Call to discuss the state of Hardy 05/15/23

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Anonymous wrote:People reading this can either believe the numerous teachers on this thread that are ACTUALLY in the building everyday, or side with hysterical parents who are only in the building a handful of times a year and who get all their information from 12 year olds. From what I’ve deduced on this thread there are at least 4-5 different Hardy teachers that have posted that all is not what it seems with this situation at Hardy.

Please ask yourselves - what would we need to lie about? How does that benefit us? Our jobs are safe. We don’t win or lose anything by defending PJ at this point. If the building was up in flames as the hysterical PTO would like you to believe, why would any of us jump on an internet forum to defend said school? If the building was the dumpster fire they’d like you to believe, why would people continue to send their kids to school there day after day? If kids were in classrooms not learning or doing anything meaningful, why are your children continuing to grow academically and be super engaged all day at school and with homework?

I believe you would continue to go to work even if there were awful things happening. ESPECIALLY if you are getting good to great impact ratings. And I bet he was handing those out to keep you all happy and quiet.

Loud and WRONG. PJ only did the impact evaluations of a third of staff in the building. And I definitely wasn’t in that group.

And how utterly disrespectful to the teachers at Hardy the parents claim to love so much. Your complete lack of respect for our profession reeks through your post. And trust me your children pick up on this as well. Which is another reason why some of the kids are out of control- how can they respect us when they are taught at home that we are just glorified babysitters?

You seem extremely threatened and almost panicked at the idea of outside accountability.

Shaking in my boots. LOL. Try again

Honestly, all you are doing is convincing me (not a Hardy parent) that Hardy has deeply dysfunctional teachers and the parents were correct to organize. In case it hadn’t occurred to you, supervising teachers is the main role of a principal. Your unhinged and toxic posts have absolutely convinced me that Hardy needs a strong administrator.

x1000 knowing this person is out their shaping young minds is a depressing thought

Different Hardy teacher here.
I think I've got it now
Principal: out of control
Teachers: either unhinged or toxic
Parents: virtuous and without fault.

I think only the one rage-filled teacher poster here has been described as "unhinged" and "toxic."

Most Hardy teachers are great. Some suck, but the majority are capable and professional.

What I find intriguing is that rage-poster clearly hates Hardy parents and yet is incensed that they don't respect her. I see no mystery here.

Thank GOD Karen/Ken Sandiego has figured this whole thing out.

Next please let us know whether it happened in the study or the library with a lead pipe or a dagger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher at a different school.
I hope these are not real teachers on here posting because their comments are pretty shocking and unprofessional. Sometimes fake posters claim to be teachers. I’m sorry for the bad year experienced by Hardy students and I hope next year is much better. I teach HS and students coming from weak, chaotic middle school environments make our jobs so much harder. And cell phones need to be absolutely controlled in middle schools. Most teenagers need strict limits enforced as they cannot manage cell phone use by themselves. It is a huge problem at the high school level

*clutches pearls gasps and faints at snarky teacher responses*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hardy teachers on here, were you ok with the hiring of a 3rd assistant principal when 10 teachers are leaving and PJ didn't build a budget that allowed for the number of teachers that would allow students to have elective choices and classrooms with a reasonable number of students?

All these pages of how the school is out of control and needs better admin and then parents complaining that there are too many admin. MS is tough, kids need a lot of non academic support as well. It's a tough call for any leader when they have to choose between the two. Not a reason to boot someone before the year is out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a teacher at a different school.
I hope these are not real teachers on here posting because their comments are pretty shocking and unprofessional. Sometimes fake posters claim to be teachers. I’m sorry for the bad year experienced by Hardy students and I hope next year is much better. I teach HS and students coming from weak, chaotic middle school environments make our jobs so much harder. And cell phones need to be absolutely controlled in middle schools. Most teenagers need strict limits enforced as they cannot manage cell phone use by themselves. It is a huge problem at the high school level

*clutches pearls gasps and faints at snarky teacher responses*

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hardy teachers on here, were you ok with the hiring of a 3rd assistant principal when 10 teachers are leaving and PJ didn't build a budget that allowed for the number of teachers that would allow students to have elective choices and classrooms with a reasonable number of students?

All these pages of how the school is out of control and needs better admin and then parents complaining that there are too many admin. MS is tough, kids need a lot of non academic support as well. It's a tough call for any leader when they have to choose between the two. Not a reason to boot someone before the year is out.

Again, any decision to re-assign the principal before summer came from either DCPS or PJ himself. The parents did not ask for that; they were focused on next year.

[Anonymous]

This is all very interesting because I was reading a post on here from last year when parents were concerned about there being drugs at Hardy. Some people were panicking but other parent posters said to reach out to Cooke. He's reasonable. After those few posts, the thread stopped. None of the hysteria that we see now happened last school year. Were parents informed that a kid was passing out edibles to other kids and that some of the kids got sick last year under Cooke? There were not people at the school with their pitchforks calling for Cooke's job last year. Why is that? To have kids passing out from eating edibles and needing to go to the hospital is a serious thing. This happened last year under Cooke.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hardy teachers on here, were you ok with the hiring of a 3rd assistant principal when 10 teachers are leaving and PJ didn't build a budget that allowed for the number of teachers that would allow students to have elective choices and classrooms with a reasonable number of students?

All these pages of how the school is out of control and needs better admin and then parents complaining that there are too many admin. MS is tough, kids need a lot of non academic support as well. It's a tough call for any leader when they have to choose between the two. Not a reason to boot someone before the year is out.

Again, any decision to re-assign the principal before summer came from either DCPS or PJ himself. The parents did not ask for that; they were focused on next year.

WRONG. The opening paragraphs of the nasty mean-girl style petition asked for his immediate firing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all very interesting because I was reading a post on here from last year when parents were concerned about there being drugs at Hardy. Some people were panicking but other parent posters said to reach out to Cooke. He's reasonable. After those few posts, the thread stopped. None of the hysteria that we see now happened last school year. Were parents informed that a kid was passing out edibles to other kids and that some of the kids got sick last year under Cooke? There were not people at the school with their pitchforks calling for Cooke's job last year. Why is that? To have kids passing out from eating edibles and needing to go to the hospital is a serious thing. This happened last year under Cooke.

Additionally - the edibles thing has happened at several DCPS middle schools this year and at a handful of elementary schools. Some of the rich kids at Hardy were selling their parents prescription meds in the building last year…..No pitchforks or tiki torches in sight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People reading this can either believe the numerous teachers on this thread that are ACTUALLY in the building everyday, or side with hysterical parents who are only in the building a handful of times a year and who get all their information from 12 year olds. From what I’ve deduced on this thread there are at least 4-5 different Hardy teachers that have posted that all is not what it seems with this situation at Hardy.

Please ask yourselves - what would we need to lie about? How does that benefit us? Our jobs are safe. We don’t win or lose anything by defending PJ at this point. If the building was up in flames as the hysterical PTO would like you to believe, why would any of us jump on an internet forum to defend said school? If the building was the dumpster fire they’d like you to believe, why would people continue to send their kids to school there day after day? If kids were in classrooms not learning or doing anything meaningful, why are your children continuing to grow academically and be super engaged all day at school and with homework?

I believe you would continue to go to work even if there were awful things happening. ESPECIALLY if you are getting good to great impact ratings. And I bet he was handing those out to keep you all happy and quiet.

Loud and WRONG. PJ only did the impact evaluations of a third of staff in the building. And I definitely wasn’t in that group.

And how utterly disrespectful to the teachers at Hardy the parents claim to love so much. Your complete lack of respect for our profession reeks through your post. And trust me your children pick up on this as well. Which is another reason why some of the kids are out of control- how can they respect us when they are taught at home that we are just glorified babysitters?

You seem extremely threatened and almost panicked at the idea of outside accountability.

Shaking in my boots. LOL. Try again

Honestly, all you are doing is convincing me (not a Hardy parent) that Hardy has deeply dysfunctional teachers and the parents were correct to organize. In case it hadn’t occurred to you, supervising teachers is the main role of a principal. Your unhinged and toxic posts have absolutely convinced me that Hardy needs a strong administrator.

+1 and it’s obvious that it’s 1 or 2 unhinged teachers on here who are crazy. Very bad representation of the school IMO

Crazy and ready to grade your child’s paper. Where’s my red pen?

Stop pulling my leg. We all know that you don't grade anything, with fidelity or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is all very interesting because I was reading a post on here from last year when parents were concerned about there being drugs at Hardy. Some people were panicking but other parent posters said to reach out to Cooke. He's reasonable. After those few posts, the thread stopped. None of the hysteria that we see now happened last school year. Were parents informed that a kid was passing out edibles to other kids and that some of the kids got sick last year under Cooke? There were not people at the school with their pitchforks calling for Cooke's job last year. Why is that? To have kids passing out from eating edibles and needing to go to the hospital is a serious thing. This happened last year under Cooke.

Additionally - the edibles thing has happened at several DCPS middle schools this year and at a handful of elementary schools. Some of the rich kids at Hardy were selling their parents prescription meds in the building last year…..No pitchforks or tiki torches in sight.

So let’s see. Because parents didn’t organize sufficiently against drugs in school one year, that means they have to accept drugs in school forever?

[Anonymous]

The meetings were secret because teachers did not know about them. We would hear things like, " There was a secret meeting with parents last night." That is secret. I would have wanted to weigh in. I'm in shock learning about all of the things that have been happening at the school. No, I'm not some inept teacher that sucks. I'm a dedicated teacher who faithfully works every day. I'm a sponsor for after school clubs, I engage in planning detailed and engaging lessons each day with your child. My focus is on them. Maybe my head was in the sand. There were things that needed to change. I'm looking forward to next school year to have a principal who can give us an Instructional focus for the year with specific goals that we must meet, to helping our kids crush the new math curriculum, to help our kids become stronger writers and readers, to help our kids feel safe each day coming to school, and for them to enjoy this time in their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People reading this can either believe the numerous teachers on this thread that are ACTUALLY in the building everyday, or side with hysterical parents who are only in the building a handful of times a year and who get all their information from 12 year olds. From what I’ve deduced on this thread there are at least 4-5 different Hardy teachers that have posted that all is not what it seems with this situation at Hardy.

Please ask yourselves - what would we need to lie about? How does that benefit us? Our jobs are safe. We don’t win or lose anything by defending PJ at this point. If the building was up in flames as the hysterical PTO would like you to believe, why would any of us jump on an internet forum to defend said school? If the building was the dumpster fire they’d like you to believe, why would people continue to send their kids to school there day after day? If kids were in classrooms not learning or doing anything meaningful, why are your children continuing to grow academically and be super engaged all day at school and with homework?

I believe you would continue to go to work even if there were awful things happening. ESPECIALLY if you are getting good to great impact ratings. And I bet he was handing those out to keep you all happy and quiet.

Loud and WRONG. PJ only did the impact evaluations of a third of staff in the building. And I definitely wasn’t in that group.

And how utterly disrespectful to the teachers at Hardy the parents claim to love so much. Your complete lack of respect for our profession reeks through your post. And trust me your children pick up on this as well. Which is another reason why some of the kids are out of control- how can they respect us when they are taught at home that we are just glorified babysitters?

You seem extremely threatened and almost panicked at the idea of outside accountability.

Shaking in my boots. LOL. Try again

Honestly, all you are doing is convincing me (not a Hardy parent) that Hardy has deeply dysfunctional teachers and the parents were correct to organize. In case it hadn’t occurred to you, supervising teachers is the main role of a principal. Your unhinged and toxic posts have absolutely convinced me that Hardy needs a strong administrator.

+1 and it’s obvious that it’s 1 or 2 unhinged teachers on here who are crazy. Very bad representation of the school IMO

Crazy and ready to grade your child’s paper. Where’s my red pen?

Stop pulling my leg. We all know that you don't grade anything, with fidelity or not.

Whoops you’re right. Just spilled my morning jug of vodka all over my kids papers so everyone gets an A now! Unhinged I tell ya!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The meetings were secret because teachers did not know about them. We would hear things like, " There was a secret meeting with parents last night." That is secret. I would have wanted to weigh in. I'm in shock learning about all of the things that have been happening at the school. No, I'm not some inept teacher that sucks. I'm a dedicated teacher who faithfully works every day. I'm a sponsor for after school clubs, I engage in planning detailed and engaging lessons each day with your child. My focus is on them. Maybe my head was in the sand. There were things that needed to change. I'm looking forward to next school year to have a principal who can give us an Instructional focus for the year with specific goals that we must meet, to helping our kids crush the new math curriculum, to help our kids become stronger writers and readers, to help our kids feel safe each day coming to school, and for them to enjoy this time in their lives.

Do you think parents should be allowed at your staff meetings and WTU meetings? A group meeting without you is not “secret.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The meetings were secret because teachers did not know about them. We would hear things like, " There was a secret meeting with parents last night." That is secret. I would have wanted to weigh in. I'm in shock learning about all of the things that have been happening at the school. No, I'm not some inept teacher that sucks. I'm a dedicated teacher who faithfully works every day. I'm a sponsor for after school clubs, I engage in planning detailed and engaging lessons each day with your child. My focus is on them. Maybe my head was in the sand. There were things that needed to change. I'm looking forward to next school year to have a principal who can give us an Instructional focus for the year with specific goals that we must meet, to helping our kids crush the new math curriculum, to help our kids become stronger writers and readers, to help our kids feel safe each day coming to school, and for them to enjoy this time in their lives.

There was only one parent meeting that wouldn't have made it to to teacher email distributions. There were DCPS teachers that have students at Hardy on that call.

Thank you for being a dedicated teacher. Our kids are lucky to have you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The meetings were secret because teachers did not know about them. We would hear things like, " There was a secret meeting with parents last night." That is secret. I would have wanted to weigh in. I'm in shock learning about all of the things that have been happening at the school. No, I'm not some inept teacher that sucks. I'm a dedicated teacher who faithfully works every day. I'm a sponsor for after school clubs, I engage in planning detailed and engaging lessons each day with your child. My focus is on them. Maybe my head was in the sand. There were things that needed to change. I'm looking forward to next school year to have a principal who can give us an Instructional focus for the year with specific goals that we must meet, to helping our kids crush the new math curriculum, to help our kids become stronger writers and readers, to help our kids feel safe each day coming to school, and for them to enjoy this time in their lives.

Do you think parents should be allowed at your staff meetings and WTU meetings? A group meeting without you is not “secret.”

Ummmmm……when have parents ever been a part of staffing decisions at a public school?