Will Whittle be around next year?

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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.

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.

Bring a crook is not unique to capitalism.

But things like this only happen in for-profit schools. Do the math.

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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?

It took place. Ask the COO. He went off on staff. Said that staff shouldn’t be given any information. “That’s not how this world works.” All leadership on the call backed him up. The teachers were rational in their responses, but were told they were “complaining” by one of the school nurses. All the staff want is a representative they get to choose who has access to all the same information as the leadership. Because the leadership lied to get them there, lied to get them to stay, and are continuing to lie to them. Lord only know what they’re saying to the parents.

“One of the school nurses”? There is only one nurse, so this sounds bogus. Last I’d heard was that they’d raised enough to pay the staff and that’s what they told them.

The teachers are telling you what took place in the meeting and you call them bogus sound like whittle dictators much? You know damn well there is more than one nurse stop playing. Parents go ahead and ask the teachers directly what exactly went down in that meeting and you will be surprised. The payroll came from parents this time, where is next one is coming from?? The investors lol. Go invest your time put some applications in real schools hopefully someone will hire us.

“Stop playing”? Can a grown up come to the conversation now? As far as I can tell, the teachers have said nothing. This really does seem fake at this point.

dp: Why are you ragging on the teachers? They haven’t been paid! They are victims of this shyster set-up.

This isn’t about the teachers. This is about this meeting that they supposedly had. I don’t believe it went down the way this poster is saying.

Whatever. What difference does it make?

Truth matters.

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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.

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.

Bring a crook is not unique to capitalism.

But things like this only happen in for-profit schools. Do the math.

Sorry to break it to you but people get swindled every where, not just in for profit schools.

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I agree with PP that the truth of what went down matters a lot. It’s not fair to destroy the COO’s reputation just to suit a particular narrative.

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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.

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.

Bring a crook is not unique to capitalism.

But things like this only happen in for-profit schools. Do the math.

Sorry to break it to you but people get swindled every where, not just in for profit schools.

Yeah - who remembers Rock Creek International School? The non-profit school folded after the head of school mismanaged the finances while the Board was sleeping. He went on to found a for-profit school that also folded. My DCs were at WIS at the time and they took in a lot of students who were left with no school.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2007/02/22/exclusive-school-is-at-risk-of-closing-span-classbankheadparents-angered-by-the-news-of-a-cash-shortfallspan/9e2b85e2-a48d-46d8-8bcd-23d4a4a685ca/

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP that the truth of what went down matters a lot. It’s not fair to destroy the COO’s reputation just to suit a particular narrative.

I'd wager that serving as COO at a flaming dumpster fire of a company running away from tens of millions in unpaid bills has already put a hefty dent in that individual's reputation.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP that the truth of what went down matters a lot. It’s not fair to destroy the COO’s reputation just to suit a particular narrative.

I'd wager that serving as COO at a flaming dumpster fire of a company running away from tens of millions in unpaid bills has already put a hefty dent in that individual's reputation.

Yet still, the truth matters.

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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.

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.

Bring a crook is not unique to capitalism.

But things like this only happen in for-profit schools. Do the math.

Sorry to break it to you but people get swindled every where, not just in for profit schools.

True, but this is a thread about a for-profit school.

[Anonymous]

I don't think Chris has consulted a good crisis-management team. He seems to be providing a textbook case of what not to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: We were able to make, for our teachers, each and everyone of the 44 payrolls during this crisis period but, always placing DC teacher compensation first, we have done less well with suppliers. Further, many members of our senior leadership team have graciously gone for months without any or reduced pay… The amount required before closing of the larger transaction is roughly $2mm which includes roughly $1mm in payroll and benefits for the Dec 15 payroll and the Dec 31 payroll and other payments which, for technical reasons, are required to clear the way for the larger transaction.

If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

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Anonymous wrote: We were able to make, for our teachers, each and everyone of the 44 payrolls during this crisis period but, always placing DC teacher compensation first, we have done less well with suppliers. Further, many members of our senior leadership team have graciously gone for months without any or reduced pay… The amount required before closing of the larger transaction is roughly $2mm which includes roughly $1mm in payroll and benefits for the Dec 15 payroll and the Dec 31 payroll and other payments which, for technical reasons, are required to clear the way for the larger transaction.

If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

Did you account for benefits in your calculations?

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Anonymous wrote: We were able to make, for our teachers, each and everyone of the 44 payrolls during this crisis period but, always placing DC teacher compensation first, we have done less well with suppliers. Further, many members of our senior leadership team have graciously gone for months without any or reduced pay… The amount required before closing of the larger transaction is roughly $2mm which includes roughly $1mm in payroll and benefits for the Dec 15 payroll and the Dec 31 payroll and other payments which, for technical reasons, are required to clear the way for the larger transaction.

If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

“Compensation” can cover a lot of things, incl medical, life insurance, retirement, and at a private for profit, perhaps they offer a lot more professional development travel, etc. Not sure a lot about this school can be compared apples to apples with Jane the Math Teacher at NCS. That said, Why. Are. We. Still. Talking. About. This…

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If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

The $1M could includes taxes, benefits and some other overhead. "Payroll and benefits" is probably shorthand for all of the monthly personnel-related costs.

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Anonymous wrote: We were able to make, for our teachers, each and everyone of the 44 payrolls during this crisis period but, always placing DC teacher compensation first, we have done less well with suppliers. Further, many members of our senior leadership team have graciously gone for months without any or reduced pay… The amount required before closing of the larger transaction is roughly $2mm which includes roughly $1mm in payroll and benefits for the Dec 15 payroll and the Dec 31 payroll and other payments which, for technical reasons, are required to clear the way for the larger transaction.

If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

Did you account for benefits in your calculations?

Yes, “total” compensation. VERY good private school teacher pay is $100-$150k/year. Let’s say everyone has expensive health insurance that’s $2k/month family plan. Typical retirement benefit is up to 3 percent of salary match IF the employee puts away 3 percent. Payroll taxes are 7.65 percent. Let’s assume $150k salary.

Salary: $150,000
Health insurance: $24,000
Employer retirement contribution: $4500
Employer payroll taxes: $11,475
TOTAL: $189,975

Even assuming a nine-month payroll, that’s still $14k shy of Whittle’s average. I doubt they were making that up in gym memberships, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, or other benes that schools so rarely provide. Also, plenty of teachers at private schools are making $80k or less, especially those is their first 10 years of teaching.

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Anonymous wrote: We were able to make, for our teachers, each and everyone of the 44 payrolls during this crisis period but, always placing DC teacher compensation first, we have done less well with suppliers. Further, many members of our senior leadership team have graciously gone for months without any or reduced pay… The amount required before closing of the larger transaction is roughly $2mm which includes roughly $1mm in payroll and benefits for the Dec 15 payroll and the Dec 31 payroll and other payments which, for technical reasons, are required to clear the way for the larger transaction.

If $1 million covers one month payroll for 44 people, then the average annual total compensation per employee was $204,500 (9 month payroll) to $272,700 (12 month payroll). If those were truly the compensation amounts, then faculty and/or administration were absurdly overcompensated compared to market rates for local private school employees. If those were not the average compensation amounts, then Whittle kept lying right up to the end.

Those numbers almost certainly include benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. So your math is off.