Failed Principal > Central Office Pipeline Alive and Well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few months ago, DS's elementary principal was removed by the superintendent because she managed to somehow ruin relationships and trust with both the teaching staff AND parents of the community through a total inability to lead, to develop good relationships, and to put together productive processes. All of the data thrown around showed that she was just not ready to lead a learning organization.

Now through the community grapevine we hear that she has been reassigned to an important position as the supervisor for all FCPS libraries. Going from a small staff to supervising hundreds of library programs seems like a promotion, and we are agast. As newer parents to the area we have heard stories of folks who have been really ineffective in schools being reassigned, but this just seems like too much, and we can't possibly understand how the superintendent and FCPS leadership are complicit in this. Especially during a time when libraries are at the heart of so much change and political pressure. The practice of moving someone who has failed a small organization onto one that is more expansive is a total head scratcher. We expected her to move on from FCPS, and this is frightening and really sad.

Hmmm—my grapevine said that many staff members were crying and upset about her leaving. One parent made her life a nightmare. Maybe you’re that parent hell bent on stirring up trouble for this person and just can’t stop.

[Anonymous]

There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

Riveting comment. Adds so much to the discussion!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

Riveting comment. Adds so much to the discussion!

Thanks! You seem really defensive so you might be in a position to have some answers.

What happened to the ES principal and the region ep who were removed from their positions due to background check violations? Are they still in FCPS positions?

What qualifications does the new Educate Fairfax head have to lead a foundation? There seemed to be none based on the write up in the employee newsletter announcement?

[Anonymous]

Was she removed from the position, or did she leave to take the library coordinator position?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

Riveting comment. Adds so much to the discussion!

Thanks! You seem really defensive so you might be in a position to have some answers.

What happened to the ES principal and the region ep who were removed from their positions due to background check violations? Are they still in FCPS positions?

What qualifications does the new Educate Fairfax head have to lead a foundation? There seemed to be none based on the write up in the employee newsletter announcement?

If you’re reading the employee newsletter, couldn’t you just go into Outlook and look up where they are working?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was she removed from the position, or did she leave to take the library coordinator position?

She got the boot from her principal position. It was for “making one parent mad” as the PP would have you think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

Riveting comment. Adds so much to the discussion!

Thanks! You seem really defensive so you might be in a position to have some answers.

What happened to the ES principal and the region ep who were removed from their positions due to background check violations? Are they still in FCPS positions?

What qualifications does the new Educate Fairfax head have to lead a foundation? There seemed to be none based on the write up in the employee newsletter announcement?

Educate Fairfax is not an FCPS department. It’s a completely separate organization, like a PTA is a separate organization from a school. Their website is not an FCPS address. If you want to know the qualifications for the job, you’d have to reach out to Educate Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was she removed from the position, or did she leave to take the library coordinator position?

She was removed, placed into a BS Gatehouse position, then was named the Library Coordinator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is super common. Saw it as a fed many times. Problematic people get promoted to get them out of where they are a problem.

Super common in private industry too. No one wants to deal and firing is a hassle.

[Anonymous]

FCPS doesn’t care when a principal is bad. McNair Upper has the perfect example of a principal who does not care about the student’s, does not follow school policy, probably doesn’t know much of FCPS policy, doesn’t do a good job, and should not be principal.

The fact she’s worked at this capacity for so many years, shows negligence on the part of FCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There have been several questionable hires in top positions recently.

Riveting comment. Adds so much to the discussion!

Thanks! You seem really defensive so you might be in a position to have some answers.

What happened to the ES principal and the region ep who were removed from their positions due to background check violations? Are they still in FCPS positions?

What qualifications does the new Educate Fairfax head have to lead a foundation? There seemed to be none based on the write up in the employee newsletter announcement?

Educate Fairfax is not an FCPS department. It’s a completely separate organization, like a PTA is a separate organization from a school. Their website is not an FCPS address. If you want to know the qualifications for the job, you’d have to reach out to Educate Fairfax.

The posting was on the FCPS job openings website and educate Fairfax is under the community engagement office.

[Anonymous]

Is this move because she can't easily be fired?

[Anonymous]

There anre often examples on here of complaints about principals. Who are the success stories? Do good principals get “promoted” to Gatehouse, too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
There anre often examples on here of complaints about principals. Who are the success stories? Do good principals get “promoted” to Gatehouse, too?

yes! Lindsay Trout was just named as an executive principal in Region 1. Big loss to Terraset ES. She’s outstanding.