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Friends have told me they have arranged meetings to speak to the principal about their kids needing an IEP, or their kids being bullied in the classroom, only to have the principal not show up to the meeting. Some folks say the principal flat-out denies their child an IEP even when all evidence supports the kid needing one. Earlier this year, students came home saying the principal was interrogating entire grade levels of kids to find out who was smearing feces on the bathroom walls for weeks on end. No communication about the fecal smearing was sent to parents. Kids have come home crying because they say the principal is coming to their classrooms to yell at them, and then yelling at them more for crying "like babies."
This doesn't even come close to things I've heard from families whose elementary schools have acquired our former teachers who fled. Oakridge teachers leave en masse (we lost several entire grade levels last year, as well as our librarian, music teacher, reading specialist and assistant principal. Halfway through this year, we lost our brand new assistant principal with no communication from the school or explanation why she left. Many teachers indicated this year (some said directly to their students) that they weren't planning to return next year. Families from other APS elementary schools tell us the former Oakridge teachers are basically fleeing a horrible work environment and coming to their schools as refuge. I believe it. There was an email sent to families this year to "clear up rumors" in the school hallways about a teacher being fired. Well, that rumor started because students witnessed the principal screaming at a young teacher in the middle of the hallway, making the teacher cry and go home early. This is the culture at the school, which is ironic considering the principal keeps promoting The Kindness Project. She stood up at the first PTA meeting of the school year and openly admitted that students didn't learn science or social studies last year, but that they learned kindness. She said she as a principal did not focus on academics last year...but the kids learned kindness! And yet, bullying abounds both at the student and the admin/staff level while academic achievement falls short.[/quote]

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