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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, the article was terribly written. No acknowledgment that the defense didn't even need to make its case prior to the acquittal. Sounds like the AP bypassed procedure and got her husband involved. I heard they might be friends with the "victims" family. Glad the court saw through it. 
Also, the person who wrote about Mr. Winter yelling after a field trip. You and your snowflake are the problem. No accountability for your child's actions. Keep making excuses. [/quote]

He flipped out, yelling, and threatened collecting punishment when the boys bathroom was vandalized/mistreated some years ago. He threatened that if it happened again, he’s strip patrol status from anybody who had used the bathroom prior, regardless of whether they did it. He’s unhinged.[/quote]

Oh please. A principal's job is to have an orderly school.  It doesn't work with rowdy kids saying, "pretty please, don't do that again." Are you the same parent who posted you are mad because kids did something that was inappropriate during a a field trip and he yelled at them? They are out representing the school. Sometimes kids need to be yelled at to get the message what was done was not right. The spoiled kids vandalizing a bathroom aren't the ones who have to clean it. The custodian I am sure appreciated that the principal took vandalizing a bathroom seriously. [/quote]

I don’t know anything about a post regarding a field trip. Collective punishment is a violation of MCPS policy. It actually caused harm and violated an IEP/504, which I can’t discuss here. He had to apologize after the incident because it was exceptionally inappropriate how much he flew off the handle and berated children who didn’t even have anything to do with the bathroom issue. We know the custodian, and he doesn’t appreciate children being screamed at and threatened. Virtually nobody in that building liked Mr. Winter. He treated staff poorly, micromanaging them constantly. He made everything about him, especially anything around Maryland day. Sole parents absolutely loved him, but others hated him. He did communicate often as a good aspect.[/quote]

While I am not sure of this incident, I worked with and for Mr. Winter for several years and the generalization that nobody in the building liked him is so off base!  I know many many staff who liked working with him. I agree he was a fantastic communicator and could be loud at times but he cared more than any principal I have had over my 20 plus year career. What’s happened to him was a rush to judgment after Biedleman and very sad as he (Winter) deserved much better. [/quote]

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