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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, they are.

Lafayette has a stronger principal situation though, and open classrooms which a lot of people dislike.

Also, Lafayette has a more stable student population, with fewer kids leaving in older grades and fewer international kids from embassies moving in and out.  [/quote]

Can someone please explain why the principal situation at Murch is weaker? Went to an open house at Murch this morning and really liked the principal. Thanks![/quote]

Murch parent here, and while I don't claim to know all the ins and outs of the principal situation, I think the basic deal is that she isn't very engaged with parents and can be non-responsive--not that she literally ignores people as much as that she isn't particularly helpful or sympathetic when approached by parents with individual issues.  And there was a bit of a class-assignment SNAFU at the beginning of this school year that was upsetting to a subset of parents.

That said (and even as the recipient of a sort of condescending and non-responsive e-mail from Ms. Ellis when we e-mailed her with a question/concern), the school is well-run, and I don't have any sense of pervasive dislike among the parents or the teachers.  She really isn't a part of your day-to-day life--true of most principals, I think--unless you have a specific issue that you need to elevate.  Also, the AP is very good, and I think she's really the first line of administration when you have an issue to discuss.

I think she's basically fine.  She has only been around a few years (she was hired by Rhee), and I don't know how much longer she has until retirement; I imagine she's not in this for the super-long haul.

I think the Lafayette principal has been at the school forever; given the school's success, I think she gets a lot of credit and has a lot of loyalty among parents.[/quote]

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