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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The presentation by the admin team was too long!  It should be limited to 15-20 minutes and then let the discussions begin.[/quote]

While I agree they went on too long without making compelling points, the presentation also completely lacked context. He should have started with some history of WHY they were considering a change. He may have tried to do that with the "what we want Haycock to do" slide but instead of letting those points speak for themselves, he jumped right into how moving away from departmentalization would help. The administration was asked several times why they considered a change in the first place and was not able to give a compelling answer.

My other takeaways - the most disturbing part of the whole evening was the teacher saying how low morale is and that this was the straw that broke the camel's back. I do think the teachers felt supported by the parents but we (teachers and parents) needed to hear some concrete measures to improve morale beyond "I'll send a survey to the teachers about departmentalization". Related: I don't see a path forward to Mr. Donnelly regaining trust and improving morale. I'm not sure how he can possibly stay at the school but maybe I'm wrong. Also related: I wonder how the woman from the central office will report back. Feels like FCPS need to be taking the concerns of parents and teachers very seriously and considering a leadership change at the school. [/quote]

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