Outsider here, but personally I don't care if the principal speaks the immersion language if they are an effective leader.

Anonymous wrote:At Yu Ying the principal and ED speak travel Chinese but continue to work on learning!

What's travel Chinese? How do they speak it?

Mundo Verde principal and exec dir are fluent in Spanish.

Anonymous wrote:At Yu Ying the principal and ED speak travel Chinese but continue to work on learning!

Learning if great! It is what I want my children to be doing. However, I want them to be learning FROM adults not WITH the adults.

Wow 2120 I have had exactly the same experience at Brent. Glad to know I am not alone!

At Yu Ying the principal and ED speak travel Chinese but continue to work on learning!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand the principal of our charter. The job is over her head and she doesn't know how to lead. In addition, she doesn't speak the language that is being taught at the school. She follows the ED around like a puppy.

We are probably sending our children to the same school. At least I HOPE that there is only one bilingual school that has an administrator who can't speak the target language.

Let's see:

Stokes: Principal speaks Spanish Fluently and at least some French, so you are not at Stokes.
LAMB: Principal speaks excellent Spanish. Not LAMB.
Mundo Verde: ??
Yu Ying: ??

Yet, those words is what makes the world go around.

Anonymous wrote:what a pointlessly mean thread.

Spot on.

Anonymous wrote:The Brent office staff is great too. They don't lose stuff, they're always friendly, they either know stuff, or they find out stuff if you need it. Agree with previous poster, it makes all the difference in the world when the Sad Sack and Sister-snap-at-you are not the front line of your school.

Not my experience at Brent. Front office staff can sometimes be cliquish, gossipy, and even mean. Maybe it's just DC culture though. (Although othes have commented on this to me as well.) People are careful because they don't want to jeopardize their child's situation. But, there is a front office person who can be erratic and hot/cold, as well as an information hound about other families and their personal situations. Sometimes she is friendly and warm to me, other times bizarrely cold, so I just try to keep my distance and go along with whaeeeever she wants. Such is life in a "small town" and the Capitol Hill culture and Brent is mostly worth it to me so we go along to get along.

Anonymous wrote:I know my principal doesn't speak the target language. She only says good morning and hello type of simple phrases.

So? See above.

I know my principal doesn't speak the target language. She only says good morning and hello type of simple phrases.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand the principal of our charter. The job is over her head and she doesn't know how to lead. In addition, she doesn't speak the language that is being taught at the school. She follows the ED around like a puppy.

We are probably sending our children to the same school. At least I HOPE that there is only one bilingual school that has an administrator who can't speak the target language.

Both posters: Don't let the door hit you in the ass as you leave!!

PP, count yourself and your child along with other children at your school very lucky.

Anonymous wrote:I can't stand the principal of our charter. The job is over her head and she doesn't know how to lead. In addition, she doesn't speak the language that is being taught at the school. She follows the ED around like a puppy.

We are probably sending our children to the same school. At least I HOPE that there is only one bilingual school that has an administrator who can't speak the target language.