That is a completely different situation. The teacher is a subordinate and most likely trying to win favor by passing along gossip.

When you talk to the area superintendent about an issue with HIS subordinate then you have confidentiality.

Anonymous wrote:The Internet has caused us all to hide behind surveys and fake names. If you have a problem with the principal then call the area superintendent. I doubt seriously if he/she is going to go running to the principal saying, "oh guess what Mrs. Jones said about you"

Grow a pair people.

Well, actually this happened to me. I mentioned something in passing to the teacher about the principal, and she immediately went back the next day and told the principal.

Anonymous wrote:I called MCPS once about something. They were less than helpful. I also tried to meet with our principal about my kid's class which was in total chaos with a teacher who couldn't control it. He outright refused to meet and I'd never complained about anything before, so it's not as though he's already heard me out.

A few years ago I called once and spoke with Ivon, Assistant to BCC community Superintendent. Boy, I now know why people do not want to call.

I called MCPS once about something. They were less than helpful. I also tried to meet with our principal about my kid's class which was in total chaos with a teacher who couldn't control it. He outright refused to meet and I'd never complained about anything before, so it's not as though he's already heard me out.

The Internet has caused us all to hide behind surveys and fake names. If you have a problem with the principal then call the area superintendent. I doubt seriously if he/she is going to go running to the principal saying, "oh guess what Mrs. Jones said about you"

Grow a pair people.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

Why wouldn't you just call the area superintendent?

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but how are you supposed to just call up the area superintendent and have a chat? Is that something you've done? How'd it go?

Well what you do is look up the phone number, dial the number, and ask for the person. If they aren't in you leave your number. If they don't call you within a day then call back. Seems rather simple.

Wow, that's not snarky.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

Why wouldn't you just call the area superintendent?

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but how are you supposed to just call up the area superintendent and have a chat? Is that something you've done? How'd it go?

Well what you do is look up the phone number, dial the number, and ask for the person. If they aren't in you leave your number. If they don't call you within a day then call back. Seems rather simple.

Maybe people prefer to be anonymous because they don't want anybody being upset with their child. Or because they prefer not to get into conflict. Seems rather simple.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

Why wouldn't you just call the area superintendent?

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but how are you supposed to just call up the area superintendent and have a chat? Is that something you've done? How'd it go?

Well what you do is look up the phone number, dial the number, and ask for the person. If they aren't in you leave your number. If they don't call you within a day then call back. Seems rather simple.

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Anonymous wrote:This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

Why wouldn't you just call the area superintendent?

I'm not the poster you're responding to, but how are you supposed to just call up the area superintendent and have a chat? Is that something you've done? How'd it go?

Anonymous wrote:This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

Why wouldn't you just call the area superintendent?

I have HEARD that there used to be comments--a similar survey is given to staff and I think they are handled in the same way. A few teacher-friends of mine have talked about it, and said that staff also frequently request the ability to leave comments. According to them (so, consider the source, who knows) the comments section was eventually taken away due to a barage of inappropriate/racist/sexist comments. I find that surprising, and also don't think taking that section away is the right answer.

This is the first time I've ever gotten the survey and my son is in 3rd grade. I have mjaor concerns about the principal of his school, and I wanted something other than the choices that were listed. I wish there was a comment section.

I've received a request to fill out the online survey every year since my kids started school and every year I have dutifully done so. My problem with the survey is that there's no place to make comments. I think detailed feedback would be a lot more useful than these agree vs. disagree surveys.

I'm a teacher, and yes, the results are shared with school admins and the staff. Depending on the school and the data, changes may be implemented to policies, etc. Your voices are generally heard--one issue though, is that sometimes there are just too few responses to make the data usable. So if you really dislike this principal, be sure to encourage the parents you know to fill out those surveys! They can't make any changes with only 10% or 20% responding (I have no idea what the real numbers are, just throwing those out there).

Does anyone know what happens with results from the Parent Suryvey? Do the MCPS admin provide the survey results to the school administration? Are the schools ever held accountable? How?

I've been filling these out for the last 4 years, as I've seen things steadily go downhill at my DC's school (we are on our 3rd principal in 4 years and this one is the worst). It seems like MCPS is collecting the data and they put it out on their website, but they don't seem to DO ANYTHING with the data they collect.