Removal of Principal Mellodie Brown

Worst person ever

I am a 8th grader that just passed to high school and my experience from that school was okay...but 8th grade was the worst year ever nothing was organized because of Dr.Brown and everything and she calls people's parents about there child even when they didn't do nothing they still get in trouble...like 8th graders used to get in trouble by chewing gum and we had a dermerit system and alot stuff on there was very petty stuff and very little so I DON'T WANT NO ONE ELSE TO SUFFER FOR HER FOOLISHNESS WAYS

Yes she have been treating students and teachers unfair every time I turn around she calling my phone saying my kids doing something wrong not just one all 3 and to remind u that their in different grades 2, 4, and 7

She is the worst principal ever

How is it possible for our kids to receive a full education if they dont have a Reading or Science teacher present the first 6 months of the school year, most kids was unable to receive their minutes due to the teachers being pulled out of class for meeting

Our children need someone who has their safety an educational concerns above everything. The teachers need to have a Principal that motivates and enrich their teaching careers so that they can apply that to the children. If that is not happening she needs to be replaced immediately!

Please remove her she has placed my child in harms way plenty of times which I eay he will not return if she remains.

I was totally disgusted with the treatment of the principal since the 1st day of school. From not receiving a notice that the time change, to not being able to stand and watch my 5 year old walk to class per the principle orders to all parents. She was not understanding of any concerns that I had considering that I had kindergarten student, which lead me to transfer my son to another school. She practically left me with no other option. The school had turned into a prison instead of a school.

She has failed to provide my child with adequate safety..My kindergarten was bullied by an eighth grader and nothing was done..

Children deserve the right to have a quality education and not be denied their rights by being pushed from classroom to classroom and without a qualified teacher all year. This is absolutely unacceptable!!! Teachers deserve the right to come to work where they are able to do their jobs without being micromanaged by Brown and her Assistant Principal Wright. They are two of a kind and both practice unfair tactics with students and personnel. Special education classes being held down by substitute teachers all year and classroom assistants, students from the general education being divided and placed from room to room when the teacher is out, and special education kids being put in the the general ed classroom all day????? Where they do that at? Reading the comments about children being denied food, staff being overworked, bogus evaluations and multiple teachers on leave is truly sad to hear from a school that once was a “school of distinction “ with great Principals such as Lula Ford, Frances Oden, Dyrice Garner and assistant Principal Valoree Harrington. The difference between those leaders above and Brown and Wright were they seem to genuinely care about the Beethoven staff, the children and the community. With these two in leadership it seems their obvious goals is to put a higher notch on their resume’ and screw everyone else in the process. This type of leadership with a Principal referred to as “Hitler” and Assistant Principal who is a “mini Hitler” but try to act like she’s not will NEVER be able to effectively bring Beethoven School out of the sad place that it is in now. I feel sorry for the teachers , the children that they abused, and the lack of concern on their part for the overall staff and parents. Everyone must stand up and work together to STOP them both.

Students first!!

I am the parent of a former Beethoven graduate. It saddens me to hear the treatment and poor leadership under this current administration. Beethoven has always been known for students first and a safe and family atmosphere. As a concern parent I am signing this petition for the removal of Principal Mellodie Brown.

Get rid of her she is a disgrace to Beethoven School

This principal really don't care about the staff or the students she came from a smaller school and she is trying to downsize Beethoven so many of us have graduated from Beethoven and have grown to love the teachers that are there so we put our kids and grandkids in there to get the same education that we got and better but she's taking that away from them by getting rid of the teachers she has to go

Please help our kids school

She was crazy at her previous school as well and we are overjoyed that the students, staff and parents no longer was left to continue to endure her evilness!

I was, like most, optimistic and hopeful that this new leadership would help improve Beethoven by growing students academically and developing staff. It has been the complete opposite and has become progressively worse. There have been at least 4 classes which have had subs all year, not including the 3 Diverse Learning classrooms. And although we appreciate their willingness to come to Beethoven, subs are not certified teachers which means no quality instruction took place for those students all year whom were already well below grade level. Both Principal Brown and A.P. Laverne Wright allow these uncertified staff members to to perform in the capacity of a teacher by entering grades and administering standardized tests which is illegal. They have discriminated against both pregnant staff members by releasing them with no justification but lied and blamed it on the budget, which she controls, which is not only illegal but malicious. They constantly use bullying, intimidation and the threat of job loss as a means to dictate to the staff. She was asked and made aware by several staff members and parents that the building was not secure or safe but refused to place security at the main entrances in spite of staff, parents, and students being physically assaulted this school year. Dr Brown is a manipulative individual who only cares about her individual accolades and not the well being of the students and Mrs. Wright is a spineless assistant who backs her despite knowing the things she does are unethical. I will continue to support the students and staff there because they deserve sane, stable, strong yet compassionate leaders and I hope the LSC or District gives the students, parents and staff what they deserve!

Let's not forget her and her a.p. Belittle children with words and allow them to fight one another.

As I former staff member of Beethoven, I have seen the highs and lows of what comes with proper and improper administrative leadership in our black and brown schools. The current issues that the students, parents, staff members and surrounding community have suffered should have been addressed and CORRECTED when Dr. Marcus Terrell Alexander was in leadership at Beethoven. And because the Network 9 office and CPS failed to do the right thing, our students, staff, and school community have endured even worse treatment under Dr. Mellodie Brown. The students and staff members, including myself, at Beethoven have been subjected to being abused emotionally, mentally and sexually (under Dr. Alexander’s leadership) in the past 4 years of the continuous change in administration and the physical, mental, professional and spiritual abuse continues under the leadership of Dr. Brown. Students have been treated as if their educational rights do not matter and therefore have been “fed to the wolves”. The lack of concern of providing our students with a proper education has been the LAST thing on Dr. Brown’s leadership agenda. She, the assistant principal and others that have joined the Beethoven school family under her leadership have turned the school atmosphere from one of family and Love into one of dictatorship. Several students have contacted me since my departure from the school (I was laid off a couple of weeks before school started) and informed me of how the administration and some of the staff members hired under Dr. Brown treat them like prisoners, refusing them the simple rights of getting water or using the restroom. Some Diverse Learners students have even told me how they are put in other classrooms because there is no teacher or sub for them. Parents have been treated as if their presence in the school does not matter and is not needed. As we all know, it takes a village to raise a child, and as a school community everyone has an important part in the su

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