Taylor Elem — Reading specialist change petition

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

This was decided by the 4th grade teachers, not administrators.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

Which schools didn’t go?

ATS did zero field trips

Jamestown, discovery, Nottingham and ashlawn went, I think.

Fleet had a 4th grade trip today

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

This was decided by the 4th grade teachers, not administrators.

Why would they take that experience away from those kids. Terrible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

Which schools didn’t go?

ATS did zero field trips

Jamestown, discovery, Nottingham and ashlawn went, I think.

My kids are at Key. Each grade has had a field trip, including Jamestown and DC museums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

This was decided by the 4th grade teachers, not administrators.

Why would teachers’ wish trump an administrator’s decision?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

This was decided by the 4th grade teachers, not administrators.

Why would teachers’ wish trump an administrator’s decision?

The most basic answer is that field trip requires the teachers to work significantly outside of their contact hours. Maybe the teachers feel the trip isn’t worth it educationally? Maybe the dates for the trip didn’t work for them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

Which schools didn’t go?

ATS did zero field trips

Jamestown, discovery, Nottingham and ashlawn went, I think.

Discovery did not go. The parents are organizing their own field trip over memorial day weekend instead. They also did not participate in bike and walk to a school day this year. Not sure what’s going on over there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Taylor is one of the few schools that had zero field trips this year. Fourth grade trip to Jamestown is a rite of passage that many kids and families were looking forward to. Some schools went others didn't, including Taylor. I think many people blamed the principal's overly covid cautious culture she is trying to impose. I hope she accepts that things need to be TOTALLY normal by next year. This expectation needs to come from her at the top.

Which schools didn’t go?

ATS did zero field trips

Jamestown, discovery, Nottingham and ashlawn went, I think.

Discovery did not go. The parents are organizing their own field trip over memorial day weekend instead. They also did not participate in bike and walk to a school day this year. Not sure what’s going on over there.

From the Discovery newsletter:

Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day
Join the many Explorers who plan to walk, bike, or roll to school on Wednesday, May 4! The PE team will be on the green turf field handing out tokens to all participants.

[Anonymous]

There is a parent or parents who had bring back Dr. G stickers and bookmarks printed. They were handing them out to unsuspecting kids as they arrived yesterday. In case they read here, it’s not right to involve these young kids in your fight. It’s ridiculous that you’re trying to get five and six year olds to broadcast your message by taking advantage of the fact that they like wearing stickers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a parent or parents who had bring back Dr. G stickers and bookmarks printed. They were handing them out to unsuspecting kids as they arrived yesterday. In case they read here, it’s not right to involve these young kids in your fight. It’s ridiculous that you’re trying to get five and six year olds to broadcast your message by taking advantage of the fact that they like wearing stickers.

yeah - that is super weird and inappropriate....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a parent or parents who had bring back Dr. G stickers and bookmarks printed. They were handing them out to unsuspecting kids as they arrived yesterday. In case they read here, it’s not right to involve these young kids in your fight. It’s ridiculous that you’re trying to get five and six year olds to broadcast your message by taking advantage of the fact that they like wearing stickers.

Yikes – that’s really awful and totally inappropriate.

[Anonymous]

What did everyone think of the News 4 coverage this evening?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What did everyone think of the News 4 coverage this evening?

What?? Link please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What did everyone think of the News 4 coverage this evening?

I thought that it was really sick to use those kids as pawns that way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What did everyone think of the News 4 coverage this evening?

What?? Link please.

I don’t see it online. Was on the 5 o’clock news.