Dear.... Families,
I will assume another position on July 1, 2009. I have been appointed to serve as principal of ... Elementary in western Loudoun. I am excited to have an opportunity to open a new school however saddened to leave the children and community I know so well.
Sincerely,
...
Little Dude said the teacher read the letter to the class. I like that she waited until after this week's SOL's to give them this news. I commented to him that it would have been nice if she had written more details. What I didn't say is that it didn't take a whole piece of paper to send this out. And it wouldn't pass the 5th grade SOL writing standards. And we will have the third principal since Little Dude started kindergarten at our neighborhood school. I did remind him of how kind the principal was to him when he thought he had missed his ride after school while we had our IEP meeting.
He has strong opinions on who should be the next principal - the current Assistant Principal. But the other students in his class disagree and think it will be someone totally new. Little Dude has a close relationship with our AP. When he was younger and one of his accommodations was "frequent breaks," she would come to his classroom every day and they would go on a "security check" of the building. I love that! When we were getting reports that he wasn't finishing his lunch most days, she checked on him in the lunch room every day for about 3 years. When there was a bully problem on the bus, he went to her. As ALM likes to say, it's good to know management, and Little Dude does.
I don't presume to have any way of knowing what will happen or how a new principal will be choosen, but I have noticed one thing: our current AP is not attending Child Study or IEP meetings that are currently taking place. Is it a sign of a promotion? I hope so for Little Dude's sake.
Heard from Floggy yesterday, the car saga continues. Gramps is going to help him tow the car to the Mechanic School today. Maybe a reliable diagnosis will finally take place so we are not replacing random parts on a trial and error basis. He's still doing very well in Mechanic School and enjoying it. Hope he learns diagnosis skills!
Ms Giggles will put in a twelve hour day today, as she is working both jobs for the first time. ALM has invited a high school friend that he hasn't seen since HS over for a cookout this weekend. No games, no practices for a nice long weekend. Should be relaxing.
He has strong opinions on who should be the next principal - the current Assistant Principal. But the other students in his class disagree and think it will be someone totally new. Little Dude has a close relationship with our AP. When he was younger and one of his accommodations was "frequent breaks," she would come to his classroom every day and they would go on a "security check" of the building. I love that! When we were getting reports that he wasn't finishing his lunch most days, she checked on him in the lunch room every day for about 3 years. When there was a bully problem on the bus, he went to her. As ALM likes to say, it's good to know management, and Little Dude does.
I don't presume to have any way of knowing what will happen or how a new principal will be choosen, but I have noticed one thing: our current AP is not attending Child Study or IEP meetings that are currently taking place. Is it a sign of a promotion? I hope so for Little Dude's sake.
Heard from Floggy yesterday, the car saga continues. Gramps is going to help him tow the car to the Mechanic School today. Maybe a reliable diagnosis will finally take place so we are not replacing random parts on a trial and error basis. He's still doing very well in Mechanic School and enjoying it. Hope he learns diagnosis skills!
Ms Giggles will put in a twelve hour day today, as she is working both jobs for the first time. ALM has invited a high school friend that he hasn't seen since HS over for a cookout this weekend. No games, no practices for a nice long weekend. Should be relaxing.
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