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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haycock parents sound kind of nuts.[/quote]

I agree.  They sound like they want to have the ability to fire the principal, that they should be able to fire him.  I can't imagine that FCPS wants to give them that power.[/quote]

Teachers must be nuts too then. Direct teacher quote was "Morale is really low and this was the straw that broke the camel's back."  This obviously concerns parents.[/quote]

Out of curiosity, exactly what is it about returning to a more traditional elementary school classroom model that would so negatively impact teacher morale?  It's not like teachers get to approve other policies that FCPS leadership adopts.

As for JD's future, if enough parents tell Janie Strauss he's failing as a principal, he'll give notice by mid-summer.    [/quote]

Two things - one is the workload associated with prepping for all subjects rather than one that the teacher specializes in. The much, MUCH bigger issues impacting morale is [b]how this was rolled out without any input from the teachers and no opportunity to provide feedback. I.e., "We're changing the model and I don't want to hear anything from you." Sounds like that's been a pattern over the past 18 months of it and the teachers are tired of it[/b]. [/quote]

That's what principals do.  That's the normal way changes are rolled out by principals.  Teachers know this, even if parents don't.  [/quote]

Really? This is surprising because the teacher that was speaking has quite a bit of tenure at the school and this is a change. Why would anyone work in an environment where their voice is completely minimized?[/quote]

Such an arrogant statement. You going get hired to do what you're told, not to decide how things are done. In this case the principal makes the decisions, and the teachers ought to follow, or else find another job. I don't tell my boss how I need to work. The boss tells me what to do and how the boss wants it done. [/quote]

Obviously, there is a middle ground where the principal works collaboratively with the teachers and changes, once decided upon, reflect input from teachers and are largely supported. Of course, if teachers don't like things, they can leave.  That's exactly what seems likely to happen here, and I'd bet you'd like to watch that occur.

By all accounts, the principal is young, well-intentioned, and inexperienced, and like many with those characteristics tried to assert his authority by making unilateral decisions.  [b]In this case, he's undermined himself by suggesting that he'll reconsider his decision, which just makes him look weak.  [/b]

It also looks like the Region 2 leadership, which should have been mentoring the young principal here, was AWOL.  I'm not at Haycock, but my impression has been that both Zuluaga and Pearson ignored the McLean pyramid and focused all their attention on other pyramids/schools.  Pearson just retired, and perhaps Zuluaga will move on soon as well. [/quote]

I'm not sure he has an option on the bolded. In my opinion, there's no way he could move forward with implementing this decision in the face of total and complete lack of support from both teachers and community. He should have done things differently in the first place and I'm not sure I see a path forward for him to recover from this. [/quote]

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