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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got the below email from Mr. Donnelly. I think this is a great email... hopefully the teachers are more on board now. If he explained things this coherently during the 3/16 meeting, I'm not sure why the teachers are so upset. And he should have sent this out immediately after the meeting instead of letting rumblings slipping out for almost a week.

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This letter may be great for some of the parents but not necessarily for the teachers. Most of the rumors re: the teacher response were related less to the message itself than the fact that it was handed down without consultation or admitting questions. Sending an email to the parents after NOT taking questions from teachers--who know a lot more about this than most of us!--[b]doesn't really do it for me[/b]. [/quote]

Then quit and move to APS, like all the teachers are doing?

I really don't understand this thread.  The principal of a school can really do whatever he wants.  He doesn't have to have a vote.  It's not a democracy.  [/quote]

Sure he can, but it makes him a terrible principal. I don't appreciate a leader who does not consult the staff or ask questions. It is lame way to lead.[/quote]

Okay.  But as a parent, you're offended that he sent you a great email because his communication with teachers is imperfect?  IOW, there is nothing that he could do to not be a terrible principal, in your eyes.  [/quote]

Some of the Haycock parents are flat-out jerks.  They take the position that they know better than the administrators and teachers about virtually every topic that relates to the school, and they only purport to speak up on behalf of others when they think it will benefit their own kids.

The principal is still fairly young, and Haycock is a tougher assignment than most elementary schools.  Perhaps he could have consulted more with the teachers before announcing this change, and his e-mail to parents isn't going to win a Pulitzer Price.  But overall he appears to be acting in good faith, and I have no doubt that, at the end of the day, Haycock can and will continue to attract strong teachers and families who care about the education of their children.

Nothing in this policy change would make me want to move to Arlington.  The problems that APS is facing, particularly in the upper levels (i.e., overcrowding and a larger achievement gap between different student cohorts), seem to be far more significant than the biggest problem raised by this change, which relates only to the adequacy of internal communications within the school.  [/quote]

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