What’s going on at Travilah ES?

[Anonymous]

And she put up 6 or 7 slides? 2 of them are kids survey results? what was that?!

[Anonymous]

And the PTA said 2 teachers left?? What was that? There were 6 k-5 teachers left from 2023 to 2024 schools year. Not including the front dest admins.

[Anonymous]

That one lady whining about PTA only doing fundraisers and community events is such a hypocrite. The PTA is not a social justice BLM equity organization. It is a group of parents trying to help the school and the parent volunteer rate at travilah is really low. Most of the people who complain do nothing and never get involved and don’t actually know what the PTA does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That one lady whining about PTA only doing fundraisers and community events is such a hypocrite. The PTA is not a social justice BLM equity organization. It is a group of parents trying to help the school and the parent volunteer rate at travilah is really low. Most of the people who complain do nothing and never get involved and don’t actually know what the PTA does.

And her kid is only first year at school, how is she a VP? How much does she know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And she put up 6 or 7 slides? 2 of them are kids survey results? what was that?!

lol

I found it surprising that three families shared stories of their kids experiencing issues with the dismissal process, yet some people still blindly believe that everything is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And she put up 6 or 7 slides? 2 of them are kids survey results? what was that?!

lol

I found it surprising that three families shared stories of their kids experiencing issues with the dismissal process, yet some people still blindly believe that everything is fine.

+1, and one parent said her child has psychological problem because of the 3rd grade issue, the principal, Mr. Turk and those parents on their side don't seem to care at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And she put up 6 or 7 slides? 2 of them are kids survey results? what was that?!

lol

I found it surprising that three families shared stories of their kids experiencing issues with the dismissal process, yet some people still blindly believe that everything is fine.

+1, and one parent said her child has psychological problem because of the 3rd grade issue, the principal, Mr. Turk and those parents on their side don't seem to care at all.

I had a hard time understanding they said that’s individual issue and it doesn’t represent all but one family shared a positive individual story and some people clapped?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The principal came out looking like a champ - the parents not so much. They really embarrassed themselves, especially that one lady.

The parents criticizing he principal came across as unhinged. It was really strange. I had a friend who tagged along just to see because she was eyeing the neighborhood but is no longer interested given the vibe of the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The principal came out looking like a champ - the parents not so much. They really embarrassed themselves, especially that one lady.

The parents criticizing he principal came across as unhinged. It was really strange. I had a friend who tagged along just to see because she was eyeing the neighborhood but is no longer interested given the vibe of the parents.

Good for her for choosing not to send her kids to a school where the principal is not effectively doing her job.
It's commendable that she ensured her kids didn't drop from a 98% benchmark in kindergarten to 49% in fifth grade.
It's also great that she avoided the stress of her kids being sent on the wrong bus and witnessing different teachers come and go every year.

[Anonymous]

Yea the positive story is a symbol of all that is right and a huge sign of support but the bad stories don’t mean anything more and are just the experiences of some crazy outliers right??? It’s ridiculous!!! The voices of all deserve to be heard. Most of the complaints are very valid! And the PTA are not MCPS representatives that have to fight anti racism battles and enlighten humanity, they are freaking volunteers who want to help make the science fair nice and buy an extra water cooler for the teachers and staff this woman is scaring off!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The principal came out looking like a champ - the parents not so much. They really embarrassed themselves, especially that one lady.

The parents criticizing he principal came across as unhinged. It was really strange. I had a friend who tagged along just to see because she was eyeing the neighborhood but is no longer interested given the vibe of the parents.

Yes do not come!!! Stay away. We don’t need any more creeps. This school was the crown jewel of MCPS and should be compared to others within its cluster not dragged into the swamp of MCPS. And our school is getting more crowded every year and This Principal has proven she cannot handle it, don’t come!!! Our property values are too high and there’s already no parking at our local Trader Joe’s, who needs you.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why some people still think our school is doing fine!

The teacher turnover rate at our school is very high. Since the principal joined, only three teachers have remained. The principal claimed the turnover rate is 18%, but this is not accurate. Even if it were true, the turnover rate for MCPS over the past four years is 4.85% (excluding retirement based on the principal), according to page 101 of this report (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/REPORTS/2024/MCPS-2024.pdf)

Despite the principal's year-end message stating that only 50% of 5th graders met the benchmark, our school's MCAP math test scores have dropped from nearly 90 in 2018 to 62.5 in 2023. We went from being one of the highest-achieving schools in the cluster to the lowest-achieving. It's important to note that neither our cluster schools, MCPS, nor the state of Maryland have experienced this decline.

These are valid questions and concerns. The principal doesn't seem to have an answer. She mentioned having improvement plans, but what are they? Where are they? Based on the MCPS Leadership Standards, Criteria, and Descriptive Examples, she is very ineffective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some people still think our school is doing fine!

The teacher turnover rate at our school is very high. Since the principal joined, only three teachers have remained. The principal claimed the turnover rate is 18%, but this is not accurate. Even if it were true, the turnover rate for MCPS over the past four years is 4.85% (excluding retirement based on the principal), according to page 101 of this report (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/REPORTS/2024/MCPS-2024.pdf)

Despite the principal's year-end message stating that only 50% of 5th graders met the benchmark, our school's MCAP math test scores have dropped from nearly 90 in 2018 to 62.5 in 2023. We went from being one of the highest-achieving schools in the cluster to the lowest-achieving. It's important to note that neither our cluster schools, MCPS, nor the state of Maryland have experienced this decline.

These are valid questions and concerns. The principal doesn't seem to have an answer. She mentioned having improvement plans, but what are they? Where are they? Based on the MCPS Leadership Standards, Criteria, and Descriptive Examples, she is very ineffective.

Maybe some parents are ok with not meeting the benchmark and their kids scoring 62.5 or lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some people still think our school is doing fine!

The teacher turnover rate at our school is very high. Since the principal joined, only three teachers have remained. The principal claimed the turnover rate is 18%, but this is not accurate. Even if it were true, the turnover rate for MCPS over the past four years is 4.85% (excluding retirement based on the principal), according to page 101 of this report (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/REPORTS/2024/MCPS-2024.pdf)

Despite the principal's year-end message stating that only 50% of 5th graders met the benchmark, our school's MCAP math test scores have dropped from nearly 90 in 2018 to 62.5 in 2023. We went from being one of the highest-achieving schools in the cluster to the lowest-achieving. It's important to note that neither our cluster schools, MCPS, nor the state of Maryland have experienced this decline.

These are valid questions and concerns. The principal doesn't seem to have an answer. She mentioned having improvement plans, but what are they? Where are they? Based on the MCPS Leadership Standards, Criteria, and Descriptive Examples, she is very ineffective.

Maybe some parents are ok with not meeting the benchmark and their kids scoring 62.5 or lower.

These kids need the help the most right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why some people still think our school is doing fine!

The teacher turnover rate at our school is very high. Since the principal joined, only three teachers have remained. The principal claimed the turnover rate is 18%, but this is not accurate. Even if it were true, the turnover rate for MCPS over the past four years is 4.85% (excluding retirement based on the principal), according to page 101 of this report (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council/Resources/Files/REPORTS/2024/MCPS-2024.pdf)

Despite the principal's year-end message stating that only 50% of 5th graders met the benchmark, our school's MCAP math test scores have dropped from nearly 90 in 2018 to 62.5 in 2023. We went from being one of the highest-achieving schools in the cluster to the lowest-achieving. It's important to note that neither our cluster schools, MCPS, nor the state of Maryland have experienced this decline.

These are valid questions and concerns. The principal doesn't seem to have an answer. She mentioned having improvement plans, but what are they? Where are they? Based on the MCPS Leadership Standards, Criteria, and Descriptive Examples, she is very ineffective.

Maybe some parents are ok with not meeting the benchmark and their kids scoring 62.5 or lower.

I think the parents will learn eventually but in a hard way. The costs are the kids😥