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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][ quote=Anonymous]PTA meeting tonight. Hot fire. Principal presented his case, supported by some flimsy studies. After a 45minute drone, parents and teachers obliterated each and every argument. The meeting started with the Principal stating the decision was made and final. By the end he said he was open to discussion. Several official PTA actions coming out. We’ll see where this goes. One parent videoed the entire thing. One parent dressed the principal down for his original meeting with the teachers. Teachers involved were indignant. [/quote]

Epic.
I'm not a Haycock parent but if all this is true, this video should be shared as a "How NOT to roll out change" on YouTube. What terrible leadership.
Sounds like the dude got zero buy-in, came hard and fast at this meeting, and faced a BRICK WALL of parent opposition. And the teachers obviously feel emboldened (if I'm reading that right that they were indignantly opposed to what the principal was trying to sell) by the parent support. Fascinating...[/quote]

I was there tonight.  It was what you'd expect.  Some parents were able to present themselves like rational adults, some parents behaved worse then their children.  I thought the videotaping was childish, holding up your smartphone while everyone was talking.  We're supposed to be adults, not teenagers filming fights.

That aside, the best testimonial of the night came from one of the teachers themselves, which I thought was awfully brave considering the principal was right there.  He does clearly need to do more to earn the trust of his staff.  I thought the best point made by a parent was that the principal was citing data that combined observations from something like 800 schools and studies, averaging out gains made by a different style of learning.  [b]What was not brought up is that Haycock is an exceptional school, and would likely be at the far right of any curve involving a sampling of 800 elementary schools. [/b] And lest anyone think this is Haycock snobbery, I think this could be said about many elementary schools in northern Virginia.  So why drag us back to the average.  A great point, I thought.

I wish some folks could have behaved themselves a little better, but I suppose it is to be expected given the sensitive subject matter.  I thought the PTA president, Nic, did an excellent job of moderating and getting things back on track when needed.  She'll be missed.[/quote]

Actually that was exactly almost word for word what that parent said - that he'd moved here specifically because the school is exceptional and is concerned about a change that will move us back to the middle.

I hope that teacher didn't feel empowered to be brave because she has already made a decision to leave the school. Probably a high probability which sucks because I've heard good things about her. [/quote]

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