GWMS Principal Departure

[Anonymous]

I don't believe it is underfunded, but I don't think the pay scale for teachers is competitive, due to the residual effects of past freezes.

In any event, I don't know if a principal would have those same pay issues.

I thought he was fine. I had nothing against him. I didn't think he was as wonderful as some did (for example, I was annoyed that he kept promising outdoor lunch this year, but never delivered. It would have been better for him to just say it likely couldn't happen due to staffing). But, in other aspects, he certainly did an adequate job.


Not paying teachers enough is a problem but isn't the same as the district being underfunded. ACPS is not underfunded.

Yes, you have parroted what I just said. We agree.

[Anonymous]

Based on the other thread where a 6th grader 'violently attacked a teacher'... might that have a play in this guy's departure?

[Anonymous]

No big loss. I won't miss his word-salad emails about the simplest things. He was incredibly incompetent and embarrassingly rude at times. Ms. Vinson will much better, even if she's only the interim.

[Anonymous]

Based on the other thread where a 6th grader 'violently attacked a teacher'... might that have a play in this guy's departure?

No, since it didn't occur as posted, probably not.

[Anonymous]

My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

GW has 1,600 students. He is a school administrator with a ton of day-to-day responsibilities. Realistically, I don’t really expect the principal to interact with my student much under those circumstances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

GW has 1,600 students. He is a school administrator with a ton of day-to-day responsibilities. Realistically, I don’t really expect the principal to interact with my student much under those circumstances.

My daughter would have said the same about Dr. Mazur. Different story at ACHS with Mr. Balas. She's had much more interaction with him.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mid year? How unprofessional.

That is unusual but he may have seen the writing on the wall or just felt abused from central. Teachers leave mid year more often now, its a free market and ACPS is underfunded compared to FFX and ARL.

What's your measure for ACPS being underfunded compared to FFX and ARL?

Per pupil cost at GW is 17K, pp cost at arlington middle schools is 19K, Fairfax is 16K.

According to last week's school board meeting ACPS is sitting on $33 million in COVID federal funds.

So I'm genuinely curious about your measure for underfunding.

Teachers underpaid compared to our neighbors, no doubt about that. Maybe the $33 million in COVID funds earmarked for the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revolutionary ED, LLC.

You do know that $33 million is a small amount for even a small school district? When the mold issue and subsequent study happened at MVCS just replacing the furnace was $9 million—and that was precovid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mid year? How unprofessional.

That is unusual but he may have seen the writing on the wall or just felt abused from central. Teachers leave mid year more often now, its a free market and ACPS is underfunded compared to FFX and ARL.

What's your measure for ACPS being underfunded compared to FFX and ARL?

Per pupil cost at GW is 17K, pp cost at arlington middle schools is 19K, Fairfax is 16K.

According to last week's school board meeting ACPS is sitting on $33 million in COVID federal funds.

So I'm genuinely curious about your measure for underfunding.

Teachers underpaid compared to our neighbors, no doubt about that. Maybe the $33 million in COVID funds earmarked for the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revolutionary ED, LLC.

You do know that $33 million is a small amount for even a small school district? When the mold issue and subsequent study happened at MVCS just replacing the furnace was $9 million—and that was precovid.

$2000 X 1000 employees = $2,000,000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mid year? How unprofessional.

That is unusual but he may have seen the writing on the wall or just felt abused from central. Teachers leave mid year more often now, its a free market and ACPS is underfunded compared to FFX and ARL.

What's your measure for ACPS being underfunded compared to FFX and ARL?

Per pupil cost at GW is 17K, pp cost at arlington middle schools is 19K, Fairfax is 16K.

According to last week's school board meeting ACPS is sitting on $33 million in COVID federal funds.

So I'm genuinely curious about your measure for underfunding.

Teachers underpaid compared to our neighbors, no doubt about that. Maybe the $33 million in COVID funds earmarked for the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revolutionary ED, LLC.

Is this actually true? Or does anyone know if ACPS has contracted with Hutchings’ company? Why isn’t it a conflict for Hutchings to make money off of his previous relationship with ACPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mid year? How unprofessional.

That is unusual but he may have seen the writing on the wall or just felt abused from central. Teachers leave mid year more often now, its a free market and ACPS is underfunded compared to FFX and ARL.

What's your measure for ACPS being underfunded compared to FFX and ARL?

Per pupil cost at GW is 17K, pp cost at arlington middle schools is 19K, Fairfax is 16K.

According to last week's school board meeting ACPS is sitting on $33 million in COVID federal funds.

So I'm genuinely curious about your measure for underfunding.

Teachers underpaid compared to our neighbors, no doubt about that. Maybe the $33 million in COVID funds earmarked for the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revolutionary ED, LLC.

Is this actually true? Or does anyone know if ACPS has contracted with Hutchings’ company? Why isn’t it a conflict for Hutchings to make money off of his previous relationship with ACPS?

I'm no fan of Hutchings but I don't think it would be a conflict for him to have consulting contract with ACPS. On paper he left under good terms. Maybe that's why his severance package was so low.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

GW has 1,600 students. He is a school administrator with a ton of day-to-day responsibilities. Realistically, I don’t really expect the principal to interact with my student much under those circumstances.

GW has 1371 students this year. Still big, just not that big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

GW has 1,600 students. He is a school administrator with a ton of day-to-day responsibilities. Realistically, I don’t really expect the principal to interact with my student much under those circumstances.

GW has 1371 students this year. Still big, just not that big.

1,530 according to the school’s website. Is that inaccurate? Where can one find current enrollment numbers?

https://gw.acps.k12.va.us/about-achs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to GW and is in 8th. I asked her how she felt about Mazur leaving, and she said she didn't care. Her response was, "I had no interaction with him, it's not like he is one of my teachers who actually cares about me." I guess maybe that is to be expected in a school that large, but I was still a bit taken aback that she felt so distant from him.

GW has 1,600 students. He is a school administrator with a ton of day-to-day responsibilities. Realistically, I don’t really expect the principal to interact with my student much under those circumstances.

GW has 1371 students this year. Still big, just not that big.

1,530 according to the school’s website. Is that inaccurate? Where can one find current enrollment numbers?

https://gw.acps.k12.va.us/about-achs

That page lists two different numbers, 1530 in the text, 1392 in the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mid year? How unprofessional.

That is unusual but he may have seen the writing on the wall or just felt abused from central. Teachers leave mid year more often now, its a free market and ACPS is underfunded compared to FFX and ARL.

What's your measure for ACPS being underfunded compared to FFX and ARL?

Per pupil cost at GW is 17K, pp cost at arlington middle schools is 19K, Fairfax is 16K.

According to last week's school board meeting ACPS is sitting on $33 million in COVID federal funds.

So I'm genuinely curious about your measure for underfunding.

Teachers underpaid compared to our neighbors, no doubt about that. Maybe the $33 million in COVID funds earmarked for the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Revolutionary ED, LLC.

FWIW ACPS employees pay quite a bit less for health insurance than APS