules. The 7:25 rule is for the protection of your child since there are no staff to supervise kids all over the school. You’re lucky your kid can wait inside the cafeteria versus outside of the building.

You’re complaining about wearing an ID cars? How many adults have to wear ID cards for their job? This is not a hardship.