Hayfield Football Coach Fired

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Anonymous wrote:So which team doesn't play tomorrow? Does Lake Braddock as top remaining seed get a bye and W Springfield plays Fairfax? Or does Fairfax get the bye since they were gonna play Hayfield?

I would think Fairfax gets the bye, their opponent cannot play. They also are the one non-fcps team.

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Anonymous wrote:At least we finally have a precise number of players: 31.

31 transfers? or 31 ineligible players?

Matteo Dunne said 31 transfers

Link?

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Everyone out stays out
Fairfax gets a bye

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Anonymous wrote:Withdrawing from the playoffs ultimately punishes the players who worked hard all season, rather than holding accountable the adults responsible for the issues. The players dedicated countless hours to improving their skills and representing their team, only to have their opportunity for success taken away due to decisions beyond their control. These young athletes simply followed the instructions given by the adults in charge, trusting in their leadership. It’s crucial that the consequences for this situation target the adults who caused the problems, not the players who are now unfairly bearing the brunt of the fallout.

These "young athletes" knew as well. Yes they were failed by their coaches and their parents, but none of them cared about doing what was right either. I have no sympathy for them. It's called consequences and if they are lucky they will learn from it.

The students who broke the rules to transfer in should face additional consequences, too. They cheated. Hopefully colleges will be informed at least.

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Anonymous wrote:So which team doesn't play tomorrow? Does Lake Braddock as top remaining seed get a bye and W Springfield plays Fairfax? Or does Fairfax get the bye since they were gonna play Hayfield?

I would think Fairfax gets the bye, their opponent cannot play. They also are the one non-fcps team.

Lol what? Fairfax HS is part of FCPS

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Here’s the thing…people knew this happening. Lots of people. They highlighted the issue to FCPS senior leadership. Gatehouse did their half hearted internal investigation of 400 hours. Wouldn’t not listen to anyone or entertain dialogue. That’s their typically MO when anyone confronts them about an issue within their purview. They deny and double down.

Now hard proof, that they can’t deny. They have egg on their faces. Should have listened initially, usually where there is smoke there’s fire of some sort.

What to mess up another issue FCPS - remember the whole National Semifinalist/Commendation debacle.

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Why would the #4 seed get a bye to the Championship game...that's crazy

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone out stays out
Fairfax gets a bye

Nope, Edison plays Fairfax

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Reid knew about the text messages on 11/19 and she still sent that stupid email on 11/20. She needs to be disciplined by the Board. Of course the 6 board members also sent a statement of support after knowing about text messages so we have no ethical body to discipline Reid.

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Anonymous wrote:Reid knew about the text messages on 11/19 and she still sent that stupid email on 11/20. She needs to be disciplined by the Board. Of course the 6 board members also sent a statement of support after knowing about text messages so we have no ethical body to discipline Reid.

How did the board know?

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Anonymous wrote:As a parent of young elementary schoolers on the other side of the county, it is very off putting to keep getting emails from the superintendent about this. The first email just drew attention to something I was not even aware was a problem. Can we get a superintendent that focuses on real issues? She should expect everyone in the chain of command to follow the rules, and when they don't, quickly fix it. Why is she bending over backward to cover for a football team?

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I agree with you there are so many big issues that affect all students at every level and this is where the focus is?! I think FCPS is shadier than we know....thats why they are covering this up-house of cards.

As a parent of a 9th grader and a 5th grader, so children in both high school and elementary school, I don't think FCPS is that shady. I think this was mostly one school, one school administration going totally rogue. But Reid's immediate defense before she even knew what the issue is, was dumb. And every frantic long email makes it worse.

I disagree. I've noticed shady things at my kid's school which implemented SBG - a grading system that only a few schools use even now when FCPS states they are moving towards one consistent policy. There are enough threads on SBG already, but the point I want to make is that the principal of the school uses similar tactics to Reid. For example, at first SBG was widely talked about at the school by the principal with opportunities for questions/answers in a public format, then there was a honing of the message with no opportunities for questions in a public format. At the beginning of last year, instead of having workshops for parents explaining the new system as promised, the principal said anyone that had a question could come and line up and ask her one by one (same as Reid at Hayfield this year), then this year at back to school night, the principal said the grading system will be explained to your children by their teachers (why not explain it to us?).

I think the people at Gatehouse have put time into studying the best ways to get parents and students to not pay attention to things they want to do and train other people in admin positions to do the same. Reid's emails don't work, whether it's about the National Merit Scholar issue or Hayfield, the emails come across as phony to me. I'm surprised she hasn't attended some workshop somewhere to improve her persuasive skills. If she lasts, I predict she will get much better at shutting things down quick.

Other shady things: millions paid to Panorama Education for the SEL screener, awarding a sole-source contract for 455k to a company Reid had worked with previously in another job - the contract was for consulting work related to her strategic plan - equity and equal outcomes for every student without exception, all of the equity initiatives have been shady IMO.

Why does it seem FCPS always sole sources work? It does not make Gatehouse look good.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone out stays out
Fairfax gets a bye

Nope, Edison plays Fairfax

Wouldn't Edison as the #8 seed play Lake Braddock?

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Anonymous wrote:So which team doesn't play tomorrow? Does Lake Braddock as top remaining seed get a bye and W Springfield plays Fairfax? Or does Fairfax get the bye since they were gonna play Hayfield?

I mean at this point I would think that Fairfax gets a bye. They were prepping to play hayfield and WSHS was prepping to play lake Braddock. While I think Braddock should get a bye here the reality is that changing the game 24 hours out is going to screw over two of the three teams. So I think Fairfax gets lucky with the bye. If the games were Friday, I think the coaches might be willing to give Braddock the bye and short short week prep but not at this point

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FCPS is too big. It’s too much for one people to lead.