Anonymous
04/29/2026 22:44
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Anonymous wrote:The real issue is Watkins is a diverse school. A lot of parents were use to the previous principal who was Caucasian for many years and did a great job running all three school at the time. Principal Bell was just coming to DC. Principal Bell couldn't stand a chance. The neighbor hood is mainly Caucasian and that's who they want running the school. She didn't get a fair chance before they kicked her out. The person they voted for after her not no better and if you ask me He's actually worst. Several teachers turn over. Year after year after year. This new principal cover up everything and not honest with parents. The parents who voted principal Bell and talked bad about her. I'm sure they made mistakes as being a parent. But I'm sure they won't mention about that.
They never gave Principal Bell a fair shot. All they saw was the color of her skin. If we going to be honest let's do just that. So to bash her and to throw dirt on her name like y'all doing in these comments just shows how ignorant you are. When she left Watkins and went to another school and try to thrive there. That should have been that. Not come on here and continue to bash her.
People really show there true colors and hide behind these computers with there mask on.
Hi Principal Bell. Enjoying googling your name? Hope you’re doing well!
Anonymous
04/29/2026 20:03
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
The real issue is Watkins is a diverse school. A lot of parents were use to the previous principal who was Caucasian for many years and did a great job running all three school at the time. Principal Bell was just coming to DC. Principal Bell couldn't stand a chance. The neighbor hood is mainly Caucasian and that's who they want running the school. She didn't get a fair chance before they kicked her out. The person they voted for after her not no better and if you ask me He's actually worst. Several teachers turn over. Year after year after year. This new principal cover up everything and not honest with parents. The parents who voted principal Bell and talked bad about her. I'm sure they made mistakes as being a parent. But I'm sure they won't mention about that.
They never gave Principal Bell a fair shot. All they saw was the color of her skin. If we going to be honest let's do just that. So to bash her and to throw dirt on her name like y'all doing in these comments just shows how ignorant you are. When she left Watkins and went to another school and try to thrive there. That should have been that. Not come on here and continue to bash her.
People really show there true colors and hide behind these computers with there mask on.
They never gave Principal Bell a fair shot. All they saw was the color of her skin. If we going to be honest let's do just that. So to bash her and to throw dirt on her name like y'all doing in these comments just shows how ignorant you are. When she left Watkins and went to another school and try to thrive there. That should have been that. Not come on here and continue to bash her.
People really show there true colors and hide behind these computers with there mask on.
Anonymous
03/27/2021 20:47
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are currently experiencing the SAME issues you all have highlighted at TEC.
We are? I've found Principal Bell's communication to be exactly in line with Principal Brody's. She has sent out weekly email updates every Sunday, just as Principal Brody did. A quick email search shows messages from her on August 27, August 31, September 7, September 14, September 21, and September 28.
I can't really speak to any specific interactions with her or how she works with the teachers, but one of the main complaints I read in this thread was lack of communication, and there has been no difference in that regard.
Both of my kids have had great experiences with great teachers, despite the troubles of remote learning. I don't know how much of that is attributable to the administration, but at the very least I have not seen any difference from last year in that regard.
Anonymous
03/12/2021 21:05
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Curious how any parents at TEC are feeling about her?? I'm a former parent and was not a fan
Anonymous
03/12/2021 08:59
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Ok, I'm going to say that I had personal experience with Bell and I'm currently at TEC. I don't care what anyone say but everything that was written about her from her old placements are ACCURATE here at TEC. I had issues and instead of being empathetic to them she had other agendas on her mind. I felt so bad to the point I had to reach out to my union for advise. Now, the school had a VP and instead of addressing that issue it never was spoken. In which I'm highly irritated on that. The school now is giving out dinners. Instead of her addressing the parents and teachers about it, she wanted the teachers to handle that situation. After having a conversation with her personally I don't feel she has my best interests at heart as an educator. I felt like she heard me but not really comprehending. Our talks about "equality " however, Bell is not the right fit for our TEC team. Brody couldn't even speak to me while roaming in the halls with my students. He dismiss my presence and when I arrived to the school not welcoming at all.Now we have this principle currently who just won't communicate with anyone but she wants you to communicate to her about everything. How double sided are we really going to be?
Anonymous
10/05/2020 09:56
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are currently experiencing the SAME issues you all have highlighted at TEC.
We are? I've found Principal Bell's communication to be exactly in line with Principal Brody's. She has sent out weekly email updates every Sunday, just as Principal Brody did. A quick email search shows messages from her on August 27, August 31, September 7, September 14, September 21, and September 28.
I can't really speak to any specific interactions with her or how she works with the teachers, but one of the main complaints I read in this thread was lack of communication, and there has been no difference in that regard.
Both of my kids have had great experiences with great teachers, despite the troubles of remote learning. I don't know how much of that is attributable to the administration, but at the very least I have not seen any difference from last year in that regard.
Read the whole chain.
Communication was part of the problem but issues went much deeper.
There is a reason why she is an interim principal.
Anonymous
10/04/2020 11:51
Subject: Re:Elana Bell moves to Takoma Education Campus
Anonymous wrote:We are currently experiencing the SAME issues you all have highlighted at TEC.
We are? I've found Principal Bell's communication to be exactly in line with Principal Brody's. She has sent out weekly email updates every Sunday, just as Principal Brody did. A quick email search shows messages from her on August 27, August 31, September 7, September 14, September 21, and September 28.
I can't really speak to any specific interactions with her or how she works with the teachers, but one of the main complaints I read in this thread was lack of communication, and there has been no difference in that regard.
Both of my kids have had great experiences with great teachers, despite the troubles of remote learning. I don't know how much of that is attributable to the administration, but at the very least I have not seen any difference from last year in that regard.