Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 13:00     Subject: Re:Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:OP here. The classroom can have the school supplies - its not about the supplies. Its surprising that when kids are withdrawn from a school there is no acknowledgement from the administration.
Anyways - thank you everyone for your snarky comments. FCPS schools rock !!!! We hope that keeps you happy


Look, I also pulled my kid after the first day of overcrowded public Kindergarten. However, I figured that all the reasons I was pulling him (overcrowded, disorganized, teacher in la-la land) pretty much indicated that there would be no reaction whatsoever. In fact, I figured by pulling him, I might have made life 1/28 better for the rest of the kids in his class.

However, I also went down to the school and actually spoke to his teacher, who did offer some nice parting words. He finished out his first week there .
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:59     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of funny that OP has two kids who previously attended private school (at least $40K for the two per year), and is sending her kids back to private school (another bill for $40K this year)... and yet, she expects to get $80 of school supplies back.



Stop jumping on her - she wrote above did not want them back.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:58     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of funny that OP has two kids who previously attended private school (at least $40K for the two per year), and is sending her kids back to private school (another bill for $40K this year)... and yet, she expects to get $80 of school supplies back.



Her kids picked out special pink pencils. They didn't realize that all school supplies are communal in public schools now.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:55     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
It's kind of funny that OP has two kids who previously attended private school (at least $40K for the two per year), and is sending her kids back to private school (another bill for $40K this year)... and yet, she expects to get $80 of school supplies back.

Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:54     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the principal is just glad you are leaving. Wow. You are not cut out for this at all.


Thank you. We are very glad we left. Clearly an environment where there are no basic courtesies and acknowledgements or respect for individuals, is not the one we want our children to be in. When our children left the private to join this public school, their teachers friends wished them the best, wrote notes. The school principal wished them the best in an email (hey the school was losing money right - well, he still did). And those are qualities we want to see later on in life in our kids - not just rating of 8-9 in schools where only SOL scores matter.


At the end of the school year, the students have nothing to do, so making some little art project "good bye" is a fine use of time. The first day of a school year is THE BUSIEST time of all -- and it's only 24 hrs since the first day -- and you are already incensed that you have been acknowledged for notifying the school that you don't want your kids to attend after the administration and your children's teachers spent time getting your children processed INTO the system. Now that you changed your mind, you want immediate responses?

Other than removing your kids from the rolls so that other kids can take their place and be assigned to those teachers, the principals and teachers need to put their attention on the kids that ARE ATTENDING the school and have more pressing needs (like getting medical information in place, or finding an extra teacher to hire because 25 kids registered on the first day, or making sure the doors to the school are secure and the fire alarms are working).

Think about the bigger picture here. What you want is a courtesy, but non-necessity. What you want does not need to happen in the first 24 hrs. What all the other kids in the school need DOES need to happen in the first few days of school.


OP here. Thank you for this - you have explained it very well and makes sense.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:52     Subject: Re:Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:OP here. The classroom can have the school supplies - its not about the supplies. Its surprising that when kids are withdrawn from a school there is no acknowledgement from the administration.
Anyways - thank you everyone for your snarky comments. FCPS schools rock !!!! We hope that keeps you happy


OP, I'm not at all sure why you decided to pull your children from school after 1 day. I hope you are more satisfied at your private school (which IME certainly do cater more to parents).
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:51     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the principal is just glad you are leaving. Wow. You are not cut out for this at all.


Thank you. We are very glad we left. Clearly an environment where there are no basic courtesies and acknowledgements or respect for individuals, is not the one we want our children to be in. When our children left the private to join this public school, their teachers friends wished them the best, wrote notes. The school principal wished them the best in an email (hey the school was losing money right - well, he still did). And those are qualities we want to see later on in life in our kids - not just rating of 8-9 in schools where only SOL scores matter.


At the end of the school year, the students have nothing to do, so making some little art project "good bye" is a fine use of time. The first day of a school year is THE BUSIEST time of all -- and it's only 24 hrs since the first day -- and you are already incensed that you have been acknowledged for notifying the school that you don't want your kids to attend after the administration and your children's teachers spent time getting your children processed INTO the system. Now that you changed your mind, you want immediate responses?

Other than removing your kids from the rolls so that other kids can take their place and be assigned to those teachers, the principals and teachers need to put their attention on the kids that ARE ATTENDING the school and have more pressing needs (like getting medical information in place, or finding an extra teacher to hire because 25 kids registered on the first day, or making sure the doors to the school are secure and the fire alarms are working).

Think about the bigger picture here. What you want is a courtesy, but non-necessity. What you want does not need to happen in the first 24 hrs. What all the other kids in the school need DOES need to happen in the first few days of school.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:48     Subject: Re:Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
OP here. The classroom can have the school supplies - its not about the supplies. Its surprising that when kids are withdrawn from a school there is no acknowledgement from the administration.
Anyways - thank you everyone for your snarky comments. FCPS schools rock !!!! We hope that keeps you happy
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:47     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the principal is just glad you are leaving. Wow. You are not cut out for this at all.


Thank you. We are very glad we left. Clearly an environment where there are no basic courtesies and acknowledgements or respect for individuals, is not the one we want our children to be in. When our children left the private to join this public school, their teachers friends wished them the best, wrote notes. The school principal wished them the best in an email (hey the school was losing money right - well, he still did). And those are qualities we want to see later on in life in our kids - not just rating of 8-9 in schools where only SOL scores matter.


Did your kids ever actually attend the public school?
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:47     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the principal is just glad you are leaving. Wow. You are not cut out for this at all.


Thank you. We are very glad we left. Clearly an environment where there are no basic courtesies and acknowledgements or respect for individuals, is not the one we want our children to be in. When our children left the private to join this public school, their teachers friends wished them the best, wrote notes. The school principal wished them the best in an email (hey the school was losing money right - well, he still did). And those are qualities we want to see later on in life in our kids - not just rating of 8-9 in schools where only SOL scores matter.


That’s what $40k/yr/kid gets you.

Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:46     Subject: Re:Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Here are the 2 emails sent with no response
1. Email sent to Principal/Registrar about withdrawing one child from Public school to move him to private - no reply/response - nothing. Not a word !!! They have deleted the student accounts etc. though so we know they have received our email.
2. Email sent to class teacher about collecting the school supplies from the class - not a word back from the teacher again


OP, you are dead bottom of everyone's priority list right now, and it's a bit rich to think they'd give you higher priority than students actually attending the school.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:45     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
This HAS to be FCPS. And OP's kids have been at the school for one day. So, OP's email couldn't be more than a couple of days old -- assuming she brought the school supplies last week, and then decided sometime over the weekend that she didn't want her kids to go to public (ewww) school. It could be that she just emailed the principal yesterday! In any case, OP is high maintenance.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:45     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
You know the school supplies were put into the general classroom "pot," right? You're not getting those back unless they already came home in the backpack.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:45     Subject: Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure the principal is just glad you are leaving. Wow. You are not cut out for this at all.


Thank you. We are very glad we left. Clearly an environment where there are no basic courtesies and acknowledgements or respect for individuals, is not the one we want our children to be in. When our children left the private to join this public school, their teachers friends wished them the best, wrote notes. The school principal wished them the best in an email (hey the school was losing money right - well, he still did). And those are qualities we want to see later on in life in our kids - not just rating of 8-9 in schools where only SOL scores matter.
Anonymous
Post 08/29/2018 12:43     Subject: Re:Is it normal to have no acknowledgement of emails in Public Schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Here are the 2 emails sent with no response
1. Email sent to Principal/Registrar about withdrawing one child from Public school to move him to private - no reply/response - nothing. Not a word !!! They have deleted the student accounts etc. though so we know they have received our email.
2. Email sent to class teacher about collecting the school supplies from the class - not a word back from the teacher again


Obviously you made the correct decision. Withdrawing from public school on day 2 (FCPS) or a week before school starts (APS) shows excellent organization on your end, much more than the school has displayed.