Flora Singer ES

[Anonymous]

And do you think principals at other schools are more responsive? I'm telling you that principals simply don't have the authority to get rid of a bad teacher right away....unless the teacher did something egregious (like criminal). So if a teacher at your school disappears overnight, and she isn't pregnant, relocating, taking a new job, seriously ill, then something very serious promoted the change (not merely the fact that she was subpar).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And do you think principals at other schools are more responsive? I'm telling you that principals simply don't have the authority to get rid of a bad teacher right away....unless the teacher did something egregious (like criminal). So if a teacher at your school disappears overnight, and she isn't pregnant, relocating, taking a new job, seriously ill, then something very serious promoted the change (not merely the fact that she was subpar).

That was the entire point.

Admin at FSES is (in my experience) more responsive than OTES admin. This has really gotten sidetracked to be about how much control they have over firing a teacher. There are many ways to be responsive that have nothing to do with firing anyone, and there are other ways in which OTES admin is less responsive than admin at other schools.

[Anonymous]

And you are missing the point, PP. The principal at otes can't toss a teacher who is merely subpar, but the principal at flora singer was able to toss a teacher midway through the year....not because she was merely subpar, but because of a more serious issue. Understand? So he wasn't being more responsive. Rather, he was simply doing his job (what he had to do given the circumstances). Get it? Same situation at otes or any MCPS school would have prompted the same result. Now do you get it?

[Anonymous]

Pp, what makes you so sure you know why the teacher is no longer there? Maybe it was his or her decision to leave.

[Anonymous]

I know teachers at FS.

[Anonymous]

So what happened...what teacher?
Not being nosey
FSES parent

[Anonymous]

Nope, not going share. That wouldn't be right. Just felt compelled to weigh in to dispel the myth that one principal is more responsive than another. The reality is that principals have limited authority and options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope, not going share. That wouldn't be right. Just felt compelled to weigh in to dispel the myth that one principal is more responsive than another. The reality is that principals have limited authority and options.

If you were concerned about not being right -- you would have refrained from posting anything.
Instead you dropped some cheese, waited till the rats came running and then snatched it up and ran off claiming to be good to tell.
Give
Me
A
Break

[Anonymous]

^^
By the way, I'm not mad that you did not tell, it's the arrogant way you did it.
Wasn't contrite - it was teasing

[Anonymous]

It's not teasing. The thread was heading in the direction of praising one principal for being responsive and another as unresponsive. I merely pointed out that principals are only really equipped to respond under certain circumstances. That's all anyone needs to know. And generally speaking, if a teacher leaves by choice, then everyone knows about it (pregnant, ill, transferring, new career, etc.). When a teacher disappears and no one is talking, then that's another story. Does it really matter what prompted it? She's gone, so it's irrelevant at this point. You just want juicy gossip, PP. You should either get a leadership role in the PTA and volunteer in the school several times a week, or buddy up with a gossipy teacher.

[Anonymous]

It does make me wonder what it was but as long as it wasn't something that endangered the children then I suppose it doesn't really matter and none of our business. Of course MCPS would have notified parents if it was something like that.

[Anonymous]

Getting back to FSES. I am very pleased with the school. The teachers my children had last year were excellent. I also like the principal and asst principal. The admin is very responsive. For example, it is very easy to call or set up a meeting with the FSES principal, and I have found him helpful and not defensive.

[Anonymous]

Good to hear pp, thanks for getting the thread back on track. I'm tired of hearing from the pp who claims to know he real reason behind a teachers departure when it's none of her or his business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good to hear pp, thanks for getting the thread back on track. I'm tired of hearing from the pp who claims to know he real reason behind a teachers departure when it's none of her or his business.

Me too and it seems pretty irrelevant at this point since the teacher is no longer there.

[Anonymous]

The post wasnt about the teachers departure. Rather, it was meant to illustrate why the principal was equipped to be responsive. Ultimately all mcps principals are bound by the same game book.