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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend was complaining that her Westfield child's journalism class was cut for next year-literally no journalism classes will be offered at all, and no school paper. Seems like the school is poorly run. It is one of the largest HS and should offer at least basic programs like choir and a school paper. [/quote]

Westfield used to be considered superior to Chantilly.  Administration issues?  [/quote]

The admin at Westfield is the worst. [/quote]

Administration makes a big difference.  I know nothing about it at Westfield.[/quote]

He mishandled multiple crises last year. He's not good.[/quote]

What happened last year? This year has been uneventful [/quote]

They had three lockdowns in two weeks this fall including a disturbed man outside with a rifle and a swatting and the parents were given no details

Last year:
The student who was murdered, terrible  tragic situation handled absolutely terribly by the principal and fcps

The fire drill that was a real fire where the 2800 kids were trapped in the stadium all day long with no water and their cells and belongings were in their classrooms-parents were not notified, students were not allowed to leave, admin was not even there. [/quote]

Is this one of the incidents you were talking about?

“Dear Families,
I wanted to make you aware of a situation that happened this morning, which was quickly resolved but impacted your student’s class. This morning, we were alerted to an incident occurring in the community that did not directly affect Westfield High School nor its students. However, out of an abundance of caution, as soon as we were notified, we decided to pull students into the building from their trailer classrooms and physical education classes occurring outside. At the time, your student was enrolled in one of these classes. The incident was resolved in under 5 minutes and we were able to return to our regular routines for the school day.  ”[/quote]
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Oh look gatehouse is here to defend[/b] :roll: 
It goes a lot deeper it’s the shrug and a lack of care from this admin. They are also not visible-when parents see the principal they look to see if Reid is there too. Westfield needs more care and attention.[/quote]

Not Gatehouse. Just a parent who received the email. I was the one who asked what incidents happened last year that showed incompetence on the part of the administration.

To be perfectly honest, I haven't really been able to tell what difference if any the administration makes. DD was at Rocky Run when Dr. Goodloe was there, and then the following year when she wasn't, and other than some changes to the way things were run, everything seemed to be fine. She's been here at Westfield for a year, and it's been fine.

As far as I can tell, how good a school is, is almost entirely dependent on the socioeconomic status of its student body. Are there any examples of really top notch schools that were made so by an administrative change? [/quote]

Teacher here it has a lot to do with the admin....but maybe these oversized high schools are burning out the admin. Either way it's not fair to hard working students.[/quote]

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