Leckie principal put on leave

[Anonymous]

Anyone know details on this? http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/198271436-story

Leckie is one of the better-performing EOTR schools and I'd been thinking about applying there in next year's lottery.

[Anonymous]

Isn't this one of the principals that received a 3-year contract?

[Anonymous]

What was the cause of her being asked to leave? Anyone really know.

[Anonymous]

Very interesting in light of the fact that DCPS literally made her the poster child for leadership.

I wonder if she was accused of hitting a kid...can't think of anything else that would get a DC leader places on leave. Most are notoriously horrible dictatators who care nothing about the contract. So it can't be that.

[Anonymous]

BS you are considering Leckie. Keep it real you're just nosey. No problem with that.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]Very interesting in light of the fact that DCPS literally made her the poster child for leadership.

I wonder if she was accused of hitting a kid...can't think of anything else that would get a DC leader places on leave. Most are notoriously horrible dictatators who care nothing about the contract. So it can't be that.[/quote]

What a ridiculously preposterous claim! What evidence do you have to prove that most DCPS principals are horrible dictators? Much of the chatter on this blog consists of unsubstantiated, ignorant gossip.

[Anonymous]

^^^
Give it a rest. Everyone knows DC school leaders are horrible. There's a reason teacher turn over is so high--and it's not because the principals are so wonderful.

Students and parents can be thorns in the side but if admin is competent and supportive, teachers find it all tolerable.

Anywho, I wonder why this made the news. Personnel decisions of this sort rarely do, unless the reason is egregious.

[Anonymous]

Egregious & well-known.

Something must be getting ready to hit the face. Otherwise it's so not newsworthy.

[Anonymous]

From the article:

"The Washington Teachers’ Union contends that over the years that there have been a number of complaints from teachers about the administration's management, staff morale and contractual violations."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the article:

"The Washington Teachers’ Union contends that over the years that there have been a number of complaints from teachers about the administration's management, staff morale and contractual violations."

Yeah, but that's the case in most DC schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BS you are considering Leckie. Keep it real you're just nosey. No problem with that.

Leckie does as well on the PARCC as Francis-Stevens, Powell, and lots of other schools with longer waitlists, it's convenient for my commute, and it outperforms my IB school. You get 12 schools in the lottery--might as well use them all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the article:

"The Washington Teachers’ Union contends that over the years that there have been a number of complaints from teachers about the administration's management, staff morale and contractual violations."

Yeah, but that's the case in most DC schools.

We'll why aren't those principals out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the article:

"The Washington Teachers’ Union contends that over the years that there have been a number of complaints from teachers about the administration's management, staff morale and contractual violations."

Yeah, but that's the case in most DC schools.

We'll why aren't those principals out?

Because DCPS doesn't care about teachers. They will just bring in new people to replace the ones that leave. The extended year principals decided themselves without teacher input to switch calendars. In fact my principal told staff either get with the program or get out. I'm a sped teacher and I regularly sub for missing teachers. Last year I counted I subbed a total of 42 times. The principals don't care about the union contract.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the article:

"The Washington Teachers’ Union contends that over the years that there have been a number of complaints from teachers about the administration's management, staff morale and contractual violations."

Yeah, but that's the case in most DC schools.

We'll why aren't those principals out?

Unfortunately, intimidation & harassment of teachers is the culture in DCPS.

A lot of horrible principals have been given the boot but many remain. Hopefully this changes under the new Chancellor & principals will realize they cannot act lawlessly as if the school is their own personal wild Wild West.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BS you are considering Leckie. Keep it real you're just nosey. No problem with that.

Leckie does as well on the PARCC as Francis-Stevens, Powell, and lots of other schools with longer waitlists, it's convenient for my commute, and it outperforms my IB school. You get 12 schools in the lottery--might as well use them all.

Those scores may drop. the Bolling airbase kids attend Leckie which gives it some diversity but they have now lobbied for their own school and once those families pull out I am not sure Leckie will be much better than other DCPS schools in Ward 8.