Balas appointed as new principal at Wakefield

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Well, if they were such a bad administrator, how did they get elected to the SB?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Well, if they were such a bad administrator, how did they get elected to the SB?

Because that’s an indication of quality? LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Well, if they were such a bad administrator, how did they get elected to the SB?

Because that’s an indication of quality? LOL.

to some extent, it can be,yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Yup, and the two of them are making all the decisions themselves. Wakefield is going to be in for a rude awakening this year. How is this not a conflict of interest? Apparently she is getting paid lots of $$ to be the new principal's "consultant." Why is an APS person not doing this? What does she even know about APS or Wakefield? Seems very strange.

[Anonymous]

Why does a principal need a consultant

[Anonymous]

Same reason why a superintendent needs 7 chiefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Yup, and the two of them are making all the decisions themselves. Wakefield is going to be in for a rude awakening this year. How is this not a conflict of interest? Apparently she is getting paid lots of $$ to be the new principal's "consultant." Why is an APS person not doing this? What does she even know about APS or Wakefield? Seems very strange.

What did she do that ran off teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Well, if they were such a bad administrator, how did they get elected to the SB?

Because that’s an indication of quality? LOL.

to some extent, it can be,yes.

She got elected because her husband is well-respected pillar of the community and she rode his name (and her district has a lot of UMC families who opted out of TC and never experienced her).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems the new principal brought onboard as a consultant one of his former TC Williams admin colleagues, the one responsible for running off countless talented teachers and who is also now an Alexandria school board member.

Seems like a bad sign to me. Glad I no longer have kids there.

Yup, and the two of them are making all the decisions themselves. Wakefield is going to be in for a rude awakening this year. How is this not a conflict of interest? Apparently she is getting paid lots of $$ to be the new principal's "consultant." Why is an APS person not doing this? What does she even know about APS or Wakefield? Seems very strange.

ACPS is such a mess. Why would APS leadership make such a decision; to import this gigantic mess of a failed school system in any capacity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does a principal need a consultant

What? How is this even allowed? Where would he get the funding to hire a consultant to his high school?

Do principals need a cabinet now too???

[Anonymous]

Who are we taking about? Name please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does a principal need a consultant

They don’t. That’s outrageous.

[Anonymous]

From context, it sounds like Tammy Ignacio is being referenced.

[Anonymous]

They announced no new initiatives will be rolled out this year, so not sure how much he will be able to do. Really not understanding why he’d need a consultant, and one from OUTSIDE APS at that. He’s going to face one heck of a backlash if he tries to make big changes.

[Anonymous]

Is this “consultant” actually working in the school building?