tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post444662306746117054..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: The mystery of disappearing principalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-38379960038185388322014-08-22T14:39:15.875-04:002014-08-22T14:39:15.875-04:00I agree. It is pretty rough at Highland. Teacher...I agree. It is pretty rough at Highland. Teachers seem a bit intimidated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-20511427184522186202014-05-15T19:42:42.410-04:002014-05-15T19:42:42.410-04:00Any one following how well it's going at Highl...Any one following how well it's going at Highland Mill? Well, it's not going well and families are leaving this great program mid year and I'm wondering why.... I'm not sure who out there is helping the parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-52399878609367669352012-06-29T13:22:26.163-04:002012-06-29T13:22:26.163-04:00It was announced yesterday in the paper that Riska...It was announced yesterday in the paper that Riska is going to be principal of Highland Mill Montessori - It's mind boggling how another non-Montesori trained principal has been hired to head up an alternative school with a highly trained staff who believes in these proven, scientifically based methods. CMS seems to have no intention of hiring trained or experienced Montessori principals who can nurture and cultivate and truly develop this sort of specialized school. It's incredibly short sighted and will weaken each of the programs in all four Montessori magnets that parents have been clamoring and long wait-listing for. Why is this allowed year after year and what is the thinking behind these appointments?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-60932021824040461712012-04-30T06:06:18.552-04:002012-04-30T06:06:18.552-04:00Did my own unscientific study - several of leaving...Did my own unscientific study - several of leaving teachers at the end of this year are going to charter schools, private schools or leaving teaching altogether. These are not beginning teachers but seasoned veterans who have been with CMS for years. Sad. What can we do as a community to help CMS?Truth Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209626294154455630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-64147140575258643042012-04-29T05:39:00.836-04:002012-04-29T05:39:00.836-04:00Really Principal have a vital role to school and ...Really Principal have a vital role to school and community.sell my househttp://quickhomesalenow.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-23425394793313732882012-04-28T22:07:36.060-04:002012-04-28T22:07:36.060-04:00Riska's no longer on the website. Curiouser an...Riska's no longer on the website. Curiouser and curiouser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-35610944816390954662012-04-28T20:00:40.779-04:002012-04-28T20:00:40.779-04:00Pete Gorman may be gone, but his policies are stil...Pete Gorman may be gone, but his policies are still in place. He promised that some of CMS’s most experienced and effective teachers would be removed over the next 5 years. We still have 2more years to go to full fill this political agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-70442787816032652792012-04-28T15:44:57.484-04:002012-04-28T15:44:57.484-04:00what is wrong with this place... What happened to ...what is wrong with this place... What happened to nixon? Everyone loved him. Did you see the teachers pay in the paper? Who in their right mind would want to teach here? No wonder they have to get teach for america... Cmess at its finest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-4541973659528634772012-04-28T14:04:17.339-04:002012-04-28T14:04:17.339-04:00Ann,
I have no hard data re this except discussi...Ann, <br /><br />I have no hard data re this except discussion among colleagues at CMS: CMS will see a mass churn of staff -- school to school along with a large exodus of teachers and administrators this year. <br /><br />CMS will probably have to do several job fairs in other states to recruit for the upcoming year.<br /><br />My opinion as to why...no raise in three years with an improving economy, overuse of testing with accountability for teachers/principals but not students, no real alternative schools for the many children that can not learn in a traditional setting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-61286882523636668592012-04-28T10:40:22.271-04:002012-04-28T10:40:22.271-04:00Sure would like to investigate how a grievance boa...Sure would like to investigate how a grievance board could be setup to give teachers a platform and protection from retribution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63449847819217840572012-04-28T06:55:13.053-04:002012-04-28T06:55:13.053-04:00A few more need to "disappear" due to th...A few more need to "disappear" due to their incompetence and how they bully and threaten teachers. They do not understand that ogre Pete is gone. He's the one who told them to low rate experienced teachers to make it easier for him to get rid of higher salaries during reductions in force. They took it to a higher level and use this directive to try and silence teachers who dare to speak truth to power.<br />Harding epitomizes this trend and is a hostile working environment for everyone. No one is happy there and every teacher will tell you it is not the kids that are making them leave. It is the administration. No support and "gotcha" mentality when interacting with teachers and staff. Remove the incompetents before all the good teachers are gone. There are some great young people there who will be leaving the profession because of the way they are being treated. If Harding is to have any chance, the administration has to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-69333291068747440962012-04-27T22:12:41.387-04:002012-04-27T22:12:41.387-04:00Hup, thanks. Typing faster tha nmy brain can proc...Hup, thanks. Typing faster tha nmy brain can process it. Gotta get a thought out for the age thing kicks in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-59874487301719497382012-04-27T20:03:58.504-04:002012-04-27T20:03:58.504-04:00Subtle.Subtle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-85614524655608655232012-04-27T11:35:58.121-04:002012-04-27T11:35:58.121-04:00Wiley, expunging is suttle versus deliberate you a...Wiley, expunging is suttle versus deliberate you are right. Administrators clearly have some directive to lower their costs as a function of the budget wars over the last few years. But as you well know, CMS has not had a reduced budget from previous year's comparison till this year. So clearly administrators can decide to become a thorn in a teacher's side by many methods and they feel okay with it since they know the teacher can go to another school system and get hired right away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-59558375894737859422012-04-27T11:18:22.500-04:002012-04-27T11:18:22.500-04:00I don't think expunging is deliberate, but you...I don't think expunging is deliberate, but you're right, the (in)competencies are somewhat different, but both still show a lack of skill?Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-47714659980352620322012-04-27T11:10:38.841-04:002012-04-27T11:10:38.841-04:00Wiley, I guess I see "incompetence" as 2...Wiley, I guess I see "incompetence" as 2 different things. One is related to your first comment in that you are getting people into areas that they have no training for and no experience with. Or second, is this a case where the deliberate expunging of experienced, i.e. higher paid teachers (and maybe administrators) has created this vacumm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-69224449847025746172012-04-27T10:42:49.971-04:002012-04-27T10:42:49.971-04:00Eventually even he said that hadn't been a goo...<b>Eventually even he said that hadn't been a good idea and he wasn't really ready for all the challenges of that school</b>...<br /><br />But Teach For America graduates are ready for the challenges?<br /><br />And the all important "newly updated CMS data":<br /><br />Teachers demonstrate leadership...36%<br /><br />Teachers establish a respectful environment for a diverse population of students...40%<br /><br />Teachers know the content they teach...30%<br /><br />Seems like a whole lotta incompetence goin' on...Wiley Coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16966764080565903720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-61225625986921133362012-04-27T10:34:33.310-04:002012-04-27T10:34:33.310-04:009:08, are these principals that have been "bl...9:08, are these principals that have been "blessed" by whatever program with whatever college that is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-14215809732623574372012-04-27T10:28:21.199-04:002012-04-27T10:28:21.199-04:006:30 a.m., CMS did move Stan Frazier from an eleme...6:30 a.m., CMS did move Stan Frazier from an elementary school where he'd done well to Waddell High. Eventually even he said that hadn't been a good idea and he wasn't really ready for all the challenges of that school (which, of course, no longer exists).Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-60140878729338475812012-04-27T09:34:26.010-04:002012-04-27T09:34:26.010-04:00Many principals and/or administrators who are &quo...Many principals and/or administrators who are "removed" are transferred to other "quieter" Central Office positions. This is not unusual at all! The support staff see it happening, but John Q Public does not. Many of them even get to retain their same pay, time off and benefits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-82147518293551731272012-04-27T09:19:46.682-04:002012-04-27T09:19:46.682-04:00Ann, Both of those administrators have been "...Ann, Both of those administrators have been "tapped" for LIFT zones for 2012/2013 school year. This is going to be a trend of how the principals get shuffled to work for LIFT. If they buy into the LIFT idealism then they can stay and take the cash. If not we shuffle a new bunch in with fresh koolaid. This is why its on the down low from the PR folks. They dont want you to know that a functioning school with good history is losing a leader to Ms. Watts and LIFT for a temporary fix. (possibly) It just cements the "TRUTH" comments they study downtown. I think they need to add 5 more to the "spin department" and remove Latarzan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-66035680048893633352012-04-27T09:08:44.108-04:002012-04-27T09:08:44.108-04:00Here is the pattern I have seen. If you are suppo...Here is the pattern I have seen. If you are support staff, a teacher or an AP and there is any issue large or small then you are history. If however, you are a principal you have what I call "invisible tenue". You will not be given the choice to resign, retire or be fired unless it is something so publicly distasteful or CMS faces litigation. You will instead either be moved or socially promoted and become a boil on the butt of some other school or dept. Does anyone else see a similarity in policy with the Catholic Church playing musical chairs with their clergy in the past? A past that has now caught up with them and they now regret. We can only hope for the same; that CMS will change their policy and REmove,not merely move the bad apples in their principal core.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-60688572968471551582012-04-27T09:06:46.465-04:002012-04-27T09:06:46.465-04:00And now, we lose a 30 year gifted teacher and prin...And now, we lose a 30 year gifted teacher and principal from MPTS to another state and 50+ other pricinpals. Wake up, CMS. Our new super has to be a magician given what he has to pull out of his hat. Was "magician" one of the criteria on the job requirments? Seriously, there's so much at stake here; let's pull together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-57535723143434974112012-04-27T06:30:29.930-04:002012-04-27T06:30:29.930-04:00The end of the matter will be interesting.
There i...The end of the matter will be interesting.<br />There is no way in the world that West Charlotte’s principal Shelton Jefferies and Assistant principal Mike Felder need help evaluating teachers. Maybe Riska is there to learn something. Like how to behave and have some decorum. Besides, there is no way that any school district is going to move an elementary principal to a high school, it just isn’t done. Maybe move them to a middle school for a few years then to a high school, but no hopping. Oh and did I mention that Jefferies and Felder need no assistance from the likes of Riska. I think Riska has been sent to in school detention. Poor Shelton and Mike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-35716850459650349902012-04-26T23:01:53.031-04:002012-04-26T23:01:53.031-04:00Heath "the hairdo" Morrison, I hope your...Heath "the hairdo" Morrison, I hope your toolbox has some very big tools in it. The engine of CMS is a mess and is in need of dire repair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com