New W-L Principal

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Anonymous wrote: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

um no

Gregg Robertson was principal for roughly 20 years. Others on the admin team were there for about that same length of time. Similar longevity at HB, Yorktown, and Wakefield. APS admin teams at high schools are known for their longevity when compared with neighboring districts like FCPS, where principals tend to come and go fairly quickly.

But not lately at WL. That’s the point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

Summer vacation is already shorter by a week or two since the move to start before Labor Day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

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*hate*

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

Summer vacation is already shorter by a week or two since the move to start before Labor Day.

There is also a factor of all the additional holidays which extend the school year.

A lot of mainstream parents encourage restricting phones. And more school days has a lot of positive benefits, especially for working parents or low income families (the extra holidays kinda screw them though).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

I doubt principals are retiring because there is state lobbying for school choice or trans issues in general. That was the original question for this thread, as to why there is so much admin turnover. My personal intuition is that discipline at schools is much harder, with permissive parents, raised by screens etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

I doubt principals are retiring because there is state lobbying for school choice or trans issues in general. That was the original question for this thread, as to why there is so much admin turnover. My personal intuition is that discipline at schools is much harder, with permissive parents, raised by screens etc.

+1 and as you can see on many, many threads anytime someone tries to bring up issues, including legitimate ones like cell phones or reading curriculum, people scream that "YOU'RE MAGA!!! EVERYTHING IS GREAT!"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

I doubt principals are retiring because there is state lobbying for school choice or trans issues in general. That was the original question for this thread, as to why there is so much admin turnover. My personal intuition is that discipline at schools is much harder, with permissive parents, raised by screens etc.

That and (almost) no options for suspending or expelling kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

I doubt principals are retiring because there is state lobbying for school choice or trans issues in general. That was the original question for this thread, as to why there is so much admin turnover. My personal intuition is that discipline at schools is much harder, with permissive parents, raised by screens etc.

That and (almost) no options for suspending or expelling kids.

Is that new?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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

A lot of teachers retired too. There was just too much harassment from a certain group of parents. This is why some school board members left too.

What are the parents harassing teachers and admins about? Schools are open, what could possibly be that universal a concern.

Oh they found other things. Parent rights, amirite?!?

That’s not happening in APS

of course it is, we have our own local version of an astro-turf parents rights group with secret funding that started with OPEN SCHOOLS NOW and then moved onto other things.

What other things? We don’t have the book banning or gender issues.

PP hates APE (not sure their real name) and anything they stand for. I don't follow them but from what gets posted here, probably restricting phones and adding more days in class to the school calendar.

A lot of people late APE. Everyone should be paying closer attention to them. The anti trans people are part of their big tent coalition. So are the school choice people. They are lobbying for school choice so they can siphon precious dollars away from our public schools and so they can use them to fund their own kids private education. They do a lot of lobbying at the state level. They will not disclose who funds them. Ask them and see! It's all very secretive. They don't even sign their own names to their letters. Who are they really? Closet MAGAs, or in some cases overt MAGAs with right wing ties.

I doubt principals are retiring because there is state lobbying for school choice or trans issues in general. That was the original question for this thread, as to why there is so much admin turnover. My personal intuition is that discipline at schools is much harder, with permissive parents, raised by screens etc.

That and (almost) no options for suspending or expelling kids.

Is that new?

Within the last…. 20 years I’d say. Especially in the last 10. And all of the above has been worsened since the pandemic.