Has any aspect of ACPS improved under Hutchings leadership

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again.... should have added that LCTA has been a gem! We are out because we vote no confidence in the rest of ACPS

Based on assessments, LCTA is the only decent ES in ACPS. Even their post covid numbers are at a level the other schools can only dream of in normal times.

Sadly, my guess is the moment the principal retires the curriculum will be scrapped and it will be low performing just like all the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he has reduced the overcrowding in ACPS schools by encouraging white flight to private schools.

We saw the total sh!tshow that 2020 was and decided to homeschool. No regrets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he has reduced the overcrowding in ACPS schools by encouraging white flight to private schools.

We saw the total sh!tshow that 2020 was and decided to homeschool. No regrets.

+1

Clearly Hutchings saw it too and put his own kid in private. After all, he did say at a school board meeting that she was getting terrible grades.

[Anonymous]

BS. We have been over this before. The kid was being bullied. He did the right thing as a parent. Hats off to him for doing that and taking the hits in his job because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BS. We have been over this before. The kid was being bullied. He did the right thing as a parent. Hats off to him for doing that and taking the hits in his job because of it.

Why was his kid being bullied? Because the other kids are a-holes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he has reduced the overcrowding in ACPS schools by encouraging white flight to private schools.

Sad but true

We are out after our last year at LCTA

Same. No issue with LCTA but vote no confidence in the rest of ACPS. Quite of a few of my kid's classmates/friends went private last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BS. We have been over this before. The kid was being bullied. He did the right thing as a parent. Hats off to him for doing that and taking the hits in his job because of it.

Why was his kid being bullied? Because the other kids are a-holes.

Or because ACPS’s administration stinks. That was the reason my child continued to be bullied within ACPS.

[Anonymous]

Hutchings has increased the use of meaningless catch phrases.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BS. We have been over this before. The kid was being bullied. He did the right thing as a parent. Hats off to him for doing that and taking the hits in his job because of it.

Why was his kid being bullied? Because the other kids are a-holes.

So, if my kid is being bullied, I should trust Hutchings to handle it?

[Anonymous]

Bullying is a learned behavior. Kids learn it from their parents. If your child is being bullied it is because the bully behavior is being modeled at home. It is very difficult to remediate or eradicate the bullying behavior of a kid without the cooperation of the parents, who are, obviously, bullies themselves. Work with the school administrators, of course, yet remain realistic and understand that you may need to remove your child from the environment of the bullies. Your child's physical and mental safety needs to be your paramount concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bullying is a learned behavior. Kids learn it from their parents. If your child is being bullied it is because the bully behavior is being modeled at home. It is very difficult to remediate or eradicate the bullying behavior of a kid without the cooperation of the parents, who are, obviously, bullies themselves. Work with the school administrators, of course, yet remain realistic and understand that you may need to remove your child from the environment of the bullies. Your child's physical and mental safety needs to be your paramount concern.

Not everyone can afford to send their kids to private school. Moving is not an option for many without resources either.

[Anonymous]

My ES kiddo gets bullied for his disability. My kid has to do a restorative circle, explain his situation and feelings to the bully, and ask the bully to be nice. Way to add insult to injury. Upper ES kids know right from wrong. At this point, mean kids will not have some epiphany about the importance of being kind.

[Anonymous]

False she was bullied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:False she was bullied.

+1. Stop pushing that narrative. It is false and completely unfair of the kids that knew her at ACHS. Plus (as a former BI parent) there is a much higher probability she would be bullied at BI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:False she was bullied.

+1. Stop pushing that narrative. It is false and completely unfair of the kids that knew her at ACHS. Plus (as a former BI parent) there is a much higher probability she would be bullied at BI.

Hutchings can and should be judged outside of his school choice for his daughter. I think the debunking of the items in the second post in this thread suggest Hutchings has done little to nothing to improve ACPS meaningfully.