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[quote=Anonymous]It should be noted that there was nearly a 100% teacher exodus under the prior principal.  in 2008, she took pride in telling prospective parents that she had hired almost all the teachers at the school herself.  Then, they started to leave as well.  We lost something like 20 teachers at the beginning of 2012-2013, including most of the teachers who had pre-dated her.  She drove out a beloved bilingual Kindergarten teacher with 20+ years experience at the school and real ties to neighborhood businesses who spearheaded the much-loved annual Mother's day celebration and got amazing results with her kindergartners.

The former principal had her toadies and hangers on, but she treated other teachers like dirt; actively discouraging teachers from connecting with parents, and by all accounts finding ways to retaliate against anyone offering a different point of view.  She managed to drive out not one, not two, but three counselors while she was there because they dared to question her, including two bilingual counselors. And, let's not forget her total refusal to work with neighborhood organizations - just ask the local ANC, which requested numerous meetings and was rebuffed every single time.

By 2013, there was almost no one left in the building who predated her aside from the librarian, the ESL teacher, and the gym teacher.  I also dispute that parents liked her style.  Her idea of parental involvement was to tell parents day of that there was a school play that day - not exactly friendly to any parent who had a job to go to.[/quote]

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