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Anonymous wrote:The most troubling thing is that these student journalists are impressively well written--and I assume used the same reasoning in talks with her--and yet that didn't sway her. Add to that almost a 1/3 of their fellow students are basic or below in reading, which seems a significantly greater priority.

We're Deal parents and so I went to the website to look for additional info about her. She has a president's welcome that is poorly written and, worse, grammatically incorrect. For those claiming in the other thread that she is Kaya's puppet, the first substantive thing she mentions is implementing Cornerstones "with fidelity."

There are whiny DCPS parents, but Kaya, as well as any principal, needs to sift out valid concerns. It's not a given that people will continue to stay at or enroll in any school.

The sign of a good leader is one who can admit mistakes and reverse unpopular decisions with grace. Let's hope she'll do that this week.

I'm no Principal Martin apologist by any means, but I just read her welcome and saw nothing poorly written or grammatically incorrect about it.

I saw some issues in the welcome.

Anonymous wrote:The most troubling thing is that these student journalists are impressively well written--and I assume used the same reasoning in talks with her--and yet that didn't sway her. Add to that almost a 1/3 of their fellow students are basic or below in reading, which seems a significantly greater priority.

We're Deal parents and so I went to the website to look for additional info about her. She has a president's welcome that is poorly written and, worse, grammatically incorrect. For those claiming in the other thread that she is Kaya's puppet, the first substantive thing she mentions is implementing Cornerstones "with fidelity."

There are whiny DCPS parents, but Kaya, as well as any principal, needs to sift out valid concerns. It's not a given that people will continue to stay at or enroll in any school.

The sign of a good leader is one who can admit mistakes and reverse unpopular decisions with grace. Let's hope she'll do that this week.

I'm no Principal Martin apologist by any means, but I just read her welcome and saw nothing poorly written or grammatically incorrect about it.

Terrific editorial.

And for the 987,987th time, thanks, DCPS! for never making me sorry we left you.

The most troubling thing is that these student journalists are impressively well written--and I assume used the same reasoning in talks with her--and yet that didn't sway her. Add to that almost a 1/3 of their fellow students are basic or below in reading, which seems a significantly greater priority.

We're Deal parents and so I went to the website to look for additional info about her. She has a president's welcome that is poorly written and, worse, grammatically incorrect. For those claiming in the other thread that she is Kaya's puppet, the first substantive thing she mentions is implementing Cornerstones "with fidelity."

There are whiny DCPS parents, but Kaya, as well as any principal, needs to sift out valid concerns. It's not a given that people will continue to stay at or enroll in any school.

The sign of a good leader is one who can admit mistakes and reverse unpopular decisions with grace. Let's hope she'll do that this week.

Proud Wilson parent here. But sounds like she is doing what she did in colorado for fear the kids would publish something radical in a ultra conservative district where that is Not.Allowed. Definitely didn't quite do her own homework on how savvy and smart Wilson kids are. It will be very interesting to see how she gets out of this without alienating the entire community even further.

Anonymous wrote:By "national story" I wasn't meaning a story that ranks higher than th me horrific stuff we've been seeing but what I do mean is that semi-feel good piece that plays at the end of the national news that millions of people love to watch. And this is also ready made for NPR.

Thanks for clarifying. I got a real laugh out of the idea that someone thought this is worthy of being breaking news on CNN.

I don't think looking outside for examples makes sense. The problem here is that the paper has been operating for years without principal review - and doing a great job of covering issues that matter to Wilson students. Why change it now?

My question is, despite the breathlessness of the folks on here: How common is this type of oversight regarding school newspapers? We know it's a legal practice....so is it common place, rare, somewhere-in-between? I think if it rarely occurs then that is a bigger deal...if it is pretty commonplace than not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:By "national story" I wasn't meaning a story that ranks higher than th me horrific stuff we've been seeing but what I do mean is that semi-feel good piece that plays at the end of the national news that millions of people love to watch. And this is also ready made for NPR.

Only really national news if the policy were changed in response to some reporting the kids did. As this was done at beginning of year, it's less a less interesting story.

That said, it's a silly thing for her to have done, IMO.

By "national story" I wasn't meaning a story that ranks higher than th me horrific stuff we've been seeing but what I do mean is that semi-feel good piece that plays at the end of the national news that millions of people love to watch. And this is also ready made for NPR.

And there's already faculty oversight, so what exactly is Martin's goal here?

Anonymous wrote:Here is a petition the kids started. Please sign.

https://www.change.org/p/principal-martin-unmediated-student-media?recruiter=370703964&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink

Just signed. Thanks for posting.

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Anonymous wrote:My prediction is she will cancel the meeting on Sept. 8 I think she is one of those administrators that prefers to hide in her office and micromanage rather than deal with people.

I dare her to try a stunt like that. She'll be gone by homecoming if she does.

And how will you ensure this? What are you going to do? Attempt to gather a lynch mob and run her out? Get them to complain en masse to Henderson about the principal who cancelled a meeting????

You do know Henderson's not moved by whiny parents, don't you? Frankly no school head would get rid of a leader because of a cancelled meeting.

She is often moved by media coverage and this story has the right elements to be national. If I were Kaya, I'd be calling Martin this weekend and get her to figure out a plan in order to be ready on Monday. Damage control.

LMBOOO!!! Are you kidding me? Or do you live under a rock and not keep up with the news????? Two newspeople were shot ON AIR, there's been a spike in crime in DC, there's a fight for the White House underway, a police sheriff was just murdered...And you think a principal seeking approval rights on the school newspaper is national newsworthy????

Please don't think DCUM outrage= media coverage or national news. I agree Ms. Martin needs to choose her battles and leave the school newspaper alone, but reading the comments in this thread does not make me lose sight of the fact that this is just a tiny, tiny teensy weensy portion of the population being represented here. There are many, many Wilson parents who couldn't care less and are not at all outraged by this. Heck, there are people in this thread (like me) who don't think her decision is a good one but also don't see it as an outrageous crime against humanity.

Here is a petition the kids started. Please sign.

https://www.change.org/p/principal-martin-unmediated-student-media?recruiter=370703964&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink