New Wilson Principal and the Beacon paper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand about Latin and Basis, but that doesn't seem like another 200 kids
Deal-500
Oyster-Adams-100
Hardy-100
????

I just looked at Deal's website, it said 1312 enrolled last year, so it's more like 450 kids moving into 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Hardy had 386 kids, so maybe 130 grads, OA had 650 spread over 10 grades, so maybe 60 grads?

[Anonymous]

what is the right number freshmen? If not 900.

[Anonymous]

Goofy question...how can you see a list of petition signers? I tried to sign the position from my phone over the weekend, but I'm not sure I did it correctly and before I sign twice mistakenly, I would like to look at the list to see if my name's on there. Help?

[Anonymous]

If that 900 number is correct, someone better double check the enrollment paper work from over the summer. Lots of "favors" can slip in when no one is watching the registrar and office staff. It has happened during the transitions when no one is in charge for too long.

No wonder the schedules were so screwed up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goofy question...how can you see a list of petition signers? I tried to sign the position from my phone over the weekend, but I'm not sure I did it correctly and before I sign twice mistakenly, I would like to look at the list to see if my name's on there. Help?

I am sure you'll see the list eventually....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the Beacon it is very discouraging to learn that there are 900 (!!!) freshmen at Wilson this year-- that is nearly double the size of every other grade. Further we have not received any usual Sunday email from the principal, and she has not even introduced herself to the student body. I want her to succeed but she is going to have to get in front of this snowball that's growing on so many fronts. Cahall's "cult of personality' would be very useful this fall which to parents and students looked like something like leadership. Bargeman should take over until she gets her sea legs. This is no time for Sissies!

whoa!!!! Are these all from feeder schools? This is not sustainable, by any means, if these figures are correct. I don't get the numbers, though. 500 from Deal, maybe, but fewer than 100 each from Hardy and Oyster-Adams, which are the only other feeders...A few students, 80 or so from those feeders may have chosen SWWHS, Banneker, Ellington, or private, so where are all these kids coming from?
[b]As an aside, I hear they are short a math teacher, and the replacement teacher isn't due to report till January, as well as the issue of missing Chinese teacher...

This isn't an aside for me. It's the same teacher that is supposed to be teaching honors pre-calculus. They have a sub in there now and its horrendous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
This isn't an aside for me. It's the same teacher that is supposed to be teaching honors pre-calculus. They have a sub in there now and its horrendous.

Sorry to hear your child is in that class, DC is going to share notes and homework assignments with friends in the affected class

[jsteele]

The Washington Post has an article about the Martin/Beacon controversy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/high-school-journalists-criticize-new-principals-prior-review-policy/2015/08/31/bfb55d26-4fe9-11e5-933e-7d06c647a395_story.html

It sounds like Martin is holding firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
This isn't an aside for me. It's the same teacher that is supposed to be teaching honors pre-calculus. They have a sub in there now and its horrendous.

Sorry to hear your child is in that class, DC is going to share notes and homework assignments with friends in the affected class

That's no way to run a class! My child's honors science class at Wilson is also missing a teacher. The sub let them have a free period each class for the whole week! Very much hoping that the teacher turns up this week.

[Anonymous]

The paper staff should work hard to examine some controversial issues in their next issue so we can see if the principal is serious about not censoring. Talk about the lack of teachers in place the first week of school, the class schedule debacle, the cafeteria contract, the size of the freshman class, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
This isn't an aside for me. It's the same teacher that is supposed to be teaching honors pre-calculus. They have a sub in there now and its horrendous.

Sorry to hear your child is in that class, DC is going to share notes and homework assignments with friends in the affected class

That's no way to run a class! My child's honors science class at Wilson is also missing a teacher. The sub let them have a free period each class for the whole week! Very much hoping that the teacher turns up this week.

Why does Wilson have so many holes in its staff?! Sorry to be a conspiracy theorist but could it be because the school is over-enrolled and DCPS is hoping that by dragging its feet on hires it will cause some families to leave in disgust, creating some attrition?

[Anonymous]

I would imagine Wilson isn't the only DCPS school with missing teachers and gaps. Things seem to be getting extra scrutiny this year with a new principal.

[Anonymous]

So there's at least an honors science teacher and a Chinese teacher missing? Maybe they need another change.org petition. How is this even possible? I thought they had a mandatory 180 days of school.

[Anonymous]

Maybe she's too busy reviewing the Beacon to focus on staffing or schedules.