Escuela Key

[Anonymous]

Has the superintendent done anything useful to help the Key community address what happened? I’m very skeptical that removing the principal will help the students and staff navigate this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has the superintendent done anything useful to help the Key community address what happened? I’m very skeptical that removing the principal will help the students and staff navigate this.

He hasn't shown up to any of the meetings or been on any communications. He's been totally MIA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh no! I hadn’t heard they’d placed the Key principal on leave. She’s wonderful. We’re a former Key family - I assume the community isn’t happy about this?

It was done with no transparency and no explanation.

how do you know it's not a personal matter?

With what’s tough on and how badly they botched it, she should be fired.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh no! I hadn’t heard they’d placed the Key principal on leave. She’s wonderful. We’re a former Key family - I assume the community isn’t happy about this?

It was done with no transparency and no explanation.

how do you know it's not a personal matter?

With what’s tough on and how badly they botched it, she should be fired.

What did she do to botch it? All of the reports I've heard is that she followed APS policy to the letter. It's the policy that's a mess.

[Anonymous]

I don’t want the principal to leave. That’s ridiculous. The student that wrote it is a mental case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:why would they place a principal they removed from another school? Makes no sense.

She was an AP at Claremont. As the Key AP is a first year AP I guess they were desperate for someone with experience, especially, since you know, the school is switching to an 80/20 Spanish instruction model next year for K/1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t want the principal to leave. That’s ridiculous. The student that wrote it is a mental case.

If you a Key parent, please write to Dr. Duran and the school board about this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t want the principal to leave. That’s ridiculous. The student that wrote it is a mental case.

If you a Key parent, please write to Dr. Duran and the school board about this.

Before they discuss in the closed meeting on Thursday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck with that!

-Taylor parent

+1. We were so very relieved as a community when she was removed. We almost lost so many excellent teachers to her toxicity and micromanagement. Do not take this lying down, Escuela Key!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:why would they place a principal they removed from another school? Makes no sense.

She was an AP at Claremont. As the Key AP is a first year AP I guess they were desperate for someone with experience, especially, since you know, the school is switching to an 80/20 Spanish instruction model next year for K/1.

She was a terrible assistant principal during her short time at CIS and many in that community were more than a little bit surprised at the time that she had been promoted to principal of Taylor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:why would they place a principal they removed from another school? Makes no sense.

She was an AP at Claremont. As the Key AP is a first year AP I guess they were desperate for someone with experience, especially, since you know, the school is switching to an 80/20 Spanish instruction model next year for K/1.

She was a terrible assistant principal during her short time at CIS and many in that community were more than a little bit surprised at the time that she had been promoted to principal of Taylor.

Another Claremont here parent who interacted with her as part of my child's IEP process--very much did not care for her. Sorry, Key. But, also, that threat sounds really terrible particularly in light of what recently happened in Newport News--there really cannot be any wiggle room on taking things as seriously as possible and acting immediately.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like many parents were unhappy with how a recent student threat mentioning a gun was handled.

They were unhappy with APS administration, not the principal. She's being scapegoated.

+1000

Current Key Parent, we did not know that... but also not surprised about the "scapegoat" part. Sr. Predomo is wonderful principal... so sad to see this. Hope she comes back soon.

[Anonymous]

It matters whether she followed policy. What a nightmare for Key if they take away their principal for following APS policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It matters whether she followed policy. What a nightmare for Key if they take away their principal for following APS policy.

This. If she followed policy, it’s a bigger APS problem and an effective leader shouldn’t be losing their job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It matters whether she followed policy. What a nightmare for Key if they take away their principal for following APS policy.

This. If she followed policy, it’s a bigger APS problem and an effective leader shouldn’t be losing their job.

Even if policy wasn't followed perfectly, they should look at whether it was clearly written and if retraining is appropriate. Maybe she did show a fatal flaw in judgment, but if that's true it's not apparent to the school community.