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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bump this thread up. The frictions between the new principal and teachers/PTA are enhancing at Wyngate. While parents have kept on reporting the situation to her boss, his attitude was basically "training her is my job" to shovel the dirt under the carpet again and again. [b]Now teachers may carry a strike or mass leaving next semester[/b], and parents are devastated. Where to go next? Any experience or suggestions from this board? [/quote]

Every time there is a new Principal there is a mass exodus of established/legacy teachers.  This is not new or news.  Wyngate is a strong ES in a terrrific cluster with a great community[/quote]

It's not just a teacher thing. PTA got really intense relationship with this principal too.[/quote]

Maybe because almost every Bethesda school has parents who think they know better than trained educators. And that bratty behavior gets passed down to the kids. She probably said “I don’t take nonsense” and looked around. Good on her.[/quote]

Often the parents are better educated and more knowledgeable than the principal in a Bethesda school.   It sounds like she wasn't a good fit.[/quote]

NP - having an advanced degree doesn’t make someone more qualified in the field of education (or any other that isn’t their speciality).  But thinking it is is exactly in line with the cliquish entitlement of that community.[/quote]

I do not think you have any first hand knowledge of that particular community.  It is not cliquish or entitled.  But the teachers at that schools are accustomed to being treated with respect by admin and parents (who truly appreciate our wonderful teachers) and the parents are accustomed to a pretty open line of communication with admin.  I have no inside knowpedgr about why she left but I do know that there was no criticism of her on the parent listserve.  And that at least some and staff parents were a little disappointed with her lack of visibility to the students and families.  [/quote]

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