Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 21:15     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:Op here- also there is a staff member listed as the dual enrollment coordinator for the mc program on the school website- but when I ask her questions about it, she says she has no oversight over the program nor does anyone else at the high school- so there is no one on the high school side to answer questions about it.

They are also missing pictures for main staff members on the website.


What’s the point of starting a thread to complain about your kid’s high school but refusing to name the school?
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 21:12     Subject: Disorganized HS
Out the school, OP.

None of the multiple MCPS elementary, middle and high schools (plural) my kids attended were ever remotely that disorganized.

This needs to be brought to the attention of the listserv of your school, if it's exists, to get others parents to pressure MCPS too; and go up the chain and contact whoever is superior to the school Principal.

Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 21:10     Subject: Disorganized HS
Op here- also there is a staff member listed as the dual enrollment coordinator for the mc program on the school website- but when I ask her questions about it, she says she has no oversight over the program nor does anyone else at the high school- so there is no one on the high school side to answer questions about it.

They are also missing pictures for main staff members on the website.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 20:47     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.


You do realize that high school teachers have over 150 students and very little time, right? And we are bombarded with emails all day, yet we are given little time at work to respond to them. I can get 15 in just one class period alone. My first chance to respond is usually in the evening after my own children go to bed. That’s when I open up my laptop and work through the backlog from the day.

You can quickly escalate if you want. That’s your right, of course. But it isn’t going to take away my workload or make it any easier to respond to you.


My experience is most hs teachers never respond, even after multiple attempts over 6 weeks. Cc-ing admin does nothing, they ignore emails too.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 20:12     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher I will always respond to emails by the next morning, even it’s just to check in and let them know I need additional time to research the situation.


That's great problem-solving. As a teacher, I thank you.


It can be both…

We can respond in a timely manner while simultaneously acknowledging how that might be challenging for a teacher.

I posted above. I respond every day, too. But it’s usually around 10pm because I don’t get chances during the day.

And the PP’s suggestion to escalate immediately isn’t reasonable. It took my doctor 2 weeks to get back to me with biopsy results she already had on hand. I didn’t create havoc.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 20:04     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher I will always respond to emails by the next morning, even it’s just to check in and let them know I need additional time to research the situation.


That's great problem-solving. As a teacher, I thank you.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:11     Subject: Disorganized HS
As a HS teacher I will always respond to emails by the next morning, even it’s just to check in and let them know I need additional time to research the situation.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:08     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.


You do realize that high school teachers have over 150 students and very little time, right? And we are bombarded with emails all day, yet we are given little time at work to respond to them. I can get 15 in just one class period alone. My first chance to respond is usually in the evening after my own children go to bed. That’s when I open up my laptop and work through the backlog from the day.

You can quickly escalate if you want. That’s your right, of course. But it isn’t going to take away my workload or make it any easier to respond to you.


Your excuses are half the problem.


You call it excuses. I call it an explanation.

If you haven’t taught, you don’t know the overwhelming, crushing, mind-boggling responsibilities a modern teacher faces.

The PP is suggesting no-prisoner, nuclear escalation if an email isn’t addressed in 48 hours.

Teachers are not magicians. We can’t create time. Many of us already give our students more time than we give our own children.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:05     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.


You do realize that high school teachers have over 150 students and very little time, right? And we are bombarded with emails all day, yet we are given little time at work to respond to them. I can get 15 in just one class period alone. My first chance to respond is usually in the evening after my own children go to bed. That’s when I open up my laptop and work through the backlog from the day.

You can quickly escalate if you want. That’s your right, of course. But it isn’t going to take away my workload or make it any easier to respond to you.


Your excuses are half the problem.


They aren't excuses. You have no idea what the workload is.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 18:01     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:DC's high school seems very disorganized. Their class schedule was totally wrong, activity bus route not available or made public even though it started today, teachers don't email back, back to school night was barely advertised until the day before. It's discouraging.


Name the school, OP. Saying this without naming the school doesn’t help.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:47     Subject: Re:Disorganized HS
OP this is reason number 532,053,423 that people put their kids in private schools.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:44     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.


You do realize that high school teachers have over 150 students and very little time, right? And we are bombarded with emails all day, yet we are given little time at work to respond to them. I can get 15 in just one class period alone. My first chance to respond is usually in the evening after my own children go to bed. That’s when I open up my laptop and work through the backlog from the day.

You can quickly escalate if you want. That’s your right, of course. But it isn’t going to take away my workload or make it any easier to respond to you.


Your excuses are half the problem.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:38     Subject: Disorganized HS
Anonymous wrote:Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.


You do realize that high school teachers have over 150 students and very little time, right? And we are bombarded with emails all day, yet we are given little time at work to respond to them. I can get 15 in just one class period alone. My first chance to respond is usually in the evening after my own children go to bed. That’s when I open up my laptop and work through the backlog from the day.

You can quickly escalate if you want. That’s your right, of course. But it isn’t going to take away my workload or make it any easier to respond to you.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:29     Subject: Disorganized HS
Any teacher that does not email back in 48 hours you email them again and copy the Principal and the counselor.

No response after another 24 hours you make an appointment will all of them.

advocate for your kid.
Anonymous
Post 09/09/2025 17:28     Subject: Disorganized HS
DC's high school seems very disorganized. Their class schedule was totally wrong, activity bus route not available or made public even though it started today, teachers don't email back, back to school night was barely advertised until the day before. It's discouraging.