A quarter of the teachers at Lakewood Elementary are leaving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically during the 6/12 night meeting, Dr Kelly told parents
1. the teachers leave because of family, new career or various reasons ==> This is not her fault. Moreover, her boss claimed "Dr Kelly didn't do anything wrong"
2. 20 years of experience do not make u an expert in teaching. She can find some experts with fewer years of experience ==> this indicates she don't respect the teachers that left
3. loss 1/4 of the teacher is an "opportunity" ==> In her mind, she didn't create a "disaster" for the community. Instead, she brought a new opportunity to bring the school to a new era

If 25% attrition rate happy in any organization, the manager or the manager's manager need to be fired. It seems like this is not the case here

Totally agree!!! 25% attrition rate happened anywhere in this country, the manager or the manager's manager need to be let go

There was a teacher earlier in the chain who said this was not entirely uncommon, and as a long-time MCPS parent, it doesn't shock me that much either.

I know this is all scary as a parent, but teachers moving between grades is pretty normal in my experience. Sometimes a grade level team is very strong, and another team needs to be bolstered. If you have four fantastic teachers at one grade level, you might need several of them to change grades to serve as team lead on another grade level.

Teachers changing schools is also pretty normal in my experience, either to get a new experience, go from full-time to part-time, or just to reduce their commute.

I don't know. I've read this whole thread, and as an outsider this kind of feels like a ESH situation. The principal seems to be communicating poorly. Parents have gotten themselves whipped up, and I've seen Jeff delete several racially charged posts from this thread that appeared to be from LES parents. Everyone is acting badly, and hopefully the summer break will be a much-needed chance to turn down the temperature and start fresh in the fall.

You are a parent so don't understand it isn't normal for several established teachers to routinely move between grades in a short amount of time. That often happens as a way vindictive principals control staff. The climate at a school where this happens is awful. Teacher have to relearn standards for different grades and end up spending hundreds of dollars buying new materials for their new grade. A first grade teacher needs to be an expert in teaching students to read. If you move a fourth grade teacher or even third grade teacher down to first grade those students are going to be shortchanged that year. Grade level teams that have worked together well and are motivated to do really amazing projects and activities across a grade level are disrupted to those things don't happen. As a school psychologist who has worked in several schools it is apparent that when teacher are a large number of teachers leave a school and then others are forced to move grade levels, the climate of the school drastically changes. Teachers are already struggling with so many extra responsibilities and behaviors that having a dictatorial principal causes many to leave the school or if they stay and have to change grades many go from really dedicated to doing the bare minimum. What is the point of developing engaging lessons if you are just going to be moved to another grade the next year? New teachers end up being hired who just don't have the experience and so many new teachers just burn out and never last so you end up with an awful cycle of having a school with disgruntled teachers and new teachers treading water. Schools I have worked at that have really collaborative and strong principals have a completely different climate. At those schools teachers put in so many extra hours because they feel supportive and that their voices are heard. Staff is happier, the students aren't as stressed. It is really amazing you can actually walk onto a campus and feel it.

This is an excellent response. As an MCPS teacher, I have switched schools because 1) the administration was very combative/toxic 2) involuntary transfer because I was the LAST teacher in the new school. Believe me, teachers leaving is NOT common and if a well-established teacher is leaving schools, people better stand up and listen! That is a big bleeding red flag, because now those teachers lose their status at the school and have to relearn the culture at a new school. We don't do that unless we really feel we have to.

[Original topic poster here, I've been reading along.]

So you've been there, done that. How would you have wanted parents to support you when you were in a similar situation? I love the teachers at Lakewood, and want to support them the best way I can. I know the ones who have left will not come back even if we successfully fight the administration about it, but for the remaining teachers, I want to support them so that they can support our children in turn.

The community really tried!!! They rallied around the principal central office was moving; had a student AND a community petition, had meetings, ect. Everything was dismissed and essentially fell on deaf ears. Central office does what central office wants. They are the worst.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We moved to this neighborhood because of the school district. I've really liked the teachers my son has had; they have all been helpful, caring and communicative with me. But I know at least two of them are leaving! When I heard that, I told my husband that we should just sell our house, move to a condo and send the kinds to private school.

I'm told the new principal is making it a toxic workplace. Does anyone know what the f*** is going on?

Different school but ES had turnover in the 30% range. Covid and school closures destroyed education.

Not many teachers left during covid for Lakewood. A quarter left after one year of new principle.

I’m a veteran teacher, elementary.
Teaching don’t tend to leave schools as a snap decision. The job is structured such that there is one time a year to make that change. And mcps doesn’t make it easy. My point is, this didn’t happen overnight and there is likely more than the new principal playing a role here.
Many, many of us are done. You cannot overestimate how soul crushing March 2020-June 2021 were. Those that didn’t quit after those years have tried to stick with it but not all have been able to bounce back. I would guess that the principal is more like the straw that broke the camel’s back.

At the parent meeting last night, it was stated that 0% of teachers were planning on leaving in February, when they were last surveyed. Now 25% are leaving. What has changed so much in 4 months?

And yes, I am aware that leaving is not a snap decision. How many times have fellow parents also been stuck in a less-than-optimal position at their job? Most disgruntled employees just grumble and vent to colleagues over lunch. I've been there, done that. So what you're telling us is, these are just the ones that managed to get out. Shall we expect an even bigger exodus next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basically during the 6/12 night meeting, Dr Kelly told parents
1. the teachers leave because of family, new career or various reasons ==> This is not her fault. Moreover, her boss claimed "Dr Kelly didn't do anything wrong"
2. 20 years of experience do not make u an expert in teaching. She can find some experts with fewer years of experience ==> this indicates she don't respect the teachers that left
3. loss 1/4 of the teacher is an "opportunity" ==> In her mind, she didn't create a "disaster" for the community. Instead, she brought a new opportunity to bring the school to a new era

If 25% attrition rate happy in any organization, the manager or the manager's manager need to be fired. It seems like this is not the case here

Totally agree!!! 25% attrition rate happened anywhere in this country, the manager or the manager's manager need to be let go

There was a teacher earlier in the chain who said this was not entirely uncommon, and as a long-time MCPS parent, it doesn't shock me that much either.

I know this is all scary as a parent, but teachers moving between grades is pretty normal in my experience. Sometimes a grade level team is very strong, and another team needs to be bolstered. If you have four fantastic teachers at one grade level, you might need several of them to change grades to serve as team lead on another grade level.

Teachers changing schools is also pretty normal in my experience, either to get a new experience, go from full-time to part-time, or just to reduce their commute.

I don't know. I've read this whole thread, and as an outsider this kind of feels like a ESH situation. The principal seems to be communicating poorly. Parents have gotten themselves whipped up, and I've seen Jeff delete several racially charged posts from this thread that appeared to be from LES parents. Everyone is acting badly, and hopefully the summer break will be a much-needed chance to turn down the temperature and start fresh in the fall.

You are a parent so don't understand it isn't normal for several established teachers to routinely move between grades in a short amount of time. That often happens as a way vindictive principals control staff. The climate at a school where this happens is awful. Teacher have to relearn standards for different grades and end up spending hundreds of dollars buying new materials for their new grade. A first grade teacher needs to be an expert in teaching students to read. If you move a fourth grade teacher or even third grade teacher down to first grade those students are going to be shortchanged that year. Grade level teams that have worked together well and are motivated to do really amazing projects and activities across a grade level are disrupted to those things don't happen. As a school psychologist who has worked in several schools it is apparent that when teacher are a large number of teachers leave a school and then others are forced to move grade levels, the climate of the school drastically changes. Teachers are already struggling with so many extra responsibilities and behaviors that having a dictatorial principal causes many to leave the school or if they stay and have to change grades many go from really dedicated to doing the bare minimum. What is the point of developing engaging lessons if you are just going to be moved to another grade the next year? New teachers end up being hired who just don't have the experience and so many new teachers just burn out and never last so you end up with an awful cycle of having a school with disgruntled teachers and new teachers treading water. Schools I have worked at that have really collaborative and strong principals have a completely different climate. At those schools teachers put in so many extra hours because they feel supportive and that their voices are heard. Staff is happier, the students aren't as stressed. It is really amazing you can actually walk onto a campus and feel it.

100. We are blessed to have a principal exactly like this (at a different MCPS school) and the school has great energy: teachers, students, parents, admin all relaxed and happy and working together.

Unfortunately this does not seem to be the case with your principal. Just pointing out that a principal does not have to behave in that manner and the community is not crazy to be deeply concerned, despite what appears to be the principal’s attempt at gaslighting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved to this neighborhood because of the school district. I've really liked the teachers my son has had; they have all been helpful, caring and communicative with me. But I know at least two of them are leaving! When I heard that, I told my husband that we should just sell our house, move to a condo and send the kinds to private school.

I'm told the new principal is making it a toxic workplace. Does anyone know what the f*** is going on?

Different school but ES had turnover in the 30% range. Covid and school closures destroyed education.

Not many teachers left during covid for Lakewood. A quarter left after one year of new principle.

I’m a veteran teacher, elementary.
Teaching don’t tend to leave schools as a snap decision. The job is structured such that there is one time a year to make that change. And mcps doesn’t make it easy. My point is, this didn’t happen overnight and there is likely more than the new principal playing a role here.
Many, many of us are done. You cannot overestimate how soul crushing March 2020-June 2021 were. Those that didn’t quit after those years have tried to stick with it but not all have been able to bounce back. I would guess that the principal is more like the straw that broke the camel’s back.

At the parent meeting last night, it was stated that 0% of teachers were planning on leaving in February, when they were last surveyed. Now 25% are leaving. What has changed so much in 4 months?

And yes, I am aware that leaving is not a snap decision. How many times have fellow parents also been stuck in a less-than-optimal position at their job? Most disgruntled employees just grumble and vent to colleagues over lunch. I've been there, done that. So what you're telling us is, these are just the ones that managed to get out. Shall we expect an even bigger exodus next year?

10 already left and 30 still there. does not mean the 30 teachers will NOT leave. They might already start looking for job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Basically during the 6/12 night meeting, Dr Kelly told parents
1. the teachers leave because of family, new career or various reasons ==> This is not her fault. Moreover, her boss claimed "Dr Kelly didn't do anything wrong"
2. 20 years of experience do not make u an expert in teaching. She can find some experts with fewer years of experience ==> this indicates she don't respect the teachers that left
3. loss 1/4 of the teacher is an "opportunity" ==> In her mind, she didn't create a "disaster" for the community. Instead, she brought a new opportunity to bring the school to a new era

If 25% attrition rate happy in any organization, the manager or the manager's manager need to be fired. It seems like this is not the case here

Totally agree!!! 25% attrition rate happened anywhere in this country, the manager or the manager's manager need to be let go

There was a teacher earlier in the chain who said this was not entirely uncommon, and as a long-time MCPS parent, it doesn't shock me that much either.

I know this is all scary as a parent, but teachers moving between grades is pretty normal in my experience. Sometimes a grade level team is very strong, and another team needs to be bolstered. If you have four fantastic teachers at one grade level, you might need several of them to change grades to serve as team lead on another grade level.

Teachers changing schools is also pretty normal in my experience, either to get a new experience, go from full-time to part-time, or just to reduce their commute.

I don't know. I've read this whole thread, and as an outsider this kind of feels like a ESH situation. The principal seems to be communicating poorly. Parents have gotten themselves whipped up, and I've seen Jeff delete several racially charged posts from this thread that appeared to be from LES parents. Everyone is acting badly, and hopefully the summer break will be a much-needed chance to turn down the temperature and start fresh in the fall.

You are a parent so don't understand it isn't normal for several established teachers to routinely move between grades in a short amount of time. That often happens as a way vindictive principals control staff. The climate at a school where this happens is awful. Teacher have to relearn standards for different grades and end up spending hundreds of dollars buying new materials for their new grade. A first grade teacher needs to be an expert in teaching students to read. If you move a fourth grade teacher or even third grade teacher down to first grade those students are going to be shortchanged that year. Grade level teams that have worked together well and are motivated to do really amazing projects and activities across a grade level are disrupted to those things don't happen. As a school psychologist who has worked in several schools it is apparent that when teacher are a large number of teachers leave a school and then others are forced to move grade levels, the climate of the school drastically changes. Teachers are already struggling with so many extra responsibilities and behaviors that having a dictatorial principal causes many to leave the school or if they stay and have to change grades many go from really dedicated to doing the bare minimum. What is the point of developing engaging lessons if you are just going to be moved to another grade the next year? New teachers end up being hired who just don't have the experience and so many new teachers just burn out and never last so you end up with an awful cycle of having a school with disgruntled teachers and new teachers treading water. Schools I have worked at that have really collaborative and strong principals have a completely different climate. At those schools teachers put in so many extra hours because they feel supportive and that their voices are heard. Staff is happier, the students aren't as stressed. It is really amazing you can actually walk onto a campus and feel it.

This is an excellent response. As an MCPS teacher, I have switched schools because 1) the administration was very combative/toxic 2) involuntary transfer because I was the LAST teacher in the new school. Believe me, teachers leaving is NOT common and if a well-established teacher is leaving schools, people better stand up and listen! That is a big bleeding red flag, because now those teachers lose their status at the school and have to relearn the culture at a new school. We don't do that unless we really feel we have to.

BTDT.

Left school A with an abusive principal after 5 years because we had no idea that Central Office was removing him. 25 staff departed. But my tongue in every interview.

Landed at school B, which I liked. But I was surplussed at the end of the year due to my hire date.

Landed at school C, which I also liked. Again surplussed at the end of the year.

Landed at school D, which was an insane asylum. But I wasn’t the person with the least seniority so I tried to tough it out. I would consider openings but then look at the department to figure out if I would be “the new guy” and at risk of being surplussed. School D brought in an unhinged principal. 75% of my department left so I fled, too.

School E has been tranquil until this year when we got a new principal who is a dictator. I am weary.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a hot mess over there but the point about the meeting being locked to MCPS-only accounts as some kind of nefarious plot is completely off the mark. MCPS Zoom accounts have always been locked down so only MCPS email addresses can log in, since early 2020. It's a systemwide setting and schools can't change it. It's for security and to block Zoom-bombing by trolls, not a new plot against Lakewood ES parents. They should have communicated better that you needed to be on your child's account to log in, but locking the meeting like that has been standard and unchangeable for years.

As for recording it, no. You must be joking. It is 100% guaranteed in 2023 that some unhinged parent would share it around and somebody would take snips from it and blast it on TikTok or Twitter and the lunatic fringe from 4chan would SWAT the school in an anti-DEI frenzy or something. Public discourse is in the gutter. I don't blame them for not providing loaded weapons to use against themselves. People these days get very angry about everything and can't be trusted.

It doesn't mean that everybody in this thread doesn't have very valid concerns and that things aren't being poorly run over there, but those specific criticisms I think are not well-made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a hot mess over there but the point about the meeting being locked to MCPS-only accounts as some kind of nefarious plot is completely off the mark. MCPS Zoom accounts have always been locked down so only MCPS email addresses can log in, since early 2020. It's a systemwide setting and schools can't change it. It's for security and to block Zoom-bombing by trolls, not a new plot against Lakewood ES parents. They should have communicated better that you needed to be on your child's account to log in, but locking the meeting like that has been standard and unchangeable for years.

As for recording it, no. You must be joking. It is 100% guaranteed in 2023 that some unhinged parent would share it around and somebody would take snips from it and blast it on TikTok or Twitter and the lunatic fringe from 4chan would SWAT the school in an anti-DEI frenzy or something. Public discourse is in the gutter. I don't blame them for not providing loaded weapons to use against themselves. People these days get very angry about everything and can't be trusted.

It doesn't mean that everybody in this thread doesn't have very valid concerns and that things aren't being poorly run over there, but those specific criticisms I think are not well-made.

I work for the Virtual Academy, and there is a setting MCPS enabled so that we can unlock that setting. We do that for equitable purposes as well as record meetings outside of the school setting for parents (again, equity). This principal was doing her own thing. People are right to be upset.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a hot mess over there but the point about the meeting being locked to MCPS-only accounts as some kind of nefarious plot is completely off the mark. MCPS Zoom accounts have always been locked down so only MCPS email addresses can log in, since early 2020. It's a systemwide setting and schools can't change it. It's for security and to block Zoom-bombing by trolls, not a new plot against Lakewood ES parents. They should have communicated better that you needed to be on your child's account to log in, but locking the meeting like that has been standard and unchangeable for years.

As for recording it, no. You must be joking. It is 100% guaranteed in 2023 that some unhinged parent would share it around and somebody would take snips from it and blast it on TikTok or Twitter and the lunatic fringe from 4chan would SWAT the school in an anti-DEI frenzy or something. Public discourse is in the gutter. I don't blame them for not providing loaded weapons to use against themselves. People these days get very angry about everything and can't be trusted.

It doesn't mean that everybody in this thread doesn't have very valid concerns and that things aren't being poorly run over there, but those specific criticisms I think are not well-made.

I work for the Virtual Academy, and there is a setting MCPS enabled so that we can unlock that setting. We do that for equitable purposes as well as record meetings outside of the school setting for parents (again, equity). This principal was doing her own thing. People are right to be upset.

I stand corrected. But I still don't think it was out of line not to do so. People have lost their minds about education and civilized behavior. Recording innocuous Virtual Academy sessions is different. Do you actually think somebody wouldn't have shared snippets of a recording around to "just a few people" and the next thing you know, it's a TikTok meme and the phones are deluged with hate calls? Really?

[Anonymous]

dang

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a hot mess over there but the point about the meeting being locked to MCPS-only accounts as some kind of nefarious plot is completely off the mark. MCPS Zoom accounts have always been locked down so only MCPS email addresses can log in, since early 2020. It's a systemwide setting and schools can't change it. It's for security and to block Zoom-bombing by trolls, not a new plot against Lakewood ES parents. They should have communicated better that you needed to be on your child's account to log in, but locking the meeting like that has been standard and unchangeable for years.

As for recording it, no. You must be joking. It is 100% guaranteed in 2023 that some unhinged parent would share it around and somebody would take snips from it and blast it on TikTok or Twitter and the lunatic fringe from 4chan would SWAT the school in an anti-DEI frenzy or something. Public discourse is in the gutter. I don't blame them for not providing loaded weapons to use against themselves. People these days get very angry about everything and can't be trusted.

It doesn't mean that everybody in this thread doesn't have very valid concerns and that things aren't being poorly run over there, but those specific criticisms I think are not well-made.

I work for the Virtual Academy, and there is a setting MCPS enabled so that we can unlock that setting. We do that for equitable purposes as well as record meetings outside of the school setting for parents (again, equity). This principal was doing her own thing. People are right to be upset.

I stand corrected. But I still don't think it was out of line not to do so. People have lost their minds about education and civilized behavior. Recording innocuous Virtual Academy sessions is different. Do you actually think somebody wouldn't have shared snippets of a recording around to "just a few people" and the next thing you know, it's a TikTok meme and the phones are deluged with hate calls? Really?

So she had a right not to be recorded for fear of being ridiculed? It’s HER JOB to address and inform the community. Since so many people wanted to join the call but were not able to log in, that 100% warrants recording the meeting. There’s a lot to be said if the principal can’t even handle that responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like a hot mess over there but the point about the meeting being locked to MCPS-only accounts as some kind of nefarious plot is completely off the mark. MCPS Zoom accounts have always been locked down so only MCPS email addresses can log in, since early 2020. It's a systemwide setting and schools can't change it. It's for security and to block Zoom-bombing by trolls, not a new plot against Lakewood ES parents. They should have communicated better that you needed to be on your child's account to log in, but locking the meeting like that has been standard and unchangeable for years.

As for recording it, no. You must be joking. It is 100% guaranteed in 2023 that some unhinged parent would share it around and somebody would take snips from it and blast it on TikTok or Twitter and the lunatic fringe from 4chan would SWAT the school in an anti-DEI frenzy or something. Public discourse is in the gutter. I don't blame them for not providing loaded weapons to use against themselves. People these days get very angry about everything and can't be trusted.

It doesn't mean that everybody in this thread doesn't have very valid concerns and that things aren't being poorly run over there, but those specific criticisms I think are not well-made.

I work for the Virtual Academy, and there is a setting MCPS enabled so that we can unlock that setting. We do that for equitable purposes as well as record meetings outside of the school setting for parents (again, equity). This principal was doing her own thing. People are right to be upset.

I stand corrected. But I still don't think it was out of line not to do so. People have lost their minds about education and civilized behavior. Recording innocuous Virtual Academy sessions is different. Do you actually think somebody wouldn't have shared snippets of a recording around to "just a few people" and the next thing you know, it's a TikTok meme and the phones are deluged with hate calls? Really?

So she had a right not to be recorded for fear of being ridiculed? It’s HER JOB to address and inform the community. Since so many people wanted to join the call but were not able to log in, that 100% warrants recording the meeting. There’s a lot to be said if the principal can’t even handle that responsibility.

Agreed. Our Principal records meetings like this and makes them available afterwards for parents who are unable to attend.

You know, it’s the Equitable thing to do. Some parents might work, or not be able to attend the meetings.

If anything, the meetings should be recorded in the name of Equity.

This principal sounds like a hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

I think it really comes down to having exit interviews for departing staff (at Lakewood and all schools). The county should have a way to determine if teachers are fleeing a school due to a principal or for a myriad of other reasons. If teachers are fleeing the school, then the central office absolutely should intervene. There is a HUGE teacher shortage and the last thing that is needed is for MCPS not to be able to retain the talent that they have due to a principal.

I do not work at this school, but at another MCPS elementary school that is also seeing a lot of fleeing staff. At our school, it is absolutely tied to a weak principal but also due to county policies around not being able to discipline children who are physically and mentally abusing teachers and other students. Each day is a struggle to get through even if I never see the principal. I think this is equally important for the central office to know that their policies are not evening out the playing field, but instead making kids feel that school is not a safe place.

[Anonymous]

One LFI parent expressed that she wanted to join the meeting and was unable to. Expecting that any and all parents could just ask their child for MCPS credentials so they can log in and join the meeting is absolutely an equity issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it really comes down to having exit interviews for departing staff (at Lakewood and all schools). The county should have a way to determine if teachers are fleeing a school due to a principal or for a myriad of other reasons. If teachers are fleeing the school, then the central office absolutely should intervene. There is a HUGE teacher shortage and the last thing that is needed is for MCPS not to be able to retain the talent that they have due to a principal.

I do not work at this school, but at another MCPS elementary school that is also seeing a lot of fleeing staff. At our school, it is absolutely tied to a weak principal but also due to county policies around not being able to discipline children who are physically and mentally abusing teachers and other students. Each day is a struggle to get through even if I never see the principal. I think this is equally important for the central office to know that their policies are not evening out the playing field, but instead making kids feel that school is not a safe place.

They don’t even seem to do surveys anymore. If one was done this year, it wasn’t published. I think a lot of principals were hemorrhaging teachers before the pandemic but now can blame it on that. Rarely is anything done to improve the working conditions for teachers in schools with ineffective leaders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it really comes down to having exit interviews for departing staff (at Lakewood and all schools). The county should have a way to determine if teachers are fleeing a school due to a principal or for a myriad of other reasons. If teachers are fleeing the school, then the central office absolutely should intervene. There is a HUGE teacher shortage and the last thing that is needed is for MCPS not to be able to retain the talent that they have due to a principal.

I do not work at this school, but at another MCPS elementary school that is also seeing a lot of fleeing staff. At our school, it is absolutely tied to a weak principal but also due to county policies around not being able to discipline children who are physically and mentally abusing teachers and other students. Each day is a struggle to get through even if I never see the principal. I think this is equally important for the central office to know that their policies are not evening out the playing field, but instead making kids feel that school is not a safe place.

They don’t even seem to do surveys anymore. If one was done this year, it wasn’t published. I think a lot of principals were hemorrhaging teachers before the pandemic but now can blame it on that. Rarely is anything done to improve the working conditions for teachers in schools with ineffective leaders.

Exactly, MCPS doesn’t seem to care at all. After seeing so many complaints from parents, her boss director Michelle Schultze still came out to fully support her and told the community the Principal did nothing wrong. It’s just beyond ridiculous.