Churchill Getting a New Principal

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Anonymous wrote:All schools deserve good leadership. All staff at school deserve to be respected. All parents and students deserve respect.

Any less than this is why MCPS is crumbling at its foundation.

Are there any "W" schools doing a good job on diversity? Pyle is infamous for its problems, and it seems the Whitman principal is spending a good deal of his time on diversity, equity related matters, but is it helping? Is there a principal who has made a dent and changed the culture of their "white/W" school for the better? I guess I'm wondering how the principals are doing at places like North Bethesda, Silver Creek, Westland, Cabin John, and at high schools like BCC, Walter Johnson, Whitman, and any other in this category that I'm forgetting.

The staff at Cabin John does an amazing job and i think it stems from the principal. He encourages the hiring of diverse applicants so his staff is diverse. Not to mention they are not diverse just to say they are diverse they are great at what they do. Media Center specialist, Dr. Massey, is a huge asset to the CJMS community. Ms. Kumar is a beloved science teacher. The school read Stamped and had Jason Reynolds on a webinar to discuss. All very well done! Half of these kids go on to Churchill so not sure what that means tho?

Mr. Taylor is a rock star. It will be interesting to see if he applies for the job.

He's woke though, so Churchill parents should beware.

What do you mean by this?

He assigned Kendi's "Stamped" to his entire school. Kendi is a known racist so it was a terrible choice. He then used the connect time class to have teachers introduce elements of CRT along with the book. You'd have to be pretty woke to do this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whoever they put in the position would probably be woke by your definition, so it may as well be someone who isn't just woke, but also is excellent at their work.

I would just like someone who isn't pushing CRT like he is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All schools deserve good leadership. All staff at school deserve to be respected. All parents and students deserve respect.

Any less than this is why MCPS is crumbling at its foundation.

Are there any "W" schools doing a good job on diversity? Pyle is infamous for its problems, and it seems the Whitman principal is spending a good deal of his time on diversity, equity related matters, but is it helping? Is there a principal who has made a dent and changed the culture of their "white/W" school for the better? I guess I'm wondering how the principals are doing at places like North Bethesda, Silver Creek, Westland, Cabin John, and at high schools like BCC, Walter Johnson, Whitman, and any other in this category that I'm forgetting.

The staff at Cabin John does an amazing job and i think it stems from the principal. He encourages the hiring of diverse applicants so his staff is diverse. Not to mention they are not diverse just to say they are diverse they are great at what they do. Media Center specialist, Dr. Massey, is a huge asset to the CJMS community. Ms. Kumar is a beloved science teacher. The school read Stamped and had Jason Reynolds on a webinar to discuss. All very well done! Half of these kids go on to Churchill so not sure what that means tho?

Mr. Taylor is a rock star. It will be interesting to see if he applies for the job.

He's woke though, so Churchill parents should beware.

What do you mean by this?

He assigned Kendi's "Stamped" to his entire school. Kendi is a known racist so it was a terrible choice. He then used the connect time class to have teachers introduce elements of CRT along with the book. You'd have to be pretty woke to do this

Definition of woke
chiefly US slang
: aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)

Seems like a good quality to have in a school principal

[Anonymous]

I just assume it will be the acting principal.

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume it will be the acting principal.

Lord I hope not. The community knows how bad she has been as an AP. Cold, unapproachable, and unfriendly. It would be better for someone new to the school that has never been associated with the past problems to come on board.

[Anonymous]

It would be great if Central Office would send out a community update on the search. Seriously, DCUM should not be where we learn the interviews were pushed back to July 1st.

[Anonymous]

Someone in all MCPS schools should have an approved list of books and movies being used in classes. After Memorial Day, many AP classes start showing movies for class because seniors have graduated. I was shocked that my child was exposed to movies with nudity, sex, drugs, and violence in one of his AP classes at Churchill. No parental notice sent home that these types of movies were going to be shown. No explanation as to how they fit in with the curriculum. More importantly, no parental permission slip to grant the teacher permission to show such movies to my child.

The administrators at Churchill have checked out and there is no monitoring of what teachers are exposing impressionable minds to during the school day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone in all MCPS schools should have an approved list of books and movies being used in classes. After Memorial Day, many AP classes start showing movies for class because seniors have graduated. I was shocked that my child was exposed to movies with nudity, sex, drugs, and violence in one of his AP classes at Churchill. No parental notice sent home that these types of movies were going to be shown. No explanation as to how they fit in with the curriculum. More importantly, no parental permission slip to grant the teacher permission to show such movies to my child.

The administrators at Churchill have checked out and there is no monitoring of what teachers are exposing impressionable minds to during the school day.

Name the movie. It’s most likely rated PG-13. All high school students are at least 14 at the end of each school year, and the vast majority are at least 15.

[Anonymous]

The same people wouldn't necessarily be successful at all the open position schools. John Taylor of Cabin John would be terrific at Churchill, for example, but I don't know if he has experience with IB, and that's a big part of RM. Northwest has a different set of needs than Churchill too, and RICA (which the new Wheaton principal just left) is also a very different type of program that might require someone with a special ed background. So we shall see what happens, but I doubt it's the same four people up for all four jobs, unless they already know which of the four is going to each of those schools and they're just bodies for the other schools. (In other words, MCPS has their choices picked, barring them bombing their interview completely, or some skeleton getting uncovered in the 11th hour.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All schools deserve good leadership. All staff at school deserve to be respected. All parents and students deserve respect.

Any less than this is why MCPS is crumbling at its foundation.

Are there any "W" schools doing a good job on diversity? Pyle is infamous for its problems, and it seems the Whitman principal is spending a good deal of his time on diversity, equity related matters, but is it helping? Is there a principal who has made a dent and changed the culture of their "white/W" school for the better? I guess I'm wondering how the principals are doing at places like North Bethesda, Silver Creek, Westland, Cabin John, and at high schools like BCC, Walter Johnson, Whitman, and any other in this category that I'm forgetting.

The staff at Cabin John does an amazing job and i think it stems from the principal. He encourages the hiring of diverse applicants so his staff is diverse. Not to mention they are not diverse just to say they are diverse they are great at what they do. Media Center specialist, Dr. Massey, is a huge asset to the CJMS community. Ms. Kumar is a beloved science teacher. The school read Stamped and had Jason Reynolds on a webinar to discuss. All very well done! Half of these kids go on to Churchill so not sure what that means tho?

Mr. Taylor is a rock star. It will be interesting to see if he applies for the job.

He's woke though, so Churchill parents should beware.

What do you mean by this?

He assigned Kendi's "Stamped" to his entire school. Kendi is a known racist so it was a terrible choice. He then used the connect time class to have teachers introduce elements of CRT along with the book. You'd have to be pretty woke to do this

Fantastic book! I’d suggest everyone read it. It helps people understand how we got to where we are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just assume it will be the acting principal.

Lord I hope not. The community knows how bad she has been as an AP. Cold, unapproachable, and unfriendly. It would be better for someone new to the school that has never been associated with the past problems to come on board.

She didn't kowtow to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just assume it will be the acting principal.

Lord I hope not. The community knows how bad she has been as an AP. Cold, unapproachable, and unfriendly. It would be better for someone new to the school that has never been associated with the past problems to come on board.

She didn't kowtow to you?

Exactly. Others find her warm, approachable and friendly. Maybe she isn't the one with the problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone in all MCPS schools should have an approved list of books and movies being used in classes. After Memorial Day, many AP classes start showing movies for class because seniors have graduated. I was shocked that my child was exposed to movies with nudity, sex, drugs, and violence in one of his AP classes at Churchill. No parental notice sent home that these types of movies were going to be shown. No explanation as to how they fit in with the curriculum. More importantly, no parental permission slip to grant the teacher permission to show such movies to my child.

The administrators at Churchill have checked out and there is no monitoring of what teachers are exposing impressionable minds to during the school day.

Name the movie. It’s most likely rated PG-13. All high school students are at least 14 at the end of each school year, and the vast majority are at least 15.

One movie shown was One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Rated R - nudity, sex, drugs, and violence. All teachers showing movies should cough up the list for administrative review. If higher ups knew rated R movies were being shown to students, they should have consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just assume it will be the acting principal.

Lord I hope not. The community knows how bad she has been as an AP. Cold, unapproachable, and unfriendly. It would be better for someone new to the school that has never been associated with the past problems to come on board.

She didn't kowtow to you?

Exactly. Others find her warm, approachable and friendly. Maybe she isn't the one with the problem?

Perhaps she is only warm and friendly to a small percentage of the students and parents in the school. Mrs. Heckert at least greeted all students in the hallways. Dr. Howard is assigned my child and she never had one nice comment or word of encouragement for him in the whole time my child has been at the school. It’s a lack of approachability that I see as a problem.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for John Taylor. And I think he was an AP at Churchill before so would ramp up quickly. He is the bomb!