Elementary School Misbehavior and Violence

[Anonymous]

Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This. The layers on layers on layers at detriment to actual teachers in the classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This. The layers on layers on layers at detriment to actual teachers in the classroom

Can you list a specific departments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

Well, how about starting with Youngblood's dept. Look at how many people are there and what they do is really not needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I taught my kid to run around the school screaming very loudly “help me I’m scared” when something like this happens, then requested an evaluation for screaming and running at school. The problem child was removed.

How does that work? What does an evaluation of their behavior entail?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 4th grader came home today and wanted to talk about "something weird that happened at recess". For reference, my child refers to anything they find disturbing as "weird", ie discussing options to flee in an active shooter situation.

A child in a younger grade was out at the playground with an aide and started stealing items from kids on the playground. When the kids tried to get their items back, this devolved into the younger child kicking and punching the 4th graders, then the aide that was with the child, then the principal and assistant principal who came out to assist the aide in removing the younger child from the playground.

The 4th graders who were injured were spoken to but my child said no one spoke to any of the kids who witnessed the scene and were disturbed by it. Apparently this isn't the first incident with this child that mine has witnessed and they're not even in the same class.

Is this something we should expected communication from the school or teacher about? Is this something we need to be speaking to admin about? I understand that some children have issues that they cannot control but it also isn't okay that my child felt unsafe and teachers didnt even check to see if the kids were okay unless they were physically injured.

If you have a question email the teacher. When these things happen, we normally talk about it for a few minutes after recess (generally a 5-10 min discussion), but I don’t email parents about it. If parents emailed me later on, I would respond.
-ES Teacher

Why not? Don't you think they would want to know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

Well, how about starting with Youngblood's dept. Look at how many people are there and what they do is really not needed.

DP
Who is Youngblood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

Well, how about starting with Youngblood's dept. Look at how many people are there and what they do is really not needed.

DP
Who is Youngblood?

https://www.fcps.edu/staff/lisa-youngblood-hall

Chief "experience" officer

[Anonymous]

In other words-spin doctors- PR staff that writes the letters and covers photo op visits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other words-spin doctors- PR staff that writes the letters and covers photo op visits.

Yes. Her job is to make Reid look good. Period. Go to the website and find the budget and see how many people work exclusively on social media. Ridiculous waste of funds and we do not need her propaganda.