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Anonymous wrote:Focus your energies on Wilson. That's where the real uncertainty is. I'm confident that the new Janney principal will keep the momentum up and provide new ideas. Deal is great. Wilson has a host of issues, will be much more difficult to transform, and has a new leader coming in. Focus there--- the precious Janney flower will be fine.

I heard that they were getting Melissa Kim, who turned Deal around. -- is thst not the case?

You I'm sure you read the thread here, that such claim wasn't true. If not apologies, but read up on it.

Wilson principal has not been announced yet

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Focus your energies on Wilson. That's where the real uncertainty is. I'm confident that the new Janney principal will keep the momentum up and provide new ideas. Deal is great. Wilson has a host of issues, will be much more difficult to transform, and has a new leader coming in. Focus there--- the precious Janney flower will be fine.

I heard that they were getting Melissa Kim, who turned Deal around. -- is thst not the case?

You I'm sure you read the thread here, that such claim wasn't true. If not apologies, but read up on it.

Anonymous wrote:Focus your energies on Wilson. That's where the real uncertainty is. I'm confident that the new Janney principal will keep the momentum up and provide new ideas. Deal is great. Wilson has a host of issues, will be much more difficult to transform, and has a new leader coming in. Focus there--- the precious Janney flower will be fine.

I heard that they were getting Melissa Kim, who turned Deal around. -- is thst not the case?

Focus your energies on Wilson. That's where the real uncertainty is. I'm confident that the new Janney principal will keep the momentum up and provide new ideas. Deal is great. Wilson has a host of issues, will be much more difficult to transform, and has a new leader coming in. Focus there--- the precious Janney flower will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Seriously. I'm a Janney parent of 3 kids and am on campus twice a day, every day.
How the heck do you know her meeting schedule?
I haven't heard a thing.

And what "aftercare meeting this week"? I have kids in Janney aftercare and I didn't see anything about this. And I don't see it on the website either. The PTA meeting is on the website and has been in announcements.

Maybe the Stoddert woman will be ok. As for a broader search, but do you really expect the Janney community to feel comfortable with a principal, say, who came out of the PG County schools or a lesser performing DCPS school? Quality matters.

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

"not necessarily national"? come on, why so dismissive of the school, we all know the best educators all over the country were thrilled when they found out that "Janney" (like Harvard, Princeton and the like, the name is enough, no need to specify what it is and where)) needed a new principal and started packing to move to DC. I simply can't believe that DCPS treated Janney like just a NW elementary school and had the guts to choose a candidate from (gasp!) Stoddert, after all we all know that Janney is the best school at least on the East Coast (we like understatement) and Arlington residents drive every day up to Tenley and cheat on their residence to get their kids in. and she does not even have JKLM experience (well, she was a teacher at Murch, but we all know that this is the wrong M).

I just hope that she gets some bonus or extra pay, like diplomats who serve in war zones, because dealing with delusional parents like you must be really tough.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Seriously. I'm a Janney parent of 3 kids and am on campus twice a day, every day.
How the heck do you know her meeting schedule?
I haven't heard a thing.

uh? it's on (gasp!) Janney's website....................

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Seriously. I'm a Janney parent of 3 kids and am on campus twice a day, every day.
How the heck do you know her meeting schedule?
I haven't heard a thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Not the same poster. You guys are really suspicious. Usually Janney threads are at least funny. But you guys are turning this one into a real bummer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

I was thinking the same thing. Why is a non-Janney parent up to speed on when Janney's PTA and other meetings are?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

This is the 2nd post by a lutz booster that seems to be very insightful. You now know her meeting schedules...

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

Good heavens! She might not know which fork to use, and she might forget to address the Dowager Countess as "Milady."

At Stoddert, she's been teaching diplomats' kids, i.e. the children of the people who had to be at the top of the class at the top university in their country. She can handle the children of yoga pants-wearing UMD grads whose chief virtue is that they married well.

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping that Janney would select a top principal after a broad search - not necessarily national but not just DC either. And then they take someone from down the road who doesn't even have JKLM experience.

You are a total and complete douche bag. As a Stoddert parent who is incredibly bummed that we're losing her it is absolutely maddening to read attitudes like this. You are so lucky to get her, in spite of yourself. I have participated in two separate rounds of principal searches, serving on the selection panel and again, you are LUCKY to have your leader lined up and ready to go now, rather than in August. She now has an opportunity to meet with the community (which she has already begun doing...aftercare meeting this week, and PTA next week) and also an opportunity to build her team and bring people in with her. You're incredibly shortsighted and are focused on criteria that mean very little. Do yourself a favor, stop our complaining and hand wringing here and go to your PTA meeting next week and meet her and then come back here and tell us how misplaced your concerns were.

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for her having to deal with the self aggrandizing Janney community.

To be fair, she could have seen that from miles away, but chose them anyway. It's not like they hide their attitudes.