What’s going on at Travilah ES?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is it going so far this school year?

I heard the principal's supervisor left, not sure who is the new supervisor yet.
She has been at the car pool line every time when I drop off my kid, which was not like that before. I guess that's improvement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Travilah is no longer 5 stars. It’s now down to just 4

?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Travilah is no longer 5 stars. It’s now down to just 4

?

test scores are too bad to be a 5

[Anonymous]

Just read all posts on this thread from page 1 - 21. Yes, because I do care about hearing perspectives. And my conclusion is simply this: You are all losers. But such is the way of Earth. As Chris Rock said, America is a nation of C Students. You got a couple of really smart ones and a couple of dumb asses, but for the most part C students. I’m sorry that you are C or possibly D or F students in life who must wait MONTHS for your child’s school to let you know test scores for how YOUR kid performed on an assessment. A B or A parent would know when tests are given and ask their kid how did you do on your test today. When the child says I don’t know or my teacher didn’t tell me, said parent then picks up the phone to call or email the teacher to ask how their child did. NOT wait months and then post on a public message board about how bad the principal is. It is clear that the folks here have no idea about accountability for themselves, their kid the teacher, nor principal. Also the trends in declining test scores after the pandemic is a national trend. Get some perspective and buck up. Saying or thinking that you as a parent need direction from the school about how to help your own child or else you go complain to the BOE about the principal shows that you are indeed a C, D, or F student. Like, is there nothing in between those two poles?

It’s noteworthy that this forum does not include any dialogue among parents about tactics that actually can help kids with test scores. It is a witch hunt because there are a number of steps/intervention actions that happen between I’m not being informed about test scores to contacting the BOE. Indeed, if there was true concern about students the discussion would include at least some actual talk of how to help them instead of exclusive blame of a fairly new principal, blame of new residents, jockeying of who is poor vs wealthy, commentary on why people choose to send their kid to private vs public schools, who hears what at the pool, teachers who quit rather than teachers who stayed and in all that still no mention of how I actually can help my child succeed academically and work with the teachers to do so. You’re complaining about parking space vacancy as a sign of a failing principal and turnover of staff when new leadership comes in—and oh yeah the test scores dropping drastically the first year after the waning of a global pandemic. Shows you have never been a leader, supported one, or simply paid attention. If you had you would understand better. The woefully misinformed, person, bless their heart, who thought the Facilities Management head at MCPS was the same person who was the acting superintendent is quite clarifying that there is a clear lack of understanding of how education or public administration for that matter works. Shows no critical thinking. Hint: Critical thinking, a concept that is different from Criticism. Shows that you all are very prolific at copy and paste, repeating things you’ve heard, and being sheeple to ideas and explanations that are not thought through and have very little resemblance to how change at all levels (home with parents, teachers and administrators at school) works and is an evolving process. It’s not shocking at all to me to witness this. Just more proof that money, race, social status, and any other superficial judgement of intelligence and competence are just that. The markers are how you show up in real life and your ability to navigate challenges using critical thinking skills and showcasing resilience. You all are having a meltdown over things that in the long run don’t actually matter. What matters is the quality of the human being you are and the human beings you are raising, i.e. how you respond to adversity, how you solve problems, how you work with others to produce results. And from the majority of responses on this thread, it’s very clear why the students are failing. Hint: The answer doesn’t begin with principal yells at teachers.

[Anonymous]

You criticized parents for focusing on leadership concerns, but I think it’s fair to ask: What has the principal done to improve our school in any meaningful way since she started? Leadership should foster better communication, teacher support, and academic outcomes—not exacerbate existing problems. Parents raising concerns about these issues aren’t "losers" or "C students"; they’re advocating for their children’s education and well-being.
At the end of the day, we all want the same thing: for our children to succeed. A more productive dialogue would focus on how we can work together as parents, teachers, and administrators to ensure that happens.

[Anonymous]

So, I take it things haven’t improved at Travilah?
The staff turnover is a huge red flag.