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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't say this as any kind of supporter, but seriously -

Any new venture will have some big kinks at first.  A lot of turnover is definitely possible as things start to rev up.  It's true of companies, book clubs, schools, churches, real estate ventures, you name it.

The school has some people on hand to get past this.  They'll pick up the pieces and it'll keep rolling.[/quote]

But Sela can't avoid the obvious big question marks raised by the exit of the fouling Principal in the FIRST WEEK of school.  And if there were so many questions about her from the beginning (as several PPs have said), equally big red flags are raised: why did they hire her in the first place if she wasn't a good fit?  They only figured that out now, and not during the immense planning that went on to get the school open?

That's a big mess.  [/quote]

I don't think their are obvious question marks raised at all. She may not have been a perfect fit, she may have just been good enough. But, as a parent of a kid who also survived cancer, her job is to put her kid first. Period. As an AA Sela mom, I can say I never warmed to her, but I think she was qualified for the position. It's just that in a school as warm as Sela, with extremely outgoing Director, and very warm teachers who email constantly and know you and your kid by name - she was not like that. Middle school in Baltimore is not and warm and fuzzy as a parent/child-centered DC charter elementary school. [/quote]

But a lack of warm-fuzziness is hardly the only criticism of her that's been stated here.[/quote]

Well, that was my perception and the perception of others I have spoken to - I really think the above comments distill to the same point. [b]She was a little too Baltimore[/b], she was a little aloof, but not unprofessional in any way that I saw. And, I agree, sick kid takes precedence over everything. [/quote]

What does that mean?  What's it like to be "Baltimore"?  Drugs?  Ghetto?  [/quote]

I grew up in Baltimore and would like to know that too.[/quote]

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