New W-L Principal

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Post covid, a lot of admin retired, including W-L’s decades-long principal and other longtime admin. Mr. Hall was likely hired for continuity since he worked at the school previously and was well-liked. APS always treasured continuity and longevity in the various high school administration positions. So any shake up is probably due to a culture change higher up

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People from Alexandria City High School don't have good things to say about him. I think APS just made a big mistake. At this point, every hire is someone from Alexandria City. They apparently can't look further than that for candidates.

Well, APS does have two “cabinet” members, Kim Graves and Gerald Mann, who both came from Alexandria. I heard that Dr. Mann even used to coteach with Mr. Balas a long time ago. You have the school board member from Alexandria who “helps” different schools, but I am still not sure what her position is. They are also hiring assistant principals from Alexandria and I have heard mixed reviews on their performance. I feel like APS is losing what made it so successful and the culture is changing, not for the better. Some of these new administrators are absolutely terrible.

You forgot another cabinet member from Alexandria. Julie Crawford was on the Superintendent’s Leadership Team for equity in ACPS.

Are all roles in schools now titled Equity? Duran was Chief Equity Officer at FCPS? Is there no directors of curriculum, instruction, academic standards??

APS has a lot of equity positions. There are full time release DEI Coordinators at every middle and high school. Some elementary schools have Equity Influencers. There are multiple equity specialists at Syphax. Then, of course, you have directors, executive directors, and a chief of equity.

So yes. We are swimming in equity officers.

What exactly do they do?

Every APS elementary has an “equity influencer”!
- APS employee

Ugh.

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People from Alexandria City High School don't have good things to say about him. I think APS just made a big mistake. At this point, every hire is someone from Alexandria City. They apparently can't look further than that for candidates.

Well, APS does have two “cabinet” members, Kim Graves and Gerald Mann, who both came from Alexandria. I heard that Dr. Mann even used to coteach with Mr. Balas a long time ago. You have the school board member from Alexandria who “helps” different schools, but I am still not sure what her position is. They are also hiring assistant principals from Alexandria and I have heard mixed reviews on their performance. I feel like APS is losing what made it so successful and the culture is changing, not for the better. Some of these new administrators are absolutely terrible.

You forgot another cabinet member from Alexandria. Julie Crawford was on the Superintendent’s Leadership Team for equity in ACPS.

Are all roles in schools now titled Equity? Duran was Chief Equity Officer at FCPS? Is there no directors of curriculum, instruction, academic standards??

APS has a lot of equity positions. There are full time release DEI Coordinators at every middle and high school. Some elementary schools have Equity Influencers. There are multiple equity specialists at Syphax. Then, of course, you have directors, executive directors, and a chief of equity.

So yes. We are swimming in equity officers.

What exactly do they do?

Every APS elementary has an “equity influencer”!
- APS employee

So like looking over your shoulder and “correcting” inequity in your classroom?

They’re a FT employee in some other capacity — teacher, counselor, school psych etc — and they collect a stipend for running a few committee meetings and conducting a training or two. You know… INFLUENCING. 😎😆

At the secondary level, they do not teach students. At some schools they run restorative circles with students. At other schools, there isn’t a defined role.

What’s a restorative circle?