Did anybody else’s elementary school principal resign today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the principal move to another school as principal?

The Ravensworth principal "accepted the principalship of another FCPS school"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look on the bright side. If the principal left earlier, there would have had teacher turnover. This way, at least, the teachers are locked in for the year, and you will get an interim. Plus, there are a bunch of inactive principals hanging around gatehouse.

As a teacher, the interim principal is always my favorite principal. No desire to change a thing at all.

[Anonymous]

She didn’t resign—she transferred. Yes, the timing is inconvenient but there are a lot of factors that go into interviewing, hiring, etc. While it would be ideal for transitions to happen mid-summer, that is not always possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look on the bright side. If the principal left earlier, there would have had teacher turnover. This way, at least, the teachers are locked in for the year, and you will get an interim. Plus, there are a bunch of inactive principals hanging around gatehouse.

As a teacher, the interim principal is always my favorite principal. No desire to change a thing at all.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look on the bright side. If the principal left earlier, there would have had teacher turnover. This way, at least, the teachers are locked in for the year, and you will get an interim. Plus, there are a bunch of inactive principals hanging around gatehouse.

As a teacher, the interim principal is always my favorite principal. No desire to change a thing at all.

Interims want to keep the boat afloat and not sink it into oblivion (like the principals relegated to gatehouse).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ravensworth Elem principal left effective tomorrow. No replacement but she was offered a position at "another FCPS school" and took it.

For anyone wondering how she is in case she's replacing your principal, she's pretty good. She has 2 kids at LBSS and seems to really care about the environment the school is making for the kids. She was out at kiss and ride most days helping to get kids into cars quickly and seemed pretty good to the staff from a parent and PTA board stand point.

I have 2 kids there and she’s seemed like a good principal, friendly and involved.

[Anonymous]

They didn't resign...leadership roles are a waterfall effect. There's a lot of "fairness" that has to go into advertising the role and making sure there is a large enough candidate pool before beginning interviews. No one wants someone to get the job because they were the only one who applied.

Principal at school A retires in June.
Principal at school B interviews in July to take A's former job. Gets the job and resigns from school B August 1.
Principal at school C will want B's former job, so school C is going to have a vacancy around October.
An AP from school D will get promoted to take the head principal job back at C around December.
A teacher from school E will get the AP position at D in February.
And school E's 5th grade class will have a long term sub the rest of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ravensworth Elem principal left effective tomorrow. No replacement but she was offered a position at "another FCPS school" and took it.

For anyone wondering how she is in case she's replacing your principal, she's pretty good. She has 2 kids at LBSS and seems to really care about the environment the school is making for the kids. She was out at kiss and ride most days helping to get kids into cars quickly and seemed pretty good to the staff from a parent and PTA board stand point.

I have 2 kids there and she’s seemed like a good principal, friendly and involved.

She is nice but too lenient on bullies. No effective discipline for kids that posed a physical threat to other kids and staff. She could have upheld the immersion program contractual obligation (one that states you can be kicked out for repeated abusive behavior) but instead chose to look the other way.

The bullies are still there, another year for them to terrorize the other kids while she wipes her hands clean and leaves the school. Thanks?

[Anonymous]

What's the average length of service at the principal level? I really like our principal but she's been there for a while so I feel like she's ripe to jump ship for something else soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the average length of service at the principal level? I really like our principal but she's been there for a while so I feel like she's ripe to jump ship for something else soon.

Maybe 10 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ravensworth Elem principal left effective tomorrow. No replacement but she was offered a position at "another FCPS school" and took it.

For anyone wondering how she is in case she's replacing your principal, she's pretty good. She has 2 kids at LBSS and seems to really care about the environment the school is making for the kids. She was out at kiss and ride most days helping to get kids into cars quickly and seemed pretty good to the staff from a parent and PTA board stand point.

I have 2 kids there and she’s seemed like a good principal, friendly and involved.

She is nice but too lenient on bullies. No effective discipline for kids that posed a physical threat to other kids and staff. She could have upheld the immersion program contractual obligation (one that states you can be kicked out for repeated abusive behavior) but instead chose to look the other way.

The bullies are still there, another year for them to terrorize the other kids while she wipes her hands clean and leaves the school. Thanks?

Maybe she wasn’t happy dealing with the bullies and left as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the average length of service at the principal level? I really like our principal but she's been there for a while so I feel like she's ripe to jump ship for something else soon.

5 years in fcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the average length of service at the principal level? I really like our principal but she's been there for a while so I feel like she's ripe to jump ship for something else soon.

Our principal has said she has to fight to stay, that Gatehouse wants them moving around.

[Anonymous]

yep its crazy they did that. in AUGUST

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the average length of service at the principal level? I really like our principal but she's been there for a while so I feel like she's ripe to jump ship for something else soon.

Our principal has said she has to fight to stay, that Gatehouse wants them moving around.

That's interesting. Some principals do stay for many years, but assistant principals tend to move around a lot. Many APs would like to become principals and it's easier to land a principal's job if you can say you've worked at multiple schools with different academic and demographic profiles.