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[quote=jsteele]Regarding the scheduling issues, it is not clear to me that Principal Martin is even aware of the extent of the problems. Here is an excerpt from an email sent by Principal Martin on the evening of Tuesday, August 25th:

[quote]Because we've been correcting, balancing and arranging schedules for the past two days based on parent and student needs, we will reprint all students schedules tomorrow and they will be available in students first period classes tomorrow. We will also have posted first period class lists in the morning, just like we did on the first day of school (in case students first period classes have changed). Even as I write this, administrators are continuing the work of providing a schedule that meets the needs of the greatest number of students. [b]We are confident that after our work this evening, we will have accomplished our goal.[/b] [/quote] (bolding added)

As far as I know, new schedules were not distributed on Wednesday and, at least in my son's case, no schedule corrections were made on that day. So, Martin's goal was not accomplished Tuesday night as she expected. Nor was it accomplished on Wednesday or Thursday. It still may not have been accomplished for all that I know (my son's schedule was resolved on Friday). We did not receive any updates regarding the failure to adhere to the outlined schedule.

It is possible that the Principal is not aware that her goal of resolving issues by Tuesday night was not met or it is possible she did know and didn't communicate with parents about the additional delay. Neither of those is a particularly good possibility. This alone is enough to cause a frustrating beginning to this school year and her tenure. The unnecessary sideshow focused on her decision to implement prior review of the school newspaper is really just the icing on the cake.
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