Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 15:07     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:The principal didn't come back? I liked her.


She left in July to become president of the administrators' union.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 14:14     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the issue is that the parent community (which is so friendly) is not as entitled and demanding as at wealthier schools. They tend to take the administration's excuses and inepitude at face value and don't demand better.

It sounds un-PC but IMO parents make so many excuses for bad teaching etc in the name of their liberal progerssive values. No one wants to stand up and say - this sucks, and I demand better for fear of being seen as not understanding of equity issues or whatever.

We have liked our time there, but I will be glad to get away from the liberal do-gooder types that ABOUND on the PTA etc.


I agree with this. It especially upsets me when parents ask questions on the listserv and are attacked for not taking into account students who come from lower income families. It is very off putting. This has happened repeatedly.


Yep - and they spend so much time patting themselves on the back for their amazing progressive projects. Like - how about advocating for some basics, like getting rid of terrible teachers, or improving the counseling department, etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 12:48     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL, like that's a reason to send your kid t that falling school.


It's not a failing school. Why are you so mean?


Sometimes the truth hurts.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 12:15     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:LOL, like that's a reason to send your kid t that falling school.


It's not a failing school. Why are you so mean?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 12:15     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
The principal didn't come back? I liked her.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 11:08     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:LOL, like that's a reason to send your kid t that falling school.


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Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 11:08     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
LOL, like that's a reason to send your kid t that falling school.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 09:37     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:I think the issue is that the parent community (which is so friendly) is not as entitled and demanding as at wealthier schools. They tend to take the administration's excuses and inepitude at face value and don't demand better.

It sounds un-PC but IMO parents make so many excuses for bad teaching etc in the name of their liberal progerssive values. No one wants to stand up and say - this sucks, and I demand better for fear of being seen as not understanding of equity issues or whatever.

We have liked our time there, but I will be glad to get away from the liberal do-gooder types that ABOUND on the PTA etc.


This seems like a feature, not a bug.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 08:35     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:I think the issue is that the parent community (which is so friendly) is not as entitled and demanding as at wealthier schools. They tend to take the administration's excuses and inepitude at face value and don't demand better.

It sounds un-PC but IMO parents make so many excuses for bad teaching etc in the name of their liberal progerssive values. No one wants to stand up and say - this sucks, and I demand better for fear of being seen as not understanding of equity issues or whatever.

We have liked our time there, but I will be glad to get away from the liberal do-gooder types that ABOUND on the PTA etc.

The world needs more entitled, self-absorbed, UMC families!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 07:38     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The community of Einstein is awesome. The teachers are hit or miss. The administration/bureaucracy of Einstein is awful - new principal/old principal doesn't matter. Badly run.


I have the same impressions and since the community aspect of Einstein is missing this year the school seems worse


I don't think it seems worse. I think the community has been responding admirably during the pandemic, with the gift cards for groceries and now the food donation drive. The PTSA online meetings with administrators have been really helpful and well-attended (compared to in-person anyway).


I agree with this but I meant for a 9th grader new to the school, not the parent community. They are online so they don’t see the positives of the school, only that she has several terrible teachers and that the school is poorly run.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2021 07:33     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:I think the issue is that the parent community (which is so friendly) is not as entitled and demanding as at wealthier schools. They tend to take the administration's excuses and inepitude at face value and don't demand better.

It sounds un-PC but IMO parents make so many excuses for bad teaching etc in the name of their liberal progerssive values. No one wants to stand up and say - this sucks, and I demand better for fear of being seen as not understanding of equity issues or whatever.

We have liked our time there, but I will be glad to get away from the liberal do-gooder types that ABOUND on the PTA etc.


I agree with this. It especially upsets me when parents ask questions on the listserv and are attacked for not taking into account students who come from lower income families. It is very off putting. This has happened repeatedly.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2021 17:19     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
I think the issue is that the parent community (which is so friendly) is not as entitled and demanding as at wealthier schools. They tend to take the administration's excuses and inepitude at face value and don't demand better.

It sounds un-PC but IMO parents make so many excuses for bad teaching etc in the name of their liberal progerssive values. No one wants to stand up and say - this sucks, and I demand better for fear of being seen as not understanding of equity issues or whatever.

We have liked our time there, but I will be glad to get away from the liberal do-gooder types that ABOUND on the PTA etc.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2021 16:42     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Einstein is a diverse school. Studies show that affluent kids or kids with parents with advanced degrees will do well in any school. The same is true for Einstein. The white kids will have the added benefits that come from going to school with a diverse group of kids.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2021 16:36     Subject: Re:What do people think of Einstein?
A bunch of teachers did leave after last year. I think last year's one-year principal was unpopular with the faculty, and they didn't know until late March of 2020 that she wouldn't be returning this school year.
Anonymous
Post 01/17/2021 16:20     Subject: What do people think of Einstein?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The community of Einstein is awesome. The teachers are hit or miss. The administration/bureaucracy of Einstein is awful - new principal/old principal doesn't matter. Badly run.


I have the same impressions and since the community aspect of Einstein is missing this year the school seems worse


I don't think it seems worse. I think the community has been responding admirably during the pandemic, with the gift cards for groceries and now the food donation drive. The PTSA online meetings with administrators have been really helpful and well-attended (compared to in-person anyway).