BCC HS principal change

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Jones is terrific! She was a new principal at a challenging time where the school has been a major urban construction site while in operation and as a result, had to deal with complicated logistics, parent concerns, student morale, teacher morale. At back to school night, she was very upbeat and positive about the change, but a few of us could see subtle sadness that may have indicated that it was not her choice. So unfair that they did not keep her there for at least another year, now that the major construction project is about to wrap up. She did a good job through a complex period of BCC’s operations. Wish her the best of luck!!!

Does anyone know if any parents meddled in this? There is at least one parent who has been successful in meddling with the boundary, sports fields, sports coach, and other admin decisions in the cluster. I wonder if this was due to the actions of those folks.

Oh, please! i went to BTS and saw no "subtle sadness". In fact, I almost bust out laughing when she closed by saying she would always be a Baron in her heart. She has been at BCC for 4 or 5 years. She is not crying about leaving. She is getting a promotion and probably getting paid more. Who can blame her? I never really liked her or thought she was a good principal but she wasn't terrible either. More power to her if she is working her way up the ladder! (Also, construction has not been that logistically taxing -- school had a few trailers but most of the school was open during construction without much displacement. Only hardship seemed to be having to arrange the athletic schedule and associated supports. )

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Put your tiny fiddle away for Dr. J.

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Perhaps she did not do such a great job as principal? After just a few years of her management, morale plummeted and many good teachers left. As a parent, I was not too surprised at her departure. [/url]http://tattlerextra.org/wordpress1/2018/05/03/climate-change-something-has-happened-to-work-climate-at-b-cc-and-teachers-are-not-happy-about-it/[url]

Fortunately, she left (of her own will or not who knows) either pushed internally, or she herself of central office saw that she was not capable of leading and she was
failed upwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Jones is terrific! She was a new principal at a challenging time where the school has been a major urban construction site while in operation and as a result, had to deal with complicated logistics, parent concerns, student morale, teacher morale. At back to school night, she was very upbeat and positive about the change, but a few of us could see subtle sadness that may have indicated that it was not her choice. So unfair that they did not keep her there for at least another year, now that the major construction project is about to wrap up. She did a good job through a complex period of BCC’s operations. Wish her the best of luck!!!

Does anyone know if any parents meddled in this? There is at least one parent who has been successful in meddling with the boundary, sports fields, sports coach, and other admin decisions in the cluster. I wonder if this was due to the actions of those folks.

Oh, please! i went to BTS and saw no "subtle sadness". In fact, I almost bust out laughing when she closed by saying she would always be a Baron in her heart. She has been at BCC for 4 or 5 years. She is not crying about leaving. She is getting a promotion and probably getting paid more. Who can blame her? I never really liked her or thought she was a good principal but she wasn't terrible either. More power to her if she is working her way up the ladder! (Also, construction has not been that logistically taxing -- school had a few trailers but most of the school was open during construction without much displacement. Only hardship seemed to be having to arrange the athletic schedule and associated supports. )

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Put your tiny fiddle away for Dr. J.

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Perhaps she did not do such a great job as principal? After just a few years of her management, morale plummeted and many good teachers left. As a parent, I was not too surprised at her departure. [/url]http://tattlerextra.org/wordpress1/2018/05/03/climate-change-something-has-happened-to-work-climate-at-b-cc-and-teachers-are-not-happy-about-it/[url]

Fortunately, she left (of her own will or not who knows) either pushed internally, or she herself of central office saw that she was not capable of leading and she was
failed upwards.

She's now leading all the principals in the Blake, Paint Branch, and Whitman cluster schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Jones is terrific! She was a new principal at a challenging time where the school has been a major urban construction site while in operation and as a result, had to deal with complicated logistics, parent concerns, student morale, teacher morale. At back to school night, she was very upbeat and positive about the change, but a few of us could see subtle sadness that may have indicated that it was not her choice. So unfair that they did not keep her there for at least another year, now that the major construction project is about to wrap up. She did a good job through a complex period of BCC’s operations. Wish her the best of luck!!!

Does anyone know if any parents meddled in this? There is at least one parent who has been successful in meddling with the boundary, sports fields, sports coach, and other admin decisions in the cluster. I wonder if this was due to the actions of those folks.

Oh, please! i went to BTS and saw no "subtle sadness". In fact, I almost bust out laughing when she closed by saying she would always be a Baron in her heart. She has been at BCC for 4 or 5 years. She is not crying about leaving. She is getting a promotion and probably getting paid more. Who can blame her? I never really liked her or thought she was a good principal but she wasn't terrible either. More power to her if she is working her way up the ladder! (Also, construction has not been that logistically taxing -- school had a few trailers but most of the school was open during construction without much displacement. Only hardship seemed to be having to arrange the athletic schedule and associated supports. )

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Put your tiny fiddle away for Dr. J.

Sorry, PP but you are just wrong about this. Some folks wanted her out of the way and this is how they are doing it.

Perhaps she did not do such a great job as principal? After just a few years of her management, morale plummeted and many good teachers left. As a parent, I was not too surprised at her departure. [/url]http://tattlerextra.org/wordpress1/2018/05/03/climate-change-something-has-happened-to-work-climate-at-b-cc-and-teachers-are-not-happy-about-it/[url]

Fortunately, she left (of her own will or not who knows) either pushed internally, or she herself of central office saw that she was not capable of leading and she was
failed upwards.

She's now leading all the principals in the Blake, Paint Branch, and Whitman cluster schools.

Leading 30 or so grown-ups is quite different from leading a school of 2500 kids plus teachers and parents. She, evidently, wasn't so great at that.

[Anonymous]

Well, she now is advising the principals in all of those schools, and some of those principals could really use some help. It would have been nice if they were supervised by someone who could really lead. Not saying she can't, just saying it's an important role.

[Anonymous]

The new principal celebrated kids skipping school Monday though looks like she deleted the tweet

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.

+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?

udents
This is hte probelm with our schools. A HS principal should not be expected to manage a construction project. On the other hand, she could encourage the students to take pride in BCC and pick up the litter around the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.

+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?

udents
This is hte probelm with our schools. A HS principal should not be expected to manage a construction project. On the other hand, she could encourage the students to take pride in BCC and pick up the litter around the school.

They aren't. There are project managers from MCPS Construction. The principal is a key stakeholder, advisor, and point of contact.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/bcchs.aspx

[Anonymous]

Yes, we’re a pyle family, and the school is in the midst of an addition and I know the pyle principal held the meetings for stakeholders and was consulted on ideas but isn’t the manager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The middle school principal in the feeder pattern is usually the heir apparent. Could be Serino or Traci Townsend, though she’s only in her second year at Silver Creek and that’s a new school. They might not want to create a disruption over there. Also the Pyle principal didn’t get Whitman so it’s not always a done deal.

True, but it seems like MCPS really doesn't want to move him up to any high school, let alone one of their strongest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The middle school principal in the feeder pattern is usually the heir apparent. Could be Serino or Traci Townsend, though she’s only in her second year at Silver Creek and that’s a new school. They might not want to create a disruption over there. Also the Pyle principal didn’t get Whitman so it’s not always a done deal.

True, but it seems like MCPS really doesn't want to move him up to any high school, let alone one of their strongest.

I don't think that's true. The most recent HS vacancies, none of the principals hired came from the same cluster's middle school. (Didn't happen at Poolesville, Einstein, Damascus, Whitman, Churchill, Sherwood, QO, Gaithersburg, Blake...)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The middle school principal in the feeder pattern is usually the heir apparent. Could be Serino or Traci Townsend, though she’s only in her second year at Silver Creek and that’s a new school. They might not want to create a disruption over there. Also the Pyle principal didn’t get Whitman so it’s not always a done deal.

True, but it seems like MCPS really doesn't want to move him up to any high school, let alone one of their strongest.

I don't think that's true. The most recent HS vacancies, none of the principals hired came from the same cluster's middle school. (Didn't happen at Poolesville, Einstein, Damascus, Whitman, Churchill, Sherwood, QO, Gaithersburg, Blake...)

The Pyle principal isn't in the BCC cluster anyway, but I don't imagine they'll pick him after taking a hard pass when he applied for the Whitman job. But it's MCPS. You never know.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the new principal can stop the drug dealing.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully, the new principal will keep the school from sliding further academically. It was once a pretty good school but things have changed a lot.

[Anonymous]

Can people apply for the job now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can people apply for the job now?

No. They'll post the position in the spring. Which is when the best principal candidates will be job-hunting.