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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't find much substance in the PPs 1-4.  I suspect she's been posting again and again with her vendetta against the principal.  I wish she'd focus on her child's new school instead.  I wouldn't give Monica 100 percent, but she's probably here to stay, Oyster-Adams hasn't been doing bad at all. [/quote] Another current O-A parent here. ITA that PP 1-4 is grinding a lot of personal axes. I have my own and I'm in no way a Monica cheerleader. But it's kind of hard to reconcile complete and total dysfunction with the fact that Adams scored better than Deal on DC-CAS. It doesn't mean O-A is a [i]better [/i]school across the board, of course. But unless there is massive cheating (like elementary under Guzman), it's hard to justify leadership change based solely on subjective things like your perception of OCA oversight, the cluelessness of the former middle school coordinator (who was not an AP but had to replace AP at the last minute), and a staffing issue which sounds ominous in your description but probably doesn't involve a sex offender.

As to math, if people are telling you it's the [i]main [/i]reason they left the school, well maybe that's what they want to tell you to get you off their backs and out of their business. It's a well-documented and much lamented issue across the board. Including teachers.

The questions remain about what and how things could be done better. "Off with her head!" is not an immediate3 solution unless you have a viable replacement who can deliver similar or better measurable results given the budgeting, facilities, and Spanish licensing issues that O-A faces. Status quo is not sustainable for safety of students and sanity of staff and families.

Whether or not Monica chooses to stay or is fired (for what exactly?), the fate of roughly 700 current public school students needs to be addressed. The past and recent dramas have been rehashed ad nauseum here and at school during rainy pickups.  New ideas are welcome. [/quote]

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