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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a parent, I was under the impression staff and students were happy with Dr Bostic. This is the first I’ve heard any complaints or concerns. Can current staff or former staff comment on this? From DS’s perspective, he thinks Dr Bostic has been great and I like the communication from school and when incidents arise, but I value staff input. [/quote]

Just look at the number of staff leaving Wootton. That gives you a good idea of what staff think of admin. PP was right. AP testing was a s*itshow.[/quote]

Who is in charge of AP testing? Was it Dr. Bostic?

Also, I can't imagine AP testing could be so bad that people are leaving based on that. AP testing is only a couple of weeks. [/quote]

AP testing and spring testing lasts 5 to 6 weeks and it was terribly planned and executed. Dr. Bostic and the administrative team were unwilling to hear feedback from department chairs or teachers. It was not collaborative and very top down. It demonstrated to staff what they would be getting under this new leadership.[/quote]

Is this related to the power outage or the day the kids couldn’t log in for testing? I’m not sure how Dr. Bostic is responsible for either though DS taking APs found it very stressful. The AP schedule is dictated by CB so please be specific. [/quote]

We are obviously not referring to that day which affects ALL STUDENTS, not just Wootton.

It is too much and difficult to explain here for someone who does not work at a school or is a teacher who is proctoring these exams. It’s one of those iykyk situations.[/quote]

Iykyk. Impossible to explain but here goes nothing.  Keep in mind this was 5 weeks of testing with a block schedule and 5 minutes between classes/proctor duties.

Many teachers taught the entire day without planning time. Many did not get lunch breaks. Many set up for exams, proctored for 90 minutes, did not have a relief proctor in time to go to the bathroom before rushing to teach their 90 minute class. Classes were left unattended while teachers proctoring waited for their relief proctor, sometimes that person not showing up. $5 per exam from the college board for hiring subs, yet only 1-2 subs a day hired. Why wasn’t the entire amount of money spent? 
Teachers gave feedback early on about this. We were ignored. Nothing changed at all during the process. It showed complete disregard for teachers who were proctoring during their planning and still needed to teach their classes. If this happens again next year, I’m out. [/quote]

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