Anonymous
Post 09/03/2015 17:45     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Gillespie has a year long promotion.

Not sure I understand - he left to get promotion somewhere else?


Not exactly a promotion. He is working for a year in instructional services. He will do a great job in that role!
Anonymous
Post 09/03/2015 10:38     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:Gillespie has a year long promotion.

Not sure I understand - he left to get promotion somewhere else?
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 21:23     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Gillespie has a year long promotion.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 17:17     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure whom you're referring to, but we loved the counselor who left (and was promoted) to become the director of student services over at Stuart.

I don't remember her name. Was big into ladybugs . She was generally unresponsive and when we needed her help on a couple of different occasions she was not helpful or supportive at all.

I poked around a little. It was her. I'm glad you liked her, but we're glad to see her go.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 15:11     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure whom you're referring to, but we loved the counselor who left (and was promoted) to become the director of student services over at Stuart.

I don't remember her name. Was big into ladybugs . She was generally unresponsive and when we needed her help on a couple of different occasions she was not helpful or supportive at all.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 14:38     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
I'm not sure whom you're referring to, but we loved the counselor who left (and was promoted) to become the director of student services over at Stuart.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 14:26     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FCPS pay is much lower than arlington and loudon. FCPS are over burdened with budget constraints due to the low income ESOL populations not located in the McLean area.

There is not a meaningful difference in pay between Fairfax and Loudoun, and Arlington has a higher percentage of low income students than Fairfax. In any event, are you saying these two teachers, in particular, left for higher pay in another jurisdiction?


New Poster. I don't know about Longfellow, but there were several teachers that left McLean HS last year for higher paying jobs elsewhere or similar pay in lower cost of living areas. I don't really keep track, but it seemed like more left this past year than in previous years.

I was at a PTA meeting this spring where the McLean principal reported on a higher than usual level of impending departures. There is also a picture up now on the school's webpage of 20 or so new staff members for the coming year, so it appears they filled the vacancies.

Fortunately, one of those new faces replaces one absolutely useless excuse for a guidance counseler.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 13:59     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FCPS pay is much lower than arlington and loudon. FCPS are over burdened with budget constraints due to the low income ESOL populations not located in the McLean area.

There is not a meaningful difference in pay between Fairfax and Loudoun, and Arlington has a higher percentage of low income students than Fairfax. In any event, are you saying these two teachers, in particular, left for higher pay in another jurisdiction?


New Poster. I don't know about Longfellow, but there were several teachers that left McLean HS last year for higher paying jobs elsewhere or similar pay in lower cost of living areas. I don't really keep track, but it seemed like more left this past year than in previous years.

I was at a PTA meeting this spring where the McLean principal reported on a higher than usual level of impending departures. There is also a picture up now on the school's webpage of 20 or so new staff members for the coming year, so it appears they filled the vacancies.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 13:36     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:FCPS pay is much lower than arlington and loudon. FCPS are over burdened with budget constraints due to the low income ESOL populations not located in the McLean area.

There is not a meaningful difference in pay between Fairfax and Loudoun, and Arlington has a higher percentage of low income students than Fairfax. In any event, are you saying these two teachers, in particular, left for higher pay in another jurisdiction?


New Poster. I don't know about Longfellow, but there were several teachers that left McLean HS last year for higher paying jobs elsewhere or similar pay in lower cost of living areas. I don't really keep track, but it seemed like more left this past year than in previous years.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 12:36     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:FCPS pay is much lower than arlington and loudon. FCPS are over burdened with budget constraints due to the low income ESOL populations not located in the McLean area.

There is not a meaningful difference in pay between Fairfax and Loudoun, and Arlington has a higher percentage of low income students than Fairfax. In any event, are you saying these two teachers, in particular, left for higher pay in another jurisdiction?
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 11:14     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
FCPS pay is much lower than arlington and loudon. FCPS are over burdened with budget constraints due to the low income ESOL populations not located in the McLean area.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 10:54     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Anonymous wrote:Surprised to find that Mr. Gillespie and Mrs Yu have left LMS, two of the best teachers the school had. What a pity!


The departure of two teachers at a school of Longfellow's size does not strike me as very noteworthy. Teachers come and go, and some of the best teachers my children have had in FCPS have been new to the system.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2015 10:33     Subject: What happened at Longfellow Middle School with best teachers left
Surprised to find that Mr. Gillespie and Mrs Yu have left LMS, two of the best teachers the school had. What a pity!