Arlington Principal Resigns, Sends Email to Parents Blaming Superintendent

[Anonymous]

Is anyone running against Abby Raphael in the upcoming School Board election? I hope so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Safety of children trumps educational, political, administrative, and professional concerns.

That's precisely the attitude that led prosecutors in Massachusetts to falsely prosecute, and juries to improperly convict, teachers and teacher's aides alleged to have abused kids at pre-schools in the 1990s. Read the Dorothy Rabinowitz articles.

Due process for adults should not be discarded simply because a 5 or 8-year-old is involved.

Right now, we don't know the details of the situation that led to the principal's angry letter of resignation. Until more facts are known, I am withholding judgment as to who exactly had a vendetta against whom.

[Anonymous]

[quote] "Those posts on Arlnow seem to be from troublemaker kids and their parents who weren't happy when their precious kids got caught and reprimanded.. Many more posts are complimentary of WMS and Ms. Francis"[/quote]


As a student who got straight A's and received outstanding remarks from teachers, I still find her as an indecent human being. I and many other coloured students did not feel a welcoming vibe from her at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is anyone running against Abby Raphael in the upcoming School Board election? I hope so.

PLEASE CONSIDER THROWING YOUR HAT IN THE RING FOR ANY OF THE SEATS THAT ARE UP. I THINK LIBBY GARVEY IS UP NEXT--SHE IS DEVOID OF A SOUL IMO, SO SHE COULD BE AN EASY ONE TO DEFEAT. THROW THEM ALL OUT.

[Anonymous]

Can any of the WMS parent comment on how things are going at the school now? How are the kids? Are the teachers teaching?

[Anonymous]

anyone?

[Anonymous]

Thank you Ed Fendley for your selection of Superintendent Murphy. Thank you even more for hanging it up and not giving us four more of your "best" years.