Kent Gardens Elementary School in Mclean

[Anonymous]

When is the principal retiring? This is news to me!

Anonymous wrote:It was certainly sudden! Her letters were brief and she gave the community a day notice. Seems insulting from someone who has been there for over 20 years. That poor AP's head must be spinning. She had been there for less than a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there a test for proficiency to get in? If my dS isn't admitted in the 1st, I'd like him to test for 2nd. He's in private lessons now and is "advanced" per the teacher.

In the past, they allowed entry in 1st and 2nd from the wait list. After 2nd, the child needed to be fluent or near fluent. I believe there was a test to determine if the language was not native to the child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
When is the principal retiring? This is news to me!

Anonymous wrote:It was certainly sudden! Her letters were brief and she gave the community a day notice. Seems insulting from someone who has been there for over 20 years. That poor AP's head must be spinning. She had been there for less than a year.

She retired as of last Friday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there a test for proficiency to get in? If my dS isn't admitted in the 1st, I'd like him to test for 2nd. He's in private lessons now and is "advanced" per the teacher.

In the past, they allowed entry in 1st and 2nd from the wait list. After 2nd, the child needed to be fluent or near fluent. I believe there was a test to determine if the language was not native to the child.

Thank you for this. DS is in lessons three afternoons per week. He's Pre-k now, and will have three years of study by the time he starts. Do you think he could pass the test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If there a test for proficiency to get in? If my dS isn't admitted in the 1st, I'd like him to test for 2nd. He's in private lessons now and is "advanced" per the teacher.

In the past, they allowed entry in 1st and 2nd from the wait list. After 2nd, the child needed to be fluent or near fluent. I believe there was a test to determine if the language was not native to the child.

Thank you for this. DS is in lessons three afternoons per week. He's Pre-k now, and will have three years of study by the time he starts. Do you think he could pass the test?

Have no idea. Will he be fluent?

[Anonymous]

The teacher says he "should" be, but there's no guarantee. He's also not the talkative type to begin with. I assume he'll be pretty "proficient" and maybe fluent. Does he need to be absolutely fluent?

[Anonymous]

Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

Try old age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

Try old age.

No. People aren't allowed to age. Didnt you get the memo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

She has been retirement eligible for a number oif years. Perhaps as the summer progressed she realized she was dreading the upcoming year instead of looking forward to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

Try old age.

No. People aren't allowed to age. Didnt you get the memo.

I'm sure you haven't aged.

[Anonymous]

I heard there was a meeting last night about the principal's retirement. If anyone went, please provide feedback.

Thanks,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell us why Dr. Robyn Hooker quit?

She has been retirement eligible for a number oif years. Perhaps as the summer progressed she realized she was dreading the upcoming year instead of looking forward to it.

Have no idea if this applies in FCPS, but sometimes to get the full top of the line retirement benefits you have to retire at a specific time like say July. She already should have qualified for retirement, but maybe there were benefits to waiting. I wish her well in retirement. The woman was a principal at the school for over 3 decades.

[Anonymous]

Is there a going-away party?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard there was a meeting last night about the principal's retirement. If anyone went, please provide feedback.

Thanks,

The meeting wasn't about her retirement. She's history.

The meeting was about the plan forward for KG.