Boosterthon at Haycock

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what I find so confusing....Haycock staff elects to have a parent survey (no schools in my cluster that I know of offer this for feedback) and yet the Haycock parents post a part of the principal's KIT and yet the parents complain.

Haycock staff are stretched thin this year, in desperate need of technology and the principal and school staff are responding the most appropriate way they know how....and the parents complain.

I truly feel bad for any teacher and administrator in this school. I wouldn't be surprised you loose teachers and staff each year due to this insanity of your so-called parents.

Your post doesn't make much sense. Sad that you choose to spend a holiday commenting on schools in a different cluster that you seem to think you understand based on anonymous postings on an internet forum. You must live in a very boring area.

[Anonymous]

This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

Not really, since most of the posts were made by people with no actual connection to the school.

[Anonymous]

Doing good work there. Spend more time helping children study, less time worrying about other parents!

http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs1213/va-678-1213.pdf

http://www.sungazette.net/mclean-greatfalls-vienna-oakton/news/longfellow-mathcounts-team-regains-va-title/article_be9b0ecc-a118-11e2-ac9c-0019bb2963f4.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

Not really, since most of the posts were made by people with no actual connection to the school.

I'm not sure how you can say that. Many of the people posting seem to know a lot about the school. I would say, based on the posts, that a minority were from people with no connection to the school. Most seem to be from Haycock parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

Not really, since most of the posts were made by people with no actual connection to the school.

I'm not sure how you can say that. Many of the people posting seem to know a lot about the school. I would say, based on the posts, that a minority were from people with no connection to the school. Most seem to be from Haycock parents.

Yes, I'm always surprised at first by how much people who have no connection to Haycock think they know about the school, but then I remember this happens with TJ as well. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the best schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

Not really, since most of the posts were made by people with no actual connection to the school.

You just keep telling yourself that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is an embarrassment to the Haycock community

Not really, since most of the posts were made by people with no actual connection to the school.

I'm not sure how you can say that. Many of the people posting seem to know a lot about the school. I would say, based on the posts, that a minority were from people with no connection to the school. Most seem to be from Haycock parents.

Yes, I'm always surprised at first by how much people who have no connection to Haycock think they know about the school, but then I remember this happens with TJ as well. Everyone seems to have an opinion about the best schools.

Oh please.

[Anonymous]

I don't think there is one "rich" side of Fairfax County.

re: Boosterton. Our school did it this year and the kids really enjoyed it. The goal was to raise enough for a track. This is a newer school with bare bones playground equipment. (I'll save my vent over small and poorly-equipped playgrounds for another thread.)

The actual "run" was held in the gym and the Boosterthon employees (young guys) were very upbeat and the event had a very party-like feel. The children really enjoyed themselves and were very proud of the laps they ran. I did not care for the endless exhortations from the employees to the kids prior to the event to get more pledges, etc. It was a bit much.

I do think the Boosterthon organization takes a large chunk of the money raised; no different than the other private fundraisers the PTA/school runs. **If** parents were willing to put in the work of organizing a similar event, the school would make much more. But it would be a lot of work.

[Anonymous]

http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs1213/va-678-1213.pdf

Speaks for itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think there is one "rich" side of Fairfax County.

re: Boosterton. Our school did it this year and the kids really enjoyed it. The goal was to raise enough for a track. This is a newer school with bare bones playground equipment. (I'll save my vent over small and poorly-equipped playgrounds for another thread.)

The actual "run" was held in the gym and the Boosterthon employees (young guys) were very upbeat and the event had a very party-like feel. The children really enjoyed themselves and were very proud of the laps they ran. I did not care for the endless exhortations from the employees to the kids prior to the event to get more pledges, etc. It was a bit much.

I do think the Boosterthon organization takes a large chunk of the money raised; no different than the other private fundraisers the PTA/school runs. **If** parents were willing to put in the work of organizing a similar event, the school would make much more. But it would be a lot of work.

Thanks for sharing your experience with this group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs1213/va-678-1213.pdf

Speaks for itself.

So, a couple 6th graders are good at math. That statistic speaks nothing to the quality of education, cohesiveness of community, kindness of parents, or reliability of administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs1213/va-678-1213.pdf

Speaks for itself.

So, a couple 6th graders are good at math. That statistic speaks nothing to the quality of education, cohesiveness of community, kindness of parents, or reliability of administration.

Probably the AAP students the Haycock base parents hate so much -- maybe even *gasp* Cluster 2 students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.mathleague.com/downloads/gs1213/va-678-1213.pdf

Speaks for itself.

So, a couple 6th graders are good at math. That statistic speaks nothing to the quality of education, cohesiveness of community, kindness of parents, or reliability of administration.

Probably the AAP students the Haycock base parents hate so much -- maybe even *gasp* Cluster 2 students.

You're grasping at straws. These students usually end up at Longfellow, whose math department has a top reputation, and the fact that many Haycock base parents supported moving Cluster 2 AAP students to Lemon Road to relieve the overcrowding certainly does not mean those students were disliked, much less "hated." This has been debated ad nauseum.

[Anonymous]

PP, read old threads. There were several posts from base families that said they would be happy if the center left the school. They complain that the center is the cause of the overcrowding. They complain about the balance between AAP and non-AAP. They complain that the AAP kids "bully" the non-AAP kids.

From those posts, it does not seem that the AAP is loved by many of the base parents (at least until their own kids get in, which many do). I was saying he whole program is hated, not just the Cluster 2 kids. The hate for the Cluster 2 kids was pretty apparent during the school board deliberations, but that was not what I was referring to.