Why are dozens of principals leaving Fairfax Co. schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send Dr Reid back to the West Coast.

Via catapult

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Send Dr Reid back to the West Coast.

Agree 100%

But the democrats just voted to give her many years of job security.

They can find a competent, moderate democrat, with a solid background and critical thinking skills. Dr Brabrand was highly educated.

They could, but they won’t.

Don’t you know who leads the FCPS council?? Extreme radical, Karl Frisch.

Extremism won, and you voted for it.

If you think Frisch is radical in anyway, including 1980s skateboard lingo, you’re so delusional that you shouldn’t be allowed in public unaccompanied

Karl Frisch is an extremist and a radical. If you think otherwise, PP, you are delusional.

I’m sorry that you find being gay makes one “an extremist and a radical.” I hope you find peace in your next life, because it seems that it will escape you in this one.

DP. We can see where your mind is.

It's not his "being gay" that is extremist and radical, it's his extreme and radical his progressivism.

Sure. Mmm hmmm. (wink, wink)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1

Actually everyone was pretty happy under Dale for years and years and prior to that. It went downhill after that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Send Dr Reid back to the West Coast.

Agree 100%

But the democrats just voted to give her many years of job security.

They can find a competent, moderate democrat, with a solid background and critical thinking skills. Dr Brabrand was highly educated.

They could, but they won’t.

Don’t you know who leads the FCPS council?? Extreme radical, Karl Frisch.

Extremism won, and you voted for it.

If you think Frisch is radical in anyway, including 1980s skateboard lingo, you’re so delusional that you shouldn’t be allowed in public unaccompanied

Karl Frisch is an extremist and a radical. If you think otherwise, PP, you are delusional.

In what ways? Please provide examples of "extremist" and "radical" things he's done.

I don't like him, I think he's pretty useless and wasted a lot of money, but I see no extremism and radicalism in his views or actions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

What do you mean "might as well be moms again"? I guess you were one of those who thinks parenting is the teacher's job, so now that teachers are quitting, you are disappointed that you will have to be your kid's mom again?

Seriously....I've lost faith in parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And let these "teachers" go get their dream office job. So tired of it. Many of them work in the summer and after school tutoring and make another $20k. That's $75k for a first year job.

Teachers are extremely tired of you honey...and "parents" like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

In what world do you think you’re getting a voucher worth $15k? Even states that give vouchers only give between $2-5K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

In what world do you think you’re getting a voucher worth $15k? Even states that give vouchers only give between $2-5K.

That's the irony of the voucher movement. The complain about large class sizes and a lack of resources and then somehow think that a private school can provide individualized attention with the same funding that resulted in those large classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And let these "teachers" go get their dream office job. So tired of it. Many of them work in the summer and after school tutoring and make another $20k. That's $75k for a first year job.

They’re also tired of it which is why they’re leaving. I’ve been teaching over 20 years. Probably less than 10% of teachers tutor and less than 2% of the teachers tutor enough students to make $20,000 a year (almost $400 week throughout the year or $2000/week in the summer). Parents on DCUM like to use the words “many/most/all” which in reality is absolutely false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

What do you mean "might as well be moms again"? I guess you were one of those who thinks parenting is the teacher's job, so now that teachers are quitting, you are disappointed that you will have to be your kid's mom again?

Seriously....I've lost faith in parents.

“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

- failed gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

PP - you agree with Terry then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And let these "teachers" go get their dream office job. So tired of it. Many of them work in the summer and after school tutoring and make another $20k. That's $75k for a first year job.

They’re also tired of it which is why they’re leaving. I’ve been teaching over 20 years. Probably less than 10% of teachers tutor and less than 2% of the teachers tutor enough students to make $20,000 a year (almost $400 week throughout the year or $2000/week in the summer). Parents on DCUM like to use the words “many/most/all” which in reality is absolutely false.

Well under Adult Children highest paying careers there is someone who is a recent grad making $200k working twenty hours a week tutoring for test prep. So somehow they make it work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

What do you mean "might as well be moms again"? I guess you were one of those who thinks parenting is the teacher's job, so now that teachers are quitting, you are disappointed that you will have to be your kid's mom again?

Seriously....I've lost faith in parents.

“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

- failed gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

PP - you agree with Terry then?

Do you think every parent should be able to tell schools what to teach? Unworkable platitudes got Youngkin elected and then everyone realized they are impossible to implement. Parents elect representative boards who set curriculum. Parents do not get to call principals and insist that Larla read this book and not that book anywhere other then Moms for Liberty fever dreams

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And let these "teachers" go get their dream office job. So tired of it. Many of them work in the summer and after school tutoring and make another $20k. That's $75k for a first year job.

They’re also tired of it which is why they’re leaving. I’ve been teaching over 20 years. Probably less than 10% of teachers tutor and less than 2% of the teachers tutor enough students to make $20,000 a year (almost $400 week throughout the year or $2000/week in the summer). Parents on DCUM like to use the words “many/most/all” which in reality is absolutely false.

Well under Adult Children highest paying careers there is someone who is a recent grad making $200k working twenty hours a week tutoring for test prep. So somehow they make it work.

There is someone lying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly what they said. It’s a terrible working environment and dr. Reid doesn’t care.

You all say this about EVERY SINGLE superintendent. Doesn't matter who. Male. Female. Old. Young. From nearby. From Far.

Hard to take you seriously at this point.

+1.

We continue to recruit folks to be supts on a 350k salary, and expect them to do the job of a Fortune 500 CEO that makes tens of millions a year, and with all the constraints of public budgets to boot. It's not like she can go out and fish for additional top talent when she can pay teachers 55k. We get what we fund.

Because now starting salaries of teachers making $55k with summers off is too little? When does it end? Can we all just get the $15k per child and find our own schooling? Obviously, there aren't enough teachers who want the job. Might as well be moms again.

In what world do you think you’re getting a voucher worth $15k? Even states that give vouchers only give between $2-5K.

That's the irony of the voucher movement. The complain about large class sizes and a lack of resources and then somehow think that a private school can provide individualized attention with the same funding that resulted in those large classes

The cost for private catholic school per pupil even with the community contribution is about the same. FCPS pays about $12k or $13k per standard student without disabilities and additional needs. It's pretty comparable.

[Anonymous]

The average this year is $20k per student. Even as expensive as this area is, that is a lot of money per student. Does that fee even include the building costs through bonds? I'm not sure.