Re: Zucker Middle in Charleston County is a Joke!

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Posted on 1/22/12

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The Tchr is right. She has destroyed another school in
Massachusetts. And convinced the district to hire her daughter who
had been arrested for buying oxycontins! The con woman of lakeville
keeps going..

On 12/01/10, looneyteachr wrote:
> i accidentally posted this without a response - these are NOT my
> sentiments - the teacher who wrote this needs to find another
> profession
>
> On 12/01/10, looneyteachr wrote:
>> On 8/22/09, Zucker Slave wrote:
>>> I am employed as a "teacher", sorry slave at the new Zucker
>>> Middle in Charleston County. This place is a multi-million
>>> dollar disaster. First off, the administration does not
>>> know their ass from a hole in the ground in terms of
>>> organization. The principal has her head so far up the
>>> Superintendents ass, that she cannot see the writing on the
>>> wall. To make matters worse, she likes to quote and preach
>>> all the wonderful things we will do with science, but has no
>>> idea how to teach or instruct it! Zucker is going to be a
>>> complete disaster in terms of false promises and
>>> expectations. We are not allowed to give homework, seat
>>> work, worksheets, notes to be copied, pencil and paper
>>> exercises, or any written assessment. The staff have zero
>>> indication of curriculum, as our coordinator/facilitator is
>>> a complete idiot, whom does not know how to implement any
>>> semblance of cross-curriculum content. Staff moral is
>>> non-existent; policies are grandiose and lofty with
>>> high-falutin edu-speak. We have two copy machines in the
>>> whole entire school, which work when they want to; kind of
>>> like the students. We went for the entire first week with
>>> out a student schedule, and had middle school students
>>> cooped up in their homerooms for twenty-seven total hours
>>> straight, as administration did not have their schedules
>>> ready until Friday August twenty-first. We are required to
>>> be in attendance from eight A.M. until four-twenty P.M.,
>>> however the busses do not pick the students up until well
>>> after five p.m. We as "slaves" are not allowed to sit down
>>> period while we have students in the room, hence we must
>>> stand for nine hours a day. If the students dirty any part
>>> of the school, we must act as room inspectors, for dirt,
>>> gum, pencil shavings, and grime because this is the "crown
>>> jewel" in the Charleston system. If we fail to monitor our
>>> rooms, we risk being written up. How do you expect middle
>>> school students to keep a school clean, when they have
>>> trouble keeping their own lockers, and rooms at home clean?
>>> We also have spies amongst faculty whom randomly walk into
>>> our rooms, and report what we are not doing to the
>>> administration. Our students are allowed to leave the room
>>> to go to the restroom at any time, per school policy,
>>> however they are not allowed to sign out; we must stop
>>> instruction, acquire the students name, and personally sign
>>> them out and back in when they return. Hence, we are
>>> stopping ten times per class period to let students use the
>>> restroom. Our supposed curriculum is "science based",
>>> however these students do not have the basic skills to
>>> understand math, science, social studies, and ELA, when
>>> teaching in terms of standard related content. Yet, these
>>> kids are supposed to learn these core skills through
>>> science, which requires understanding of not only science,
>>> but also basic grade level content areas? Also, not to
>>> mention that we have a twenty eight minute lunch, and need
>>> to walk our "responsible adults" everywhere as if they are
>>> in a prison. We do not have any materials, structure, or
>>> enforceable discipline that alters student behavior. We use
>>> a "progressive discipline" plan that is a joke, as it
>>> basically allows a student to get away with the same
>>> behavior thirty times before they are suspended for five
>>> days. This school should have been solely magnet, with
>>> students that actually wanted to excel in science. Most of
>>> the students that the staff spoke with stated that they did
>>> not want to come here, as they hate science. I am sorry but
>>> everyone believing that this model will be a panacea is
>>> sadly mistaken. The administration needs a sense of realism
>>> as to what is actually attainable, and to treat their staff
>>> with professional respect and dignity.

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