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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She resigned before she was fired. 
She never wanted to be interim. 
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Troll! She came in from outside of DCPS and applied for the position. She actually wanted to stay at Shepherd. I suspect she is exhausted because of COVID. She did a lot of heavy lifting including giving out her personal phone number to families during the pandemic. She was truly amazing during that time.[/quote]

As a family who has only experienced Shepherd during the pandemic, I don’t think we could have asked for a better principal. I was so sad to see her announcement, but not surprised. The last two years would have burned anyone out.[/quote]

I blame WTU. They were the force that kept schools closed for the 2020-2021 school year, which resulted in learning loss, behavioral and emotional issues for kids, and a breakdown of parent/teacher relationships because many parents wanted their kids in school. Plus the union demanded a bunch of covid security theater protocols that created a lot of extra, unnecessary work for teachers.  Of course it's harder to lead and teach now. I'm so angry because the teachers pushed to keep schools closed, demonized parents who wanted schools open, and now they're crying it's hard to teach due to the issues they created and are leaving.

Many teachers at Shepherd were very vocally opposed to returning to school, and they made it very difficult.[/quote]

As a parent, I blame other parents. The buck stops with parents. Parents are responsible for their children, not schools, not teachers, not the mayor. Have a good look in the mirror first before blaming a union. Maybe even look around you and ask yourself was it worth it? My spouse and I had a lovely time during the pandemic being at home with our ES aged kids in our small condo. Sorry you had a bad experience. We made it work to the best of our abilities and we are not looking back in regret. It's always sad when a principal leaves.[/quote]

I’m not pp and I don’t blame the union, but man it really grinds my gears when someone flaunts what a nice time they had during the pandemic. Could you be any more tone deaf?[/quote]

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