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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So there’s an experienced interim principal but you just don’t think he’s appropriately enthusiastic? LOL. I think FCPS has bigger fish to fry right now. I would expect him to be around all next school year.[/quote]

OP here, I'm not faulting Augie in any way--I think he's an awesome person.  Having talked to him in detail, he has clearly expressed some concern about making any short term policy decisions because he knows he is ONLY an interim principal and that the Principal of the school will ultimately control policy and he doesn't want to impede that process.  He's actually being VERY considerate, which is why he's amazing.  However, that doesn't solve overall problem that Haycock is a ship without a FULL TIME captain, and hence, a school unable to make any formal decision on forward planning activities or initiatives.  That's the problem!  I get FCPS has bigger fish to fry, but really, the problem should be addressed.  FCPS officials should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.  Might be hard, but not impossible.  Do I think Fabio can prioritize the future captain search at Haycock--most definitely I think he can.  I doubt he's on tap for solving the "bigger fish" issues absorbing the district.  He needs to worry about the bigger fish issues absorbing his Region, one of which is to fill Principal positions that are currently vacant.  Or help HR move a disposition on Bloom so that he can be freed up to put the search for a Principal for Haycock back on track.  If everyone is waiting around for someone else to do something, nothing gets done.  And, there are limits to how long Augie can keep this going.  It's smart for us to start asking those questions than saying, 'oh don't be tone deaf, we have bigger problems' ... at some point, school will begin regular session.  Just like we're saying how awful FCPS was in forward planning the distance learning program, when things go back to normal, if R2 leadership isn't planning for Haycock leadership, they'll again be caught flat footed.  I don't think there's anything wrong with asking these questions now.  [/quote]

I don't know if you realize this, but there's literally nothing in your lengthy post that identifies an actual problem that cries out for a short-term policy decision.  It just comes across as kvetching about the fact that the school has an (experienced, thoughtful, well-regarded) interim principal rather than a permanent principal, as if that's a personal slight.  [b]Haycock did have a principal earlier who wanted to make some big changes, and the parents and teachers pushed him out. [/b] Fabio isn't going to lift a finger for Haycock until Augie says he's done, especially right now.

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Fake news!  He didn't get pushed out because he wanted to make "some big changes," he got clobbered because he thought he could do unilaterally without proper input from the teaching staff that the big changes would primarily impact and the heavily involved parent community who want a say in how education happens at Haycock.  I don't think the OP is saying that the new principal should make big changes without appropriately vetting them with the full Haycock community.

Though I totally agree that Fabio won't do a damn thing until Augie says he's bouncin' into the sunset![/quote]

I didn't say that the changes that Donnelly wanted to make were a good idea or the result of a collaborative process.  I just said they were "big changes," which they were, and that they led to a successful campaign by teachers and parents to oust him.

Neither you nor OP has identified any big changes that are needed at Haycock, which again begs the question as to whether there is some big issue that only a permanent principal, but not Augie, is capable of addressing, or whether you just think it's unseemly that there's still an interim principal.  At least when they needed an interim at Haycock they found one of the very best former principals in FCPS to fill the position.

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OP here, we are just talking past each other.  I am simply pointing out that we NEED a permanent Principal, as most schools in the district need/have permanent principals.  This isn't to cast doubt on Augie, as you seem to be taking it.  But, he's 'interim' for a reason.  The ship isn't going to keep sailing with him at the helm.  At some point, someone has to be paying attention that the school doesn't have a permanent person on the job.    [/quote]

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