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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's what's happening at SSMA. The ED is a control freak who starting in the Fall of 2017 instituted a draconian time card system for all employees, drastically reduced autonomy for her direct reports and created an environment of intimidation and fear among the staff.

She has fired a number of staff members, some for minor incidents, as a show of force to intimidate the remaining staff. I don't expect good teachers to remain n that climate.

I have no idea why the sudden change. But staff morale has suffered. And with the firing of the Principal, it is is really, really bad. Most of the teachers liked the Principal. They had petitioned to get rid of the previous one. And so they saw a real positive change at SSMA with the new one. She was really hands-on, friendly and quick to respond. All of that changed with the new controlling system.

As for the ED, she really lacks interpersonal skills, knows almost none of the students, hardly goes into classrooms, goes to almost no school functions but has virtually no oversight from the board. As the saying goes, a fish rots from the head down.[/quote]

So the best case scenario is the Board and ED are replaced and a new ED is hired. Than reform begins in the key areas of staffing and instruction among others. Man, that's a big job. A lot of people think they can work in education. Not that easy. SSMA may be looking at 3 years until really stable.[/quote]

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