New Walls HS principal?

[Anonymous]

Where's Trogisch? When he gonna get paid for DCPS's foolishness?

[Anonymous]

What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

NP who is a teacher (not at Walls) and I found that most of my high school students didn’t really have interest in going back into the building once we got to March and April. They just wanted to keep waking up late and finish the year out online. But the vast majority are very excited to be in person in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Do you think DCPS should be ordered to return Trogisch to his job at Walls? That's the correct outcome if he got hosed, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Do you think DCPS should be ordered to return Trogisch to his job at Walls? That's the correct outcome if he got hosed, right?

Principal contracts are year to year in DC. I think a court would be hard pressed to "order" him reinstated. I do not know what other entity could order it.

I do think he should be paid for the full year and allowed to retire with all benefits as if he was never forced out. I think his record should be wiped clean and I think that DCPS should be liable for some damages for the negative impact on his reputation from their actions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Do you think DCPS should be ordered to return Trogisch to his job at Walls? That's the correct outcome if he got hosed, right?

Principal contracts are year to year in DC. I think a court would be hard pressed to "order" him reinstated. I do not know what other entity could order it.

I do think he should be paid for the full year and allowed to retire with all benefits as if he was never forced out. I think his record should be wiped clean and I think that DCPS should be liable for some damages for the negative impact on his reputation from their actions.

Well, if he hasn't been able to find another job with comparable pay, he ought to continue to be paid by DCPS until he finds the new job. I don't think anyone could argue that being unjustifiably fired was a damage to his reputation and his resume. I don't know if the law allows a judge to order that he be reinstated, but if DCPS broke his contract by unjustifiably firing him...shouldn't he be able to get his job back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Do you think DCPS should be ordered to return Trogisch to his job at Walls? That's the correct outcome if he got hosed, right?

Principal contracts are year to year in DC. I think a court would be hard pressed to "order" him reinstated. I do not know what other entity could order it.

I do think he should be paid for the full year and allowed to retire with all benefits as if he was never forced out. I think his record should be wiped clean and I think that DCPS should be liable for some damages for the negative impact on his reputation from their actions.

Well, if he hasn't been able to find another job with comparable pay, he ought to continue to be paid by DCPS until he finds the new job. I don't think anyone could argue that being unjustifiably fired was a damage to his reputation and his resume. I don't know if the law allows a judge to order that he be reinstated, but if DCPS broke his contract by unjustifiably firing him...shouldn't he be able to get his job back?

Would you want that job if you were in his shoes, knowing what the chancellor and CO did? I wouldn’t want to deal with them again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Do you think DCPS should be ordered to return Trogisch to his job at Walls? That's the correct outcome if he got hosed, right?

Principal contracts are year to year in DC. I think a court would be hard pressed to "order" him reinstated. I do not know what other entity could order it.

I do think he should be paid for the full year and allowed to retire with all benefits as if he was never forced out. I think his record should be wiped clean and I think that DCPS should be liable for some damages for the negative impact on his reputation from their actions.

Well, if he hasn't been able to find another job with comparable pay, he ought to continue to be paid by DCPS until he finds the new job. I don't think anyone could argue that being unjustifiably fired was a damage to his reputation and his resume. I don't know if the law allows a judge to order that he be reinstated, but if DCPS broke his contract by unjustifiably firing him...shouldn't he be able to get his job back?

I don’t think he was fired. I think he was removed as principal and moved to some ‘central office position’ where he was paid for the rest of the year. Principal contracts are usually for one year so DCPS probably parted ways with him this month with good standing since he wasn’t technically fired.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a technical distinction without any meaning other than a way to get the unwanted employee paid until the end of his contract. Such an explanation certainly wouldn't remediate the damage to his professional reputation (= $damages).

If I were Trogisch, I'd take the Captain's job back, just to prove he was right and that he won. It would instantly cure his reputation and after a year or two he could port his resume just about anywhere he wanted, if he wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happened to Trogish was bad, but Ms. Issacs effectively ran the school even before he was let go as I understand it. I am a Walls parent and looking forward to my child being back in school this fall.

They did have the 9th graders in the building doing their distance learning from school. I am not convinced this was significantly worse than the “in person” teaching my Deal student got where she was learning through her computer in the same classroom where her teacher was teaching from the back of the room.

By this spring my 10th grader (now 11th grader) had zero interest in being back in the building before the fall.

Another parent of two kids at Walls. Well said, and all correct. My kids had zero interest in returning to the building in March or April, and it would have been a waste of effort and time for most Walls kids at that point.