What’s going on at Travilah ES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is gross and ugly deflection. I dont like the tone, the subtext, none of it. What is happening at travilah is not the responsibility of the parents, the value of their homes, their expectations that their school perform as good or better than area privates, or their socioeconomic status. The truth isn’t wouldn’t trade potomac and Travilah for Chevy Chase for anything; I love our lives, the space, the community, and I DONT want to leave MCPS in a place where only those who can’t leave end up staying. We can easily leave although you disdain us for it, and our kids performed amazingly at school and at home; we aren’t blaming the school for parenting concerns and your nasty tone deflecting our concerns about the school is immature and petty.
We see through you. If you aren’t a travilah parent or MCPS stakeholder and are just here to hate and troll, don’t you have better things to do?

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents, we need to face the issues at hand. This is not about picking on someone; it's about addressing serious concerns. The test scores have significantly declined, and many excellent teachers have left. These are facts. COVID and MCPS are not valid excuses. Other schools’ test score in our cluster struggled during COVID but have since recovered. Our school has continued to decline. Our teacher turnover rate is significantly higher than the average for MCPS/cluster schools. There is no plan from the principal to resolve these issues, and we are being labeled as "crazy parents" here? This is ridiculous! In any other job in the world, performing this poorly like this you won’t even pass probation.

This. The principal needs to give a date when this plan will be available. The plan can’t be I will scream at the teachers until the scores come up.

The central office needs to give a response on the high level of turnover and reliance of long term subs. No one should accept fudged numbers. Look at the staff list when she arrived. Look at the staff list now. It’s ridiculous and her retention rate is even smaller as new hires during her brief tenure have left. There will be a new superintendent so parents may need to take their case to his/her office as well as the BOE.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What was the story about the low testing proficiency among fifth graders by the way? Numbers are dismal!!!

It was from a letter principal sent out to the community on 6/13.

No I mean what was the story they spun about the low scores? Any explanation? The letter was bragging about high scores but that grade had horrible numbers.

We have no idea. Wondering if we can get the data from the past years to compare.

Bad parenting - refusal to reign in video gaming and cell phone use, poor diet, too much take out, not checking homework.

I'm not sure if that's accurate. My son has consistently scored in the 99th percentile in math since kindergarten. He doesn't play video games, doesn't have a cell phone or an iPad, we eat healthy home-cooked meals, and I always check his homework. However, he scored 2 out of 5 on a math assessment last winter. We weren’t aware of this until six months later when we received the gifted and talented letter. I'm really confused. Shouldn't the teacher/school have informed me if his math is really that bad, so I can help him?

Are you and his dad smart? If no, maybe your son takes after you. Or if you both are smart maybe your son doesn’t take to after you - perfectly plausible. Even the most perfect principal (who doesn’t have any side jobs, never moves her car from her designated parking spot and smiles widely to all of the annoying tattletale parents) could not have improved his score. Dems da breaks sometimes. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’m not expecting the school to improve his score, I’m expecting to be informed, just as I expected you to have some reading comprehension as I explained that in my original post. Now I get it why some kids didn’t meet the benchmark, because they take after their mom (you) - perfectly plausible. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Ooh - Testy Travilah Tattletale!

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[Anonymous]

To the non-trolls on this thread: how is it going? Have you been able to meet with central office to discuss your concerns?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the non-trolls on this thread: how is it going? Have you been able to meet with central office to discuss your concerns?

Yes!! Thinking about you all in the Travilah community and hoping things are moving forward!

[Anonymous]

After the town hall meeting, a email followed up with Mr. Adams who recently resigned. I think we should follow up with the new superintendent if not response before the school starts.

[Anonymous]

Talked to a Dufief parent who used to be Travilah parent. They moved to Dufief, part of the reason was because they didn’t want to deal with the principal😢

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After the town hall meeting, a email followed up with Mr. Adams who recently resigned. I think we should follow up with the new superintendent if not response before the school starts.

Mr. Adams didn't resign. He was in an acting position and now returned to his previous position.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After the town hall meeting, a email followed up with Mr. Adams who recently resigned. I think we should follow up with the new superintendent if not response before the school starts.

Mr. Adams didn't resign. He was in an acting position and now returned to his previous position.

https://moco360.media/2024/07/10/mcps-deputy-chief-of-facilities-management-resigns/
Am I reading this wrong?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After the town hall meeting, a email followed up with Mr. Adams who recently resigned. I think we should follow up with the new superintendent if not response before the school starts.

Mr. Adams didn't resign. He was in an acting position and now returned to his previous position.

https://moco360.media/2024/07/10/mcps-deputy-chief-of-facilities-management-resigns/
Am I reading this wrong?

That Mr. Adams had nothing to do with supervising this or any other school. Another Mr. Adams did/does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After the town hall meeting, a email followed up with Mr. Adams who recently resigned. I think we should follow up with the new superintendent if not response before the school starts.

Mr. Adams didn't resign. He was in an acting position and now returned to his previous position.

https://moco360.media/2024/07/10/mcps-deputy-chief-of-facilities-management-resigns/
Am I reading this wrong?

That Mr. Adams had nothing to do with supervising this or any other school. Another Mr. Adams did/does.

Oh thanks for letting me know

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talked to a Dufief parent who used to be Travilah parent. They moved to Dufief, part of the reason was because they didn’t want to deal with the principal😢

Wow! Dufief used to be the weakest in the cluster. Everyone wanted Travilah or Wayside. Cold Spring was attractive for the GT center but not as attractive for the early grades as it was so small and had the open concept no walls.

[Anonymous]

DuFief is lucky to have a strong and principled principal. Unfortunately, Travilah does not.

[Anonymous]

Glad I moved to Stonebridge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glad I moved to Stonebridge

Stonebridge is really great and Stone Mill is humming along like a well oiled machine. A little jealous, actually!