Navy Elementary New Principal

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Anonymous wrote:How successful do you think this witch hunt will be?

Well the principal could ask to be placed in a less controversial school... then Navy loses out on a good principal.

(Evil laughter) This has always been part my master plan! They will get rid of the new guy and I make my return since no one else will want the job!!! They will beg me to come back! Mwahahahahahaha... (Evil laughter tapers off)

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

I’m now wondering if the “drone incident” took place on a day when students were allowed to being in electronic devices. Otherwise there would be no reason for a child to bring in a drone.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Only when you get over your faux outrage regarding “safety concerns” under the new principal.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Bringing in your own devices to use at school is not an appropriate reward whatsoever for elementary students as young as 1st grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

We already sign up for all of your hundreds of dollars worth of gifts. Even for the bad teachers. Do your jobs already and stop trying to get the new guy fired, stop doing slideshow video teaching and stop the verbally abusive teachers from harming our children! Enough is enough!

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

We already sign up for all of your hundreds of dollars worth of gifts. Even for the bad teachers. Do your jobs already and stop trying to get the new guy fired, stop doing slideshow video teaching and stop the verbally abusive teachers from harming our children! Enough is enough!

Apparently the gift cards and snacks aren’t wanted, so I’m not bothering this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Only when you get over your faux outrage regarding “safety concerns” under the new principal.

The safety concerns are bs and I don't have any outrage unlike you all. I like the principal and I also appreciate teachers. You know you can do both right?

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The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Bringing in your own devices to use at school is not an appropriate reward whatsoever for elementary students as young as 1st grade.

If a teacher lacks the creativity to come up with better class rewards than bringing in their own electronics, then I would be concerned about the quality of their teaching overall.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Only when you get over your faux outrage regarding “safety concerns” under the new principal.

The safety concerns are bs and I don't have any outrage unlike you all. I like the principal and I also appreciate teachers. You know you can do both right?

You do know that some of the staff are the ones trying to badmouth and overthrow him? They have been in kahoots with the Karens over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone planning on attending this meeting? Can we listen in online?

The email asks parents to register and go to a community meeting at another school. This doesn’t seem right at all.

Anyone from the FCPS community is invited to come and that school is the location where the meeting is behind held. It is a community wide event and not specifically for that one school.

Except the email specifically is encouraging Navy families to come and air grievances about the new Navy principal. Shame on whoever is involved.

All this because the new principal isn’t as easily swayed by PTA moms?

I'm not going to paste the email, but it made reference to a couple of recent incidents where there was apparently police involvement but the school community was not notified. I can't verify whether the information is true or not -- I had not heard anything about either incident. It is concerning if true. The other part of the email referred to staff feeling unsupported. That part came off more whiny to me and not something that a parent should be bringing up on behalf of teachers, in my opinion. It makes the teachers look bad. Clearly someone is complaining to parents. Even if you hate your principal that is unprofessional. At Navy the lines between parents and teachers are a little too blurry sometimes. Maybe parents shouldn't be allowed to frequently sub at their kids' own school. You want to make money as a sub, do it somewhere else. Don't do it so you can spy on your kid's school day and get the best teacher placements for your kid.

This gossip shouldn’t be spread in a malicious email like this. This quite frankly is looking more and more like a witch hunt. It honestly all sounds like sour grapes.

For police involvement I was there when the cop interviewed a kid next to the sign in sign out laptop. I think the interview should have taken place somewhere more private.

“Interview”? BS. More like a question.

I can repeat the particulars. The cop was asking questions for the entire 5 min while I waited for my kid.

Had to do with what was said, religion, what classes they had together (6th grade AAP) etc.

I still fail to see how that shows we need a new principal. Our current one is fantastic.

Communications could be better. I don't think any info went out about the drone incident either.

Drone incident??

6th grader was flying a camera drone into the girls bathroom.

Isn’t it funny how everytime a fake security incident gets debunked, they pull another random incident out of the air with no actual threat? This is exactly the kind of persecution the poor guy has had to deal with since day zero. It’s a relentless witchhunt.

+1 I’m wondering where the supervision from the child’s teacher was that day, such that the student was able to manually control a drone from a classroom. Maybe it was one of those electronics days, where students can bring devices in to the class as a reward. Bad idea.

Wait, what? This is a thing??? WTF?

Yep. Many Navy teachers use electronics (kids may bring in their own devices) as a class reward. It is horrible. Especially for kids who don’t their own device. And because kids don’t need more screen time.

Also many Navy teachers are using candy/food routinely as a reward which is against FCPS policy.

Wow, that seems really, really inappropriate. My child's teacher uses candy as a reward, I didn't know it was against FCPS policy.

Yep. Electronics as a reward has been happening for many years at Navy under the old principal, who was very lax.

Oh please! Maybe once a year for 20min. They let the kids vote on it as a reward for good behavior. Get over your faux outrage, you are all unhinged. If you have nothing better to do, why don't you go sign up to bring something in for teacher appreciation and use your time for something positive.

Bringing in your own devices to use at school is not an appropriate reward whatsoever for elementary students as young as 1st grade.

If a teacher lacks the creativity to come up with better class rewards than bringing in their own electronics, then I would be concerned about the quality of their teaching overall.

+1 exactly. The new principal probably sees this and is trying to make changes to better the school.

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The “Sub” here. Wow. Gotta love the brave keyboard Karens hiding behind the anonymity of this forum. At least I had the balls to forward the email from my personal email. If you’d like a rational discussion, you know how to reach me.
1. How did an email spiral into teacher bashing?! That’s disgusting and unnecessary. On the flip side, I’m going to get every teacher a shirt that says “I’m just here for the Starbucks and muffins”. Thanks for the idea.
2. I highly encourage you to walk a mile in the teachers’ shoes and go sub for a week before you pass judgement.
3. Shame on you for calling out a teacher by name. Why not share your name too?
4. The email was from another parent NOT a teacher.
5. When you resort to name calling, you’ve already lost the argument and you sound ignorant.
6. You can like the principal and he can be a great guy, but that doesn’t make him good at his job.
7. We are NOT a title 1 school nor a middle school nor a high school.
8. How does me forwarding an email make me unsuitable to teach kids? I’m not there to spy. The hours align with my kids and I enjoy it. At the end of the day, I’m a parent at Navy and I’m going to do what is in the best interest of my kids.

** Teachers, I’m genuinely sorry for the backlash this has caused.**

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Anonymous wrote:The “Sub” here. Wow. Gotta love the brave keyboard Karens hiding behind the anonymity of this forum. At least I had the balls to forward the email from my personal email. If you’d like a rational discussion, you know how to reach me.
1. How did an email spiral into teacher bashing?! That’s disgusting and unnecessary. On the flip side, I’m going to get every teacher a shirt that says “I’m just here for the Starbucks and muffins”. Thanks for the idea.
2. I highly encourage you to walk a mile in the teachers’ shoes and go sub for a week before you pass judgement.
3. Shame on you for calling out a teacher by name. Why not share your name too?
4. The email was from another parent NOT a teacher.
5. When you resort to name calling, you’ve already lost the argument and you sound ignorant.
6. You can like the principal and he can be a great guy, but that doesn’t make him good at his job.
7. We are NOT a title 1 school nor a middle school nor a high school.
8. How does me forwarding an email make me unsuitable to teach kids? I’m not there to spy. The hours align with my kids and I enjoy it. At the end of the day, I’m a parent at Navy and I’m going to do what is in the best interest of my kids.

** Teachers, I’m genuinely sorry for the backlash this has caused.**

Not convinced it's really you, but if it is please consider the poor judgment exercised by forwarding that email. You aren't "just" a parent if you also work in the school. You can't untangle those two things even if you want to. You had to know that email would cause a backlash because it makes it look like teachers are gossiping to parents, which is inappropriate and unprofessional even if you are unhappy in your job. You say you want a rational discussion. Forwarding an email like that is certainly not the way to go about it.

I'm not going to defend the teacher bashing. Some parents may have legitimate concerns (which would be normal at any school) and clearly there are a couple of crazy people here. But you really have to consider the impact of that email regardless of your intent. I know you think your t-shirt idea is funny, but it honestly would make teachers look (even more) immature and unprofessional. Women and teachers have trouble being taken seriously in the working world. Don't make it worse. This drama is not in the best interest of anyone's kids.