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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are not allowed in the school at drop off or pick up. Teachers do not go outside and avoid talking to parents in public spaces. People take measures to hide conversations. Teachers and parents who talk to each other are targeted by the principal.[/quote]

but this is common for elementary schools. we are at Murch, and drop off and pick up are on the playground.  this to avoid the mess and safety problems of having hundreds of adults inside the school at pick up and drop off, and to allow the kids to be more independent.  kids line up on the playground, the teacher pick them up outside and take them inside. are you saying that at Lafayette kids go inside by themselves?

as outsiders, it is difficult to assess the situation. other posters pointed out that the under the previous principal the HSA held a lot of sway and some parents almost ran the school. some parents also complained that there were some subpar teachers who were not dealt with, including apparently teachers (or aides, I can't remember) screaming at little pre-k or k kids.  it this principal not good, or is she simply changing the long standing "power structure" at Lafayette?

it would be interesting also to know how the principal can "target" parents talking to their kids' teachers.  does she beat them up? kick their kids?

also, at Murch we have teachers' e-mails, and since drop off and pick up are very busy times, we do not normally talk to teachers during those times (it's just common sense).  we send e-mails and the teacher responds.  are you saying that at Lafayette you cannot contact a teacher by e-mail? or that the Principal hacks into the teachers' e-mail and read them? also, since conversation between parents and teachers mostly concern issue with the kid and not gossips, why is the principal preventing parent-teacher conversations?  is "does little Larla need more practice with sight words" a dangerous conversation?

it is hard to buy what these posters are saying[/quote]

So, the union, teachers, staff and parents are all lying? Really? That's rich. [/quote]

actually, so far I saw a blog of the teacher union.  I did not see "teachers, staff, parents" , just a handful of anonymous posts.  I also saw other anonymous posts saying that the new principal was a breath of fresh air and that she was against a small group of "powerful" parents used to get their way with the former principal.  some of the things said about this principal are ridiculous and this makes difficult to believe all the charges. as I said above, dropping kids off and picking them up outside is normal and totally reasonable.  the principal targeting parents who talk to a teacher is ridiculous and the poster did not provide any explanation on how that would happen. and what about e-mail (I have two kids in k and 4th at Murch and I think I may have talked to a teacher at drop off 3 times in all these years - I use e-mails or ask for an appointment - same for the principal).  and a person who post the link to a child custody case does not really strike me like somebody with a real, objective argument against the principal (maybe she was one of the screaming aides who is finally being dealt with?).  [/quote]

How would you know this is ridiculous unless you have a stake in Lafayette?  It's all true.

The union is trying to shed light what is happening in our schools since the Central office will not deal with it. Teachers cannot speak out because their jobs are threatened. Staffers have even less protection and will get fired for speaking out. [/quote]

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