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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say, I don't find the (belated) letter very responsive or comforting in tone.  I think parents are rightly concerned over multiple missing teachers, scheduling screw-ups, and lack of communication.  I don't really see anything in this letter that acknowledges that those are legitimate concerns, or expresses any apology or regret about how the first couple of weeks have gone.  We were feeling very conflicted about having headed to SWW instead of Wilson, but reading this thread makes me feel like we dodged a bullet.  Tone really, really matters -- and when you sound defensive and in denial about what are very legitimate concerns, people don't trust you.[/quote]

SWW went through its own turmoil a few years ago. And tone was the least of the problems.  It's how Kaya likes to run the NW schools.

The email at least shows she's listening to concerns. Why a principal needs to be informed that communicating with her community is important is disconcerting because like PP said, that's basic leadership.

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Basic leadership, especially when taking on a new challenge, often entails devoting much much time to things more relevant than completing a PhD...[/quote]

I agree---the tone of the email is disconcerting and essentially suggests that she hasn't internalized how critical it is to proactively communicate to our community.   The email is basically a laundry list of random issues, with no clear order (why bring up the Chinese teacher first, then discuss other vacancies later in the email???)

It would be nice to feel that she understands that the first two weeks of school have been overly chaotic due to a host of issues.  I get that problems happen, but this feels like an attempt to minimize the issues or sweep them under the rug.[/quote]

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