Revolving Door at Holton
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Anonymous
Way to clip out one criticism and to make a hyperbolic comment. You forget to add the first part where I said we like penny. Her speech was long and there could be improvement to adhering to schedules for parents. And no point did I ever reference firing her. Jesus, you are insufferable and like the press, warping things to fit an agenda. Enough please. You make yourself look a fool. |
Anonymous
| LOL at the claims of "cyberbulllying." |
Anonymous
20 parents is a small sample size in a school of 700. As a current parent, I don’t recall an open invitation to this. Were these the focus groups that were hand-selected? |
Anonymous
Yes, 23 pages trashing someone in an anonymous forum is absolutely normal. What’s wrong with these people? |
Anonymous
Anonymity is what's wrong with these people. Ironically, it's also why the school seems to be doing just fine despite these few disgruntled people doing their best to do damage. Nobody really believes the outlandish claims you read on these threads. But they sure are fun to read |
Anonymous
+1 and so exhausting to read. Every time a new head of school starts in DC there’s a few anonymous disgruntled teachers or parents that don’t like the change and think that they can come here and raise hell that will restore the school to the glory that they recall for themselves. And eventually they quit or get fired or their kids graduate and the community is better for it. |
Anonymous
The thread is about the departure of a large number of faculty and staff in a short period of time. The head's leadership is what's being blamed. That's not cyber bullying. |
Anonymous
Pretty normal with the change of leadership. There’s always a few disgruntled teachers or parents that think they should come here and raise hell. if you’re so upset with the leadership, you should go right into that head's office and have that conversation with them without the anonymity. |
Anonymous
That's easy to say sitting at your keyboard. However, as has been noted here and in numerous other threads, the administration is reactionary and vindictive. My hope is that this year will bring a different approach. The last two years were appalling. |
Anonymous
Oh yes, numerous other threads. — of anonymous people. Hundreds. And hundreds. You don’t see the irony of saying it’s easy for me while sitting at my keyboard? Isn’t that you??!!!? Like I said, stop being anonymous. confront people in the real world. |
Anonymous
| No, I'm just responding as someone who actually knows what it's been like at the school for the last two years. I can't give you proof, but I'm not making stuff up either. I get that you don't believe me, but recognize the possibility that the HoS has been an abusive and dishonest leader for two years toward many of her employees. |
Anonymous
Because you are one of those employees that has been terribly aggrieved? I have no connection to your school and I also know that This is a hard thing to hear, but when a new leader comes in if you don’t like their style, you can leave. I have worked for people that I didn’t like. I learned to adapt to them or I left. But instead, you come here to grind the ax and try to gin up all sorts of resentment, because you think that the head should leave. And the anonymity you enjoy here is empowering. This is a very obvious pattern that we’ve seen countless times when a new head arrives in this city. I for one find it to be the worst behavior. |
Anonymous
| You said it yourself, you have no connection to the school, so you think the "just leave" advice is helpful and best. A lot of people have left. But many have chosen to stay because they don't believe the new leadership should be allowed to ruin all that is great about the school. |
Anonymous
Since I have no connection to the school I can say without emotion that that’s what adults do. They learn to adapt to the new leadership or they go find a new job. Do you think your school is the first place that ever hired a new leader where there were some people that didn’t like that leader? It happens every day. Nobody is going to be liked by everybody. And yes, some leaders are not warm and fuzzy. Some leaders are difficult to work for. Employees will often leave a job because they don’t like the new leader. But it’s your hubris that you think you can save the institution on an anonymous chat board from the person who has been put in charge by the board of trustees , that I find to be childish and destructive behavior. I’ll conclude by saying best of luck to you and I hope you find peace. I probably won’t be responding to this thread anymore. |
Anonymous
Yes it is. Read the comments about the leadership. They are personal and no concrete feedback on how to improve things. Totally cyberbullying. |