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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all are so judgmental so quickly. The new principal, who has seen the school operate for little less than a month is trying to solve a problem that Dr. Benz did nothing about for the 3 years we had to endure her.

Give the new Principal credit for at least looking for solutions. It may not work and then they will have to try something different. Many of the ideas were generated from the PTA with the study. So far, it is better than it has been in the past.

So far, she seems to be reaching out to the students and talking to them unlike the ghost of the principal we had before. She is going to all the junior and senior english classes to ask what is on the mind of the students.

There seems to be more spirit at the school. The last few football games were well attended by students.

As far as communication, she answered my email in 20 days as well. I never had any emails answered by Dr. Benz or Bradley Rohner in 3 years so she gets points in my book. [/quote]

Mrs. Heckert started the job July 1st.  She supposedly was trained for it.

[b]The PTA did not generate the dumb idea of putting buses in the main pick-up loop for students which happens to also be the student parking lot.  Other options need to be considered on the grounds of safety considerations for the students who exit that side of the building and use that parking lot.  If Mrs. Heckert would walk outside and actually observe the traffic issues, perhaps she could come up with a better solution.  [/b]

Staggering the buses regarding their arrival to Churchill would be one.  Having the buses park on the side street that is in front of the bus entrance and wait till there is room to enter the bus loop is another solution if the problem the bus lot is too crowded.  Closing the small faculty lot to parents in the afternoon and parking the Special Ed buses there would be a third.

Finally, 20 days to email a response is too long for an administrator.  Within 48 hours is what is expected of MCPS employees.
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October is bus safety month! Starting October 1st, we will be making an adjustment to our afternoon bus pick up. We currently have almost 50 buses that pick up in our front bus loop on Gainsborough which creates a very unsafe area for many of our students as they cross in between, in front, and behind the buses. In addition, the front bus loop is simply not big enough for all of the buses.[b] I have worked with the PTSA, WCHS security, and leadership from the MCPS bus depot to find a workable solution to this safety hazard.
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According to her latest email, this was not her decision alone but brought in different players to figure out a solution.[/quote]

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