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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or work with the PTA. Didn't your PTA president get the award for most engage PTA in the county? Why not go through that route?[/quote]

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When you have a membership meeting of 20 people for a membership of 1000 people, of which 1/4 is the PTA executive board, it shows you how engaged our PTA is at this time.  When 2 out of 4 months at the beginning of the school year doesn't have a membership meeting, there is a lack of connection with the school at large.

You can try the local PTA route, but if it is not a personal agenda item for the members of the executive board, you may get sympathy but you won't get action.  Many of the PTA executive board members are afraid of ruffling feathers or losing favor with the new principal.  It's a game that was played out over and over again with Dr. Benz so that is how the PTA is used to operating at Churchill.

The MCCPTA level is more responsive because they can connect problems that are also in schools county wide.  You would hope the PTA executive board is working with both Mrs. Heckert and the MCCPTA to get issues addressed, but as a parent you can always reach out to the MCCPTA directly to make sure they are aware of your concern.

Churchill is not alone with many of the problems in this thread.  Many of these problems are institutional which means Mrs. Heckert get the heat but her hands are tied on how to fix them.  The MCCPTA can take an issue to the decision makers at central office when policy and procedural changes are needed to fix problems in schools.  The committee chairs and the president is responsive and put a lot of volunteer hours to help improve education for all students in Montgomery County.[/quote]

As someone working at another school, I agree with this. Hopefully Mrs. Heckert has good mentors helping her. At some other schools, the principals do nothing and no longer have any real oversight. They're keeping the wheels turning and the books balanced and so much goes under the radar. Teachers who text with students, coaches who harass kids, staff who bully other people on staff. It's dog eat dog. I know at least a few principals who are kind of like, screw it, hate this job anyway. It's like that syndrome where the hostage adopts the kidnappers' mentality. They just don't make waves at all and try to get their max years in so they get the best payout in retirement. It's sad. [/quote]

Definitely sad. So you're saying she focuses on senior skip day and powderpuff football because she's afraid to confront bullying, harassment, drug use, and juuling?  It still doesn't inspire confidence and it's not good leadership, though. [/quote]

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