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Fair enough. It’s also possible things will settle down as he continues to get his feet wet. We don’t know. I do know that many of the new teachers he hired were very popular with the community. I know my kid had a great year at Navy this past year. We liked the new principal. I believe he didn’t get swayed by gossip or the clique and probably held teachers accountable to some new standards they weren’t used to. I also know there were some tough classes with certain kids with severe behavioral issues - I’m sure that played a part as well. [/quote]

I will add that holding teachers accountable is not the reason for departures.  He's not a mean person nor is he a micro manager.  I'm finger pointing at you but comments posted by others saying the staff was lazy and lax under Jon and didn't like being held at a different standard under the current regime is completly untrue.

Since you mentioned it, I will say you are spot on with some behavioral issues.  Multiple repeat instances where things were escalated to Admin and nothing was done or handled.  His personality seems like he's non-confrontational and passive.  But in a leadership postion, you need to support your staff and take charge.
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This is happening all over FCPS. Unfortunately Navy got some bad eggs recently so behaviors in some classes weren’t good. Do you blame the teachers for the behaviors? No. Likewise, you can’t blame the admin. This could easily have happened under Jon. It doesn’t mean our new principal isn’t fit to be a principal. [/quote]

Some of these kids need a good whoopin. [/quote]

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