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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should add, the true test of the new principal at Churchill will be whether she addresses problems head on, work with staff, students, and parents to identify and resolve problems or if she talks a good talk but does nothing like her predecessor.[/quote]

Agree, PP! Do you see that there’s a Meet and Greet with the new principal next week?[/quote]

Really, you think a meet and greet is the appropriate time and place to discuss these things?  Not too many people around the neighborhood now so perhaps it will be a quaint enough gathering to do so but it might put her on the spot.

It seems however that a meet and greet will only have time to say hi and bye but not really enough time to delve into what is going to be done to fix the big issues in the school.  I would think a PTA meeting or a town forum at a time closer to the start of school or even a scheduled meeting if she had the time would be more appropriate. [/quote]

It would be appropriate to ask a question or two about addressing some of the issues that Churchill went through last year, For example, What your plans to address the racist and anti-Semitic incidents from last year?

Do you have any plans to increase training for coaches?

Not too hard to ask these simple questions.[/quote]

I think working through the PTA will have a louder voice to make headway on these issues. The PTA President is well aware of specifics and can help guide the discussion to a more appropriate venue. A flipant answer at a Meet and Greet without an opportunity to develop a real solution wouldn't be progress. Parents and teachers want real solutions to problems in the school not lip service.[/quote]

No one’s disagreeing that working through he PTSA is a good idea. It just seems strange that you think that parents shouldn’t take the opportunity presented to share their concerns and get the new principal’s point of view as well. [/quote]

People can do what they want. I am out of town so I can't attend. I also think people should be respectful of the agenda.

Regarding the PTA, we have had self serving leadership in the past but I think the current board has the best interest of the school at heart. MCCPTA also has been working with the Churchill PTA on these issues.  I think they can speak with a collective voice so individual students and families are not retaliated as been the case in the past.  [b]They also can connect enough dots to know the issues are wide and broad beyond a single incident, a single student, or a single athletic team.[/b][/quote]

Unless parents speak up individually and make it a point to speak to the Principal, Assistant Principal, nothing will get accomplished. I have been hearing this for 3 years about how the PTA is working with the school in getting issues addressed. Three years later, it is as bad as its been. Anti Semitic Incidents, racist incidents, fights, Coaching problems, drug dealing, cheating, traffic problems that resulted in a student getting hit by a car are just a few of things that are going on. A traffic study was announced that will take a year. Going to these parent meetings were useless. The Principal would sit there and say everything is great, and no accountability. There is a select group of parents at Churchill that use their influence to push their agenda and the former Principal went along with it. If the new Principal has any chance of changing things at Churchill, she needs to be decisive and not be influenced by select parties.[/quote]

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