Why did they fire the DuFief principal?

[Anonymous]

Or that person could be ill, or have a sick parent ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or that person could be ill, or have a sick parent ...

The teacher is not ill. Teacher has shared that parent has been in nursing home for several years now. Hopefully the cases are not related.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Dufief parent. Rumor is that he had an affair with a teacher (I’ll call her A). When there was a budget cut, A encouraged the principal to let go a fellow teacher A disliked. So he did. When the budget was restored, he did not re-hire the teacher back because A still didn’t like her. A decided to spill the beans on the affair at that point.

This isn’t even how it works when positions have to be trimmed due to budgetary issues.

last hired, first fired

That's how it works. And if someone wants you out, if you're experienced, the admin team will have to put you on a performance plan documenting that you're not performing at level.

So if this story is true, the teacher A disliked would have had fewer years in the system. Or, she would have been underperforming. While there are issues with the union, protecting teachers is not a weakness with MCEA.

[Anonymous]

Affairs have happened st just about every private company I have worked and one government agency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affairs have happened st just about every private company I have worked and one government agency.

Schools are held to higher norms. That's the difference. The community runs the schools. If, for example, there's a movie being shown the day before a holiday, the majority of parents in School A may approve. In School B, however, the same movie could be rejected.

I've worked in larger schools where affairs were ignored until someone reacted publicly. In a smaller setting, these indiscretions aren't easy to hide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't A also get fired?
Why would A "out" herself ?

Another Dufieff parent here. A teacher suddenly decided to retire in mid October. Her last day was Wednesday. I wonder if the cases are related.

I doubt someone old enough to retire (say 53) was the OW for a relatively hot man in his 40s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't A also get fired?
Why would A "out" herself ?

Another Dufieff parent here. A teacher suddenly decided to retire in mid October. Her last day was Wednesday. I wonder if the cases are related.

I doubt someone old enough to retire (say 53) was the OW for a relatively hot man in his 40s.

Oh Ok
Bc once women hit 50, they become hags . . .

Nice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't A also get fired?
Why would A "out" herself ?

Another Dufieff parent here. A teacher suddenly decided to retire in mid October. Her last day was Wednesday. I wonder if the cases are related.

I doubt someone old enough to retire (say 53) was the OW for a relatively hot man in his 40s.

Oh Ok
Bc once women hit 50, they become hags . . .

Nice

No, but 50 year old ES teacher is not a 50 year old Hollywood actress.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, I know a 50 something year old woman who is married to a very hot, much younger man who can easily pass for a GQ model . When I first saw her, I thought she was the older housekeeper. Things got more bizarre when I thought the nanny was the wife.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FWIW, I know a 50 something year old woman who is married to a very hot, much younger man who can easily pass for a GQ model . When I first saw her, I thought she was the older housekeeper. Things got more bizarre when I thought the nanny was the wife.

Was she an ES teacher? I guess not since she had a housekeeper and a nanny.

[Anonymous]

It’s not always last in first out. Staffing allocations can change by grade or by specialist or content area. My principal pushed out a part time math teacher who a couple people didn’t like (I think she was great), and he claimed he needed someone full time, but it was all a ruse. Part tine people in a department always get cut before someone full time, even if they’re not the last one in. My point though is that principals can get creative when they want someone out. PAR isn’t their only option. As for the prior comment, people always assume that teachers have no money. Some are quite wealthy. Not from teaching, obviously.

[Anonymous]

Staff allocations at DuFief do vary from year to year because the school is under enrolled. What was weird this year is that they involuntarily transferred one teacher to another school and then hired a new teacher. They could have kept the teacher that was transferred rather than hiring the new one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff allocations at DuFief do vary from year to year because the school is under enrolled. What was weird this year is that they involuntarily transferred one teacher to another school and then hired a new teacher. They could have kept the teacher that was transferred rather than hiring the new one.

If they transferred someone then hired someone else who was also full time, then yes there was another reason for the transfer that probably was personal (or interpersonal).

[Anonymous]

There’s always ways to work around it and principals play the timeline game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s always ways to work around it and principals play the timeline game

Yes, they’re not supposed to hide positions but they do. That’s to avoid a placement and to hire someone who otherwise wouldn’t be eligible because they’re not yet in MCPS or they’re part time and not eligible to go full time.