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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Communication is absolutely a Principal thing, regardless if you think "she is great."[/quote]

My 8th grader is at Westland and we've always found Ms Serino responsive to incidents *that we already knew had happened*, such as the sprinkler system flood last year. But this is a MAJOR communication faux-pas on her part.

Perhaps she is not aware of the dangers of anti-freeze, does not imagine the quantity that exploded inside the bus, or thinks that the risk/injury, however concerning, does not warrant a school-wide response if it only affects a subset of students, not on school grounds.

In all three things, she is WRONG, because the issue at hand is:
1. She needs to push MCPS for a Transportation response.
2. She needs to do her job and inform all Westland families of a problem that could have happened to any of the students. Any bus, if poorly-maintained, could have had this happen. She needs to do the crucial PR101 and simultaneously reassure and provide more info (or promise she will push for info, then update a week later on the info she has received from Transportation).

This is basic "How to be the Head of an Organization", chapter "Heading off Pitchforks".

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Agreed, wrong not to send out any communication. What if she has been told by Central office not to send anything even if she wants to pending an investigation?[/quote]

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