Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 21:37     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:What does it say about MCPS priorities if they would think it fine to pull a principal out of her school 1.5 weeks into the new school year to put her in some administrative central administrative job, leaving a high school with 2100 students in the hands of a “principal intern” from another school for the remainder of the school year?

The only way Superintendent/BOE could do this and be acting in the best interests of the students is if the principal has done something so egregious that it merits immediate removal.

So, which is it, was she removed? Or does BOE literally not give a damn about BCC students, faculty, and staff?




This seems more than a little overheated. How much “damage” do you think is actually done by making this change a week into the school year vs a week before?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 21:02     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
What does it say about MCPS priorities if they would think it fine to pull a principal out of her school 1.5 weeks into the new school year to put her in some administrative central administrative job, leaving a high school with 2100 students in the hands of a “principal intern” from another school for the remainder of the school year?

The only way Superintendent/BOE could do this and be acting in the best interests of the students is if the principal has done something so egregious that it merits immediate removal.

So, which is it, was she removed? Or does BOE literally not give a damn about BCC students, faculty, and staff?


Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 20:55     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
The middle school principal in the feeder pattern is usually the heir apparent. Could be Serino or Traci Townsend, though she’s only in her second year at Silver Creek and that’s a new school. They might not want to create a disruption over there. Also the Pyle principal didn’t get Whitman so it’s not always a done deal.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 20:52     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
I’m in a position to know. It’s a promotion. The counselor leaving is a weird coincidence.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 16:31     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a promotion. She’s replacing Brian Scrivens who left with Dr. Williams. MCPS probably didn’t anticipate that Dr. Williams would take Dr. Zarchin and Scrivens with him. Whether she’s deserving of the promotion is another story, but she applied for the job. Hard to know how much competition she faced. All I know is that they better get it right with her replacement. The fact that they’re delaying until spring tells me they want to promote someone who is already at a school and don’t want to disrupt another school. Wonder who they’ve got in mind.


Sorry to be so out of touch - Williams is now sup't of Baltimore Public Schools (as of May19) & took Zarchin/Scrivens with him. So they've been running an internal process to replace those folks since May & just announced now, after school starts?


May be because the BOE was in recess for most of August.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 16:20     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a promotion. She’s replacing Brian Scrivens who left with Dr. Williams. MCPS probably didn’t anticipate that Dr. Williams would take Dr. Zarchin and Scrivens with him. Whether she’s deserving of the promotion is another story, but she applied for the job. Hard to know how much competition she faced. All I know is that they better get it right with her replacement. The fact that they’re delaying until spring tells me they want to promote someone who is already at a school and don’t want to disrupt another school. Wonder who they’ve got in mind.


Sorry to be so out of touch - Williams is now sup't of Baltimore Public Schools (as of May19) & took Zarchin/Scrivens with him. So they've been running an internal process to replace those folks since May & just announced now, after school starts?


Baltimore County Public Schools
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 15:53     Subject: BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ms. Serino at Westland is a superb principal. Dr. Jones was just, well, meh at best. I'm looking forward to seeing how the new principal is.


you can't compare a MS and HS principal.


This former MS/HS teacher with children at Westland/BCC agrees with the assessment above. Serino = strong; Jones = not strong, in my opinion. See prior threads about poor staff morale at BCC HS. Not certain assessments of Jones matter much anymore, however. Curious to see who's coming in.


Take a look at the morale at Westland during the first few years of Serino, it happens every time there is a change, a turn over of staff etc.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 15:19     Subject: BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:Just texted with my child after school & teachers were gossiping about it at school. Sounds like all at BCC think it's a promotion.


Interesting. My two kids had a much different take this afternoon. Apparently a counselor also left today as well. Those two things together plus the well known teacher morale problem (see Spring Tattler) has given students the thought that the axe fell all at once in order to reshuffle things and get BCC back on track. Apparently all the kids have been gossiping, among other things, that they hope Mr. Levine gets the permanent job.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 15:19     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.


+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?


I think it’s just weird timing. The principal of Wims was also moved to that same role which was announced today and they’ve been trying to get him into central office for years because he’s amazing. There were a ton of central office folks who abruptly left and they had to fill the roles and the timing is unfortunate. I would not take it as a removal given what I know about the Wims principal.


Different situation. Wims principal is being groomed to be a superintendent. He moves around and when his resume is sufficient, he will move on.


He would be an amazing superintendent so I hope you’re right. I’m confused by your comment about him moving around though. He went through all the typical admin pathways. He was selected to open Wims and has been there since it opened. How is this “moving around”?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 15:17     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:It’s a promotion. She’s replacing Brian Scrivens who left with Dr. Williams. MCPS probably didn’t anticipate that Dr. Williams would take Dr. Zarchin and Scrivens with him. Whether she’s deserving of the promotion is another story, but she applied for the job. Hard to know how much competition she faced. All I know is that they better get it right with her replacement. The fact that they’re delaying until spring tells me they want to promote someone who is already at a school and don’t want to disrupt another school. Wonder who they’ve got in mind.


Sorry to be so out of touch - Williams is now sup't of Baltimore Public Schools (as of May19) & took Zarchin/Scrivens with him. So they've been running an internal process to replace those folks since May & just announced now, after school starts?
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 15:16     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.


+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?


If they wanted to remove the principal, I think they would have done it prior to the start of the school year.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 14:59     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
It’s a promotion. She’s replacing Brian Scrivens who left with Dr. Williams. MCPS probably didn’t anticipate that Dr. Williams would take Dr. Zarchin and Scrivens with him. Whether she’s deserving of the promotion is another story, but she applied for the job. Hard to know how much competition she faced. All I know is that they better get it right with her replacement. The fact that they’re delaying until spring tells me they want to promote someone who is already at a school and don’t want to disrupt another school. Wonder who they’ve got in mind.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 14:54     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.


+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?


I think it’s just weird timing. The principal of Wims was also moved to that same role which was announced today and they’ve been trying to get him into central office for years because he’s amazing. There were a ton of central office folks who abruptly left and they had to fill the roles and the timing is unfortunate. I would not take it as a removal given what I know about the Wims principal.


Different situation. Wims principal is being groomed to be a superintendent. He moves around and when his resume is sufficient, he will move on.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 14:52     Subject: BCC HS principal change
Just texted with my child after school & teachers were gossiping about it at school. Sounds like all at BCC think it's a promotion.
Anonymous
Post 09/10/2019 14:36     Subject: Re:BCC HS principal change
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is extremely abrupt. This sounds like removal, not a normal promotion.


+1,000

This is a removal.
New building addition, principal in charge of construction.

What happened?


I think it’s just weird timing. The principal of Wims was also moved to that same role which was announced today and they’ve been trying to get him into central office for years because he’s amazing. There were a ton of central office folks who abruptly left and they had to fill the roles and the timing is unfortunate. I would not take it as a removal given what I know about the Wims principal.