How do your schools communicate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school counselor change yet NO announcement

Same. Just found out in back to school email. Do you have a senior, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High school counselor change yet NO announcement

Same. Just found out in back to school email. Do you have a senior, too?

You already got a back to school email?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:High school counselor change yet NO announcement

Same. Just found out in back to school email. Do you have a senior, too?

Must suck to have a change senior year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High school counselor change yet NO announcement

Did the previous counselor leave the school, or they just realigned the students assigned to each counselor?

[Anonymous]

Weekly principal message

[Anonymous]

I'm the PP with the senior. The counselor left, which is their right, but I'm still bummed. I hope the new counselor has worked with seniors in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the senior. The counselor left, which is their right, but I'm still bummed. I hope the new counselor has worked with seniors in the past.

At least you know which counselor your kid will have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The principal communicates (he cares about staying in his job). It's the teachers that are hit or miss. Many don't bother or delay / drag out speaking to parents until their child is in grade trouble and it's too late to do anything about it.

What did you or others do when teachers didn't bother speaking to parents? What grade was kid in?

Do? Pound sand. Parents who have been in the system a while know the deal and it doesn't matter what grade level. It got really bad during covid because they couldn't fill a lot of the teacher slots, and MCPS still hasn't bounced back because of teachers quitting, bad covid hires, backfilling empty positions with qualified teachers, etc.

A good teacher schedules or emails right away without having to ask, but I can count those on one hand. If the kid has a good teacher, the kid is doing well, or if not you don't have to reach out because they're already letting you know and either offering advice or offering a conference.

On the other hand the deadwood will say they're too busy grading, or you email or phone and they don't return the communication or schedule two weeks out, knowing that the timelimit of assignment makeups / changes, etc. is two weeks to impact, or they pull a jack-in-the-box grading stunt (not grading an assignment until the quarter is almost over).

Again, some teachers are really excellent, care about their students, and bend over backwards to help the kids succeed and improve. But the teachers who are just ticket-punching couldn't care less.

[Anonymous]

They rarely do. Weekly newsletter but it says nothing.

[Anonymous]

Same elementary school level. Principal is terrible at communicating. Never lists any staff changes.

Anonymous wrote:They rarely do. Weekly newsletter but it says nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The principal communicates (he cares about staying in his job). It's the teachers that are hit or miss. Many don't bother or delay / drag out speaking to parents until their child is in grade trouble and it's too late to do anything about it.

What did you or others do when teachers didn't bother speaking to parents? What grade was kid in?

Do? Pound sand. Parents who have been in the system a while know the deal and it doesn't matter what grade level. It got really bad during covid because they couldn't fill a lot of the teacher slots, and MCPS still hasn't bounced back because of teachers quitting, bad covid hires, backfilling empty positions with qualified teachers, etc.

A good teacher schedules or emails right away without having to ask, but I can count those on one hand. If the kid has a good teacher, the kid is doing well, or if not you don't have to reach out because they're already letting you know and either offering advice or offering a conference.

On the other hand the deadwood will say they're too busy grading, or you email or phone and they don't return the communication or schedule two weeks out, knowing that the timelimit of assignment makeups / changes, etc. is two weeks to impact, or they pull a jack-in-the-box grading stunt (not grading an assignment until the quarter is almost over).

Again, some teachers are really excellent, care about their students, and bend over backwards to help the kids succeed and improve. But the teachers who are just ticket-punching couldn't care less.

Ye

[Anonymous]

My kid’s counselor left and I am sad as he was a safe person for my kid. If you are at Watkins Mill and get Mr. Purpura you’re in luck- he’s exceptional!

As far as communication, there’s a lot in my kid’s schools. Weekly emails and more- sometimes it feels like too much, especially combined with the crazy bummer of MCPS communications.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the senior. The counselor left, which is their right, but I'm still bummed. I hope the new counselor has worked with seniors in the past.

Wootton? Don’t count on it. 5 counselors left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm the PP with the senior. The counselor left, which is their right, but I'm still bummed. I hope the new counselor has worked with seniors in the past.

Wootton? Don’t count on it. 5 counselors left.

Why? Did they move to another MCPS? Or left out of the school district - do you know?

[Anonymous]

Still waiting on communication from school on some major changes to their staffing.