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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Me too. I gave up when my kid came home week after week in his Weds. SEL classroom and told me they let him play on his phone the whole time. Unfortunately we don't have another option for the fall short of moving out the city.

Do you realize how many sites that other teachers are using are blocked on Dcps wifi?
You do realize that teachers aren’t allowed to look at kids’ phones and many are doing work via them right? So if your kid isn’t using it properly, take it away.

Are you/were you a CARE classroom supervisor who knows different? Because 1) Deal historically did not allow students to bring phones into the classroom until this year 2) every student in those classrooms had access to a device to do their schoolwork. The students were ALLOWED to use their phones because nobody really cared what they were doing. I mean sure, yeah I could take my kids phone away so they could stare at the wall for 3 hours. The expectations of those students were so sadly low why punish kids more?

Anybody you thinks that Deal has even tried to educate their students in any meaningful way gets what they deserve.

Yes I am.

In that case, why didn't you encourage the students under your supervision to use the DCPS devices available to them, instead of the tiny screens on their phones, to do their work? As the adult in the classroom you also had the authority to prohibit use of phones in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Me too. I gave up when my kid came home week after week in his Weds. SEL classroom and told me they let him play on his phone the whole time. Unfortunately we don't have another option for the fall short of moving out the city.

You do realize that teachers aren’t allowed to look at kids’ phones and many are doing work via them right? So if your kid isn’t using it properly, take it away.

Are you/were you a CARE classroom supervisor who knows different? Because 1) Deal historically did not allow students to bring phones into the classroom until this year 2) every student in those classrooms had access to a device to do their schoolwork. The students were ALLOWED to use their phones because nobody really cared what they were doing. I mean sure, yeah I could take my kids phone away so they could stare at the wall for 3 hours. The expectations of those students were so sadly low why punish kids more?

Anybody you thinks that Deal has even tried to educate their students in any meaningful way gets what they deserve.

Yes I am.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Me too. I gave up when my kid came home week after week in his Weds. SEL classroom and told me they let him play on his phone the whole time. Unfortunately we don't have another option for the fall short of moving out the city.

You do realize that teachers aren’t allowed to look at kids’ phones and many are doing work via them right? So if your kid isn’t using it properly, take it away.

Are you/were you a CARE classroom supervisor who knows different? Because 1) Deal historically did not allow students to bring phones into the classroom until this year 2) every student in those classrooms had access to a device to do their schoolwork. The students were ALLOWED to use their phones because nobody really cared what they were doing. I mean sure, yeah I could take my kids phone away so they could stare at the wall for 3 hours. The expectations of those students were so sadly low why punish kids more?

Anybody you thinks that Deal has even tried to educate their students in any meaningful way gets what they deserve.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Me too. I gave up when my kid came home week after week in his Weds. SEL classroom and told me they let him play on his phone the whole time. Unfortunately we don't have another option for the fall short of moving out the city.

You do realize that teachers aren’t allowed to look at kids’ phones and many are doing work via them right? So if your kid isn’t using it properly, take it away.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Me too. I gave up when my kid came home week after week in his Weds. SEL classroom and told me they let him play on his phone the whole time. Unfortunately we don't have another option for the fall short of moving out the city.

Anonymous wrote:Please advocate for a removal of cohorting restrictions (e.g. no switching classes), which are preventing a return to in-person instruction.

lewis.ferebee@dc.gov,
laquandra.nesbitt@dc.gov,
ankoor.shah@dc.gov,
pmendelson@dccouncil.us,
kmcduffie@dccouncil.us,
abonds@dccouncil.us,
esilverman@dccouncil.us,
rwhite@dccouncil.us,
chenderson@dccouncil.us,
bnadeau@dccouncil.us,
bpinto@dccouncil.us,
dgrosso@dccouncil.us,
mcheh@dccouncil.us,
jlewisgeorge@dccouncil.us,
vgray@dccouncil.us,
twhite@dccouncil.us,
callen@dccouncil.us,
eom@dc.gov,
dme@dc.gov,
doh@dc.gov,
sboe@dc.gov,
Shana.Young@dc.gov

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Same here. Long time DCPS and Deal parent (a decade+). For the first time I have a kid headed off to private for 9th. To be honest, I can't freaking wait. I am so incredibly done with Deal and DCPS.

Goodbye enjoy private.

Thanks! Enjoy Zoom school.

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Same here. Long time DCPS and Deal parent (a decade+). For the first time I have a kid headed off to private for 9th. To be honest, I can't freaking wait. I am so incredibly done with Deal and DCPS.

Goodbye enjoy private.

Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Anonymous wrote:NP here. I am unhappy with how Deal has handled virtual learning but I certainly don’t want Ms. Neal fired. The people asking for that have no idea how bad the overall quality of principals is in DCPS. Running Deal is a tough job. Dealing with central office is a nightmare.
With all that said, I wish she would be tougher on the teachers. It is hard for principals when the Mayor and Chancellor are such lousy leaders for education.

I would get behind an effort to fire our current chancellor. I think he is the real issue not Ms. Neal

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Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.

Same here. Long time DCPS and Deal parent (a decade+). For the first time I have a kid headed off to private for 9th. To be honest, I can't freaking wait. I am so incredibly done with Deal and DCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:For those of you who didn't get a "lucky" IPL spot at Deal what is your kid doing this morning?

Mine got up for her 9 am huddle. No teacher, no teacher, kids looking at each other, check emails, no email, no teacher, no teacher.

Logs off and is now back in bed. Will try again for her next class. It is a rare day when all of her teachers actually teach a class. How is this acceptable?

The Deal assistant principals are generally ineffective at resolving issues with teacher performance, and Neal won't touch it. Start sending emails to Neal and the AP, and copy the instructional superintendent for Deal and someone in the Chancellor's office. You need to start a spreadsheet tracking the dates when this occurs. Send your first email today and explain this the x time it happened.

It's important to keep the DCPS instructional superintendent and someone in the Chancellor's office looped in and for all parents to keep sending these emails. We have to give them the ammo if they finally decide to remove Neal.

Look, I get it—you’re unhappy with the way Ms. Neal has handled this year. I disagree, but I understand that perspectives differ.

But the idea that there’s some longstanding effort to “remove” her, that she’s “wrecked” the school as some other posters have claimed, makes me think this is not just about pandemic management; it seems more personal. As has been pointed out a million times on here, Deal is a massive school (way, way too big), which Ms. Neal managed pretty masterfully pre-pandemic. There’s a lot of anxiety about what’s going to happen in the fall, but I hope those who are unhappy with the decisions Ms. Neal made this year can focus on what it will take to return to full IPL in the fall rather than try to blow the place up.

Just to be clear, I don’t believe there’s any chance Ms. Neal is removed. But I do think the calls for her firing create a poisonous atmosphere that will make a return to normal difficult. I want kids to have a good year next year, something as close to normal as possible; that requires some goodwill and commitment from families to be constructive rather than destructive.

Completely agree with you, PP. I am so tired of this vitriol against Ms. Neal. Stay focused on the fall, people. You are beginning to lose the rest of us with this sole focus on one person.

Anonymous wrote:I am the PP with the virtual kid this morning and I don't think Neal should be fired. I have been lucky enough to have kids at Deal for over a decade. I had kids there when Albright was there and now with Neal. I love her and think she is an amazing leader. However, I do think she completely dropped the ball during Covid. I was caught off guard by her lack of leadership when the shit hit the fan. I remember as the 6th grade AP with her bullhorn whipping those kids into shape. Have not seen that at all from her during this time. She has been such a huge advocate of kids for years then seems complacent when it comes to kids not learning for over a year.

In the fall I was on the ball. Keeping track of when teachers were out, reaching out about a teacher who couldn't do synchronous learning due to renovations at her home. I was the squeaky wheel. Now, emails go unanswered, the 8th grade AP who gave me his cellphone in the fall now must screen my calls because he never picks up and doesn't return calls. So in the end they have beaten me into submission. We are going to power through these last few weeks and then my kid is off to private for 9th. My first one to not go on to Wilson or Walls. That is how beaten down we are.