Churchill road vs haycocks

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why is this even a topic? Her oldest is over 5 so the above is incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Back to the topic...Churchill Road and Haycock are both good schools with similar students and families.

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Anonymous wrote:The teachers are awesome and they care, the most important factor in a school's quality. The school has gotten smaller and will be smaller again next year. If you live in the community, then you know why it's so popular. My DC is thriving.

Anonymous wrote:Why the hell would anyone jump through hoops to attend Haycock? The school is busting at the seams and they herd those kids around like cattle. Ive never been so happy to move in my life.

I'm not so sure I would go so far as to say they care. I don't have a child there, but I watched one of the teachers testify at the school board meeting last year supporting the redistricting. She seemed to be acting like it was hard to do..but if she cared about those kids in her class at all, she would have fought for them, not against them. A teacher had no place taking sides in a situation like that.

If school personnel believe that it's in the best interests of students to be assigned to schools that aren't seriously overcrowded (or, to use the prior poster's phrase, "bursting at the seams"), they have the right to express their opinion in a public forum. Your suggestion that she was "taking sides" against students presumably was not how she viewed her comments at all.

I expect that one reason why the Haycock teachers recently expressed such satisfaction with working at the school is that they perceive their voices matter and are heard. If the message to teachers was just "put up and shut up," they would be an unhappier bunch, and then you or some other poster would be making a big deal out of that instead.

Is the principal back from maternity leave yet?

She was on maternity leave again???

Oh come on! I was impacted by the redistricting last year and lost respect for the principal then, but even I respect her right to have as many children as she wants and to take maternity leave. Let's be civil human beings.

Holt crap, we have officially gone crazy. I guess we can only hire male principals because God forbid a female principal chooses to build a family, she is raked over the coals. Real classy.

Another case of equal pay demand but out on maternity leave?

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Anonymous wrote:the Haycock's principal was/is/has been so noticeably biased to her personally favorite students, you have to wonder where or how she could get so much power in a public school and no one dares to complain about it? if you could afford Churchill ES, dont go to Haycock!

I've heard the same thing. Haycock not as warm since Mrs. McGuigan left for Kent Gardens.

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Anonymous wrote:In pp's defense. This was the third maternity leave in 4 years. It is a lot of time away, but I assume it happens at some point in the career do most female principals. It's definitely not a crisis, and a woman has a right to have children in whatever time frame and spacing she prefers.

Maybe time maternity leave for summer break next time?

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For Principals and such there really isn't a summer break.

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Anonymous wrote:In pp's defense. This was the third maternity leave in 4 years. It is a lot of time away, but I assume it happens at some point in the career do most female principals. It's definitely not a crisis, and a woman has a right to have children in whatever time frame and spacing she prefers.

Maybe time maternity leave for summer break next time?

Summer is one of the busiest times for a Principal. Drawing up classes, hiring, planning for the next year. During the year is actually a better time.

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Anonymous wrote:the Haycock's principal was/is/has been so noticeably biased to her personally favorite students, you have to wonder where or how she could get so much power in a public school and no one dares to complain about it? if you could afford Churchill ES, dont go to Haycock!

I've heard the same thing. Haycock not as warm since Mrs. McGuigan left for Kent Gardens.

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She definitely has favorites as do most of the teachers and all the kids know who they are.

My child has noticed and we've discussed how it hurts but that's the way the world is sometimes. It's human nature so I'm not sure you can really prevent it, but the kids definitely notice it.

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Anonymous wrote:the Haycock's principal was/is/has been so noticeably biased to her personally favorite students, you have to wonder where or how she could get so much power in a public school and no one dares to complain about it? if you could afford Churchill ES, dont go to Haycock!

I've heard the same thing. Haycock not as warm since Mrs. McGuigan left for Kent Gardens.

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She definitely has favorites as do most of the teachers and all the kids know who they are.

My child has noticed and we've discussed how it hurts but that's the way the world is sometimes. It's human nature so I'm not sure you can really prevent it, but the kids definitely notice it.

I hear in some instances they are now using the term "teacher's pet" to describe this new phenomenon that has never been observed outside of Haycock.

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How much interaction do your children have with the principal to know her favorites? Teachers I understand, but the principal?

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Anonymous wrote:the Haycock's principal was/is/has been so noticeably biased to her personally favorite students, you have to wonder where or how she could get so much power in a public school and no one dares to complain about it? if you could afford Churchill ES, dont go to Haycock!

I've heard the same thing. Haycock not as warm since Mrs. McGuigan left for Kent Gardens.

Mrs. McGuigan was wonderful. It's a net gain that she took over at KG. Haycock is still a great school, and I hear from friends at KG that Mrs. McGuigan is doing a great job there.

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Here we go....again. We get it, a few parents are unhappy with re districting, etc. move on. Looking at the scores on the county survey, it appears our Haycock principal is quite good. Far exceeds the norm in many areas. The same parents, we know who you are, continue to like to make issues of nonissues and my opinion fabricate lies.

Lemon Road parents, still bitter. And, based on survey results, they should be:

Lemon Road: Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 63.9%
Haycock : Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 95.0%

Lemon Road:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn 83%
Haycock:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn. 96.7%

Lemon Road: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 54.3%
Haycock: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 96.5%

Just pointing out the obvious...love it or hate it, but Haycock is a great school.

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Here we go....again. We get it, a few parents are unhappy with re districting, etc. move on. Looking at the scores on the county survey, it appears our Haycock principal is quite good. Far exceeds the norm in many areas. The same parents, we know who you are, continue to like to make issues of nonissues and my opinion fabricate lies.

Lemon Road parents, still bitter. And, based on survey results, they should be:

Lemon Road: Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 63.9%
Haycock : Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 95.0%

Lemon Road:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn 83%
Haycock:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn. 96.7%

Lemon Road: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 54.3%
Haycock: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 96.5%

Just pointing out the obvious...love it or hate it, but Haycock is a great school.

Interesting. Last year, as I recall, the Haycock parents said LR was every bit as good as Haycock -- at least for our kids. Now you're changing your tune?

It's funny that you presume to know who all of the posters are. I guess it must be that special Haycock magic that the anointed base school parents have.

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Here we go....again. We get it, a few parents are unhappy with re districting, etc. move on. Looking at the scores on the county survey, it appears our Haycock principal is quite good. Far exceeds the norm in many areas. The same parents, we know who you are, continue to like to make issues of nonissues and my opinion fabricate lies.

Lemon Road parents, still bitter. And, based on survey results, they should be:

Lemon Road: Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 63.9%
Haycock : Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 95.0%

Lemon Road:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn 83%
Haycock:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn. 96.7%

Lemon Road: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 54.3%
Haycock: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 96.5%

Just pointing out the obvious...love it or hate it, but Haycock is a great school.

Haycock! After paying millions for your house and 10s of thousands in taxes this is it! Your kids will love it!

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Here we go....again. We get it, a few parents are unhappy with re districting, etc. move on. Looking at the scores on the county survey, it appears our Haycock principal is quite good. Far exceeds the norm in many areas. The same parents, we know who you are, continue to like to make issues of nonissues and my opinion fabricate lies.

Lemon Road parents, still bitter. And, based on survey results, they should be:

Lemon Road: Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 63.9%
Haycock : Overall, the school leadership in my school is effective. 95.0%

Lemon Road:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn 83%
Haycock:Overall, my school is a good place to work and learn. 96.7%

Lemon Road: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 54.3%
Haycock: Teachers have an appropriate level of influence on decision making in this school. 96.5%

Just pointing out the obvious...love it or hate it, but Haycock is a great school.

Lemon Road has had quite a bit of upheaval in the past few years and all of it imposed by schools that surround them. I would have expected a much lower number than 54.3% feel that teachers have an appropriate level of influence since it seems the the Haycock AND Freedom Hill ES seem to have MORE influence over Lemon Road than Lemon Road has over Lemon Road. They have been thrown many curveball and I think they are doing a fantastic job considering it all.

Imagine the kerfuffle if Timber Lane tried to slough off ALL of its low income students on to Haycock and got away with 50% in the end. Imagine the kerfuffle if Freedom Hill had to double in size a few years without any say from Freedom Hill.