Will Whittle be around next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m new to this conversation. What is the actual current enrollment at Whittle? How many teachers are we talking about?

I doubt the (apparently) most recent faculty/staff directory is accurate. But FWIW, including the head of school and such, there are 30 people shown.

Nobody seems to know exactly how many students are enrolled. But there have repeated reports of there being just one class group, essentially, at each class level. And I don't think I've ever heard that the total enrollment has topped 200, or at least not by much.

Since this is the third year of operation, the original 10th-grade class would be in 12th grade. So if you've got 14 levels -- pre-K - 12 -- with one class each, that's likely somewhere between 150 and 200 students, total.

I can't imagine who'd invest in that, given that the CEO projected they'd be well on their way to 2500 students by now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m new to this conversation. What is the actual current enrollment at Whittle? How many teachers are we talking about?

I doubt the (apparently) most recent faculty/staff directory is accurate. But FWIW, including the head of school and such, there are 30 people shown.

Nobody seems to know exactly how many students are enrolled. But there have repeated reports of there being just one class group, essentially, at each class level. And I don't think I've ever heard that the total enrollment has topped 200, or at least not by much.

Since this is the third year of operation, the original 10th-grade class would be in 12th grade. So if you've got 14 levels -- pre-K - 12 -- with one class each, that's likely somewhere between 150 and 200 students, total.

I can't imagine who'd invest in that, given that the CEO projected they'd be well on their way to 2500 students by now.

Schools are like restaurants as a business model. You rent premises, furnish them with your decor and equipment, then try to coax people to come spend money there instead of a hundred alternative places. The tangible assets are almost nothing. Your "secret sauce" for the food or curriculum, the staff you have on hand, and your brand name, that's it for assets.

When you open a business like that based on debt that has to be serviced, it can implode quicky in a cash flow crisis like we see at Whittle. The only way these places stay open (see BASIS Independent) is an annual infusion of cash into the black hole of red ink (pardon the mixed metaphors). The dream is that one day, the intangible brand will be so popular that it generates consistent positive cash flow.

All of which is a long way of saying that only a moron would invest in a failed business like Whittle. If you want to invest in private education for profit, start clean with a new brand and management team.

There is literally NOTHING worth buying here from a business POV.

[Anonymous]

Parents and Faculty - take note - the mob that is DCUM has moved from enjoying the blood sport of Whittle's demise to begging you to protect yourself and your children.

This is the moment in Braveheart where the mob that moments ago was enjoying watching William Wallace get tortured start screaming - "mercy."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

socialist propaganda at work.

[Anonymous]

If this really happened with the teachers in this meeting, I am truly appalled. Wanting to be paid for your work is now “selfish”? Can anyone from the school confirm this took place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

Seems like the capitalist system has indulged and funded Whittle for DECADES now, leaving a wide swath of victims in his wake, like other con men in business we could name.

Capitalism has a lot of strengths and a lot of weaknesses. Putting on blinders just makes you a victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

Seems like the capitalist system has indulged and funded Whittle for DECADES now, leaving a wide swath of victims in his wake, like other con men in business we could name.

Capitalism has a lot of strengths and a lot of weaknesses. Putting on blinders just makes you a victim.

Seems more like a lot of strong players and a lot of weak players. How about the idea of personal responsibility?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

Seems like the capitalist system has indulged and funded Whittle for DECADES now, leaving a wide swath of victims in his wake, like other con men in business we could name.

Capitalism has a lot of strengths and a lot of weaknesses. Putting on blinders just makes you a victim.

Seems more like a lot of strong players and a lot of weak players. How about the idea of personal responsibility?

Here, Whittle is the strong player and the teachers are the weak players. Where is the personal responsibility?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this really happened with the teachers in this meeting, I am truly appalled. Wanting to be paid for your work is now “selfish”? Can anyone from the school confirm this took place?

Nobody will. There’s a weird kabuki dance going in in this thread where it seems one person might be talking to themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

It is a for profit entity, hence, Capitalism.

The right's brains so so mushy that things need to be spelled out using small words.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of teachers think this is a scam. I spoke to one today. They asked for a new staff rep and were told to "grow up." They were called "entitled" and "spoiled" on an all staff meeting last week by the administrators.

Wait, "spoiled and entitled" because they WANT TO BE PAID? Capitalism at it's finest. How about self-care bath bomb while you lose your paychecks and health insurance, but stop being whiney about it.

what does it have to do with capitalism?

liberal brain washing at its best.

You seem confused. Trying to coerce people to provide labor for free or sub-market rates is pretty standard throughout the history of capitalism. Google « factory towns ». You’ll be shocked.

Don't forget overpromising to investors to raise a lot of gullible money that is then vaporized by bad management. A familiar story.

so it’s all evil capitalism’s fault. not the crook whittle.

Seems like the capitalist system has indulged and funded Whittle for DECADES now, leaving a wide swath of victims in his wake, like other con men in business we could name.

Capitalism has a lot of strengths and a lot of weaknesses. Putting on blinders just makes you a victim.

Seems more like a lot of strong players and a lot of weak players. How about the idea of personal responsibility?

Here, Whittle is the strong player and the teachers are the weak players. Where is the personal responsibility?

Not doing due diligence in simply googling Chris Whittle.