Crooked Kaya

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really, really! Kaya Henderson is gone. If she used her discretion to do it. That's what it is. None of you would be on here talking if she used her discretion for you. Nothing to see here in the real scheme of things.

Of course no one who received these benefits would mention it. They should be cowering in shame.

Democracy dies in darkness.

[Anonymous]

The most disturbing thing about this is that 3 people who asked for transfers to other schools were denied. Why? Because they had not clout and no connections unlike the 7 who were granted transfers. Sadly, those 3 people probably had legitimate reasons for their request. Cronism at its finest.

[Anonymous]

I don't care if this was technically allowed behavior, Kaya should have known better. Honestly, the lottery in this down drives people crazy- rightly so- it is our children's future. She should have known this would not go over well from a PR perspective, regardless of the legality.

It makes me really angry because my Spouse, a DCPS employee who works countless hours and devotes their time, money, and energy into a job they love, gets ZERO preference. At least an argument could be made to give DCPS employees some sort of benefit for working there. But nope. In that setting, they go out of their way to prove that there is no preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't care if this was technically allowed behavior, Kaya should have known better. Honestly, the lottery in this down drives people crazy- rightly so- it is our children's future. She should have known this would not go over well from a PR perspective, regardless of the legality.

It makes me really angry because my Spouse, a DCPS employee who works countless hours and devotes their time, money, and energy into a job they love, gets ZERO preference. At least an argument could be made to give DCPS employees some sort of benefit for working there. But nope. In that setting, they go out of their way to prove that there is no preference.

The best is the enabler above with the whole "When the White House calls" ... which deserves the biggest Larry David voice ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More from the Post story:

Before becoming deputy mayor, Snowden was a principal at the Raben Group, a public-affairs and lobbying firm. She ran unsuccessfully for an at-large council seat in 2014. In an interview with The Post in October 2014, she said a desire to improve the public-school options available to District parents was what drove her into the race.

“Looking for public school options for my son has been really difficult, particularly in Deanwood where I live. I had to make some really tough choices about where to send my son to school,” she said. “I entered the lottery, and we just couldn’t get into the good ones. People are hungry for excellent options.”

Actually, you made a pretty easy choice: You asked the chancellor to put your kid in your school of choice, one that has a 1,000-kid waiting list. Someone of her means had multiple options available to her, yet she chose the one that was most unseemly. I don't care if it technically was a legal move on Kaya's part; it doesn't make it any less slimy.

It also mentioned that her kid was previously in a private school.

They should think about re-enrolling.

It was Lowell.

[Anonymous]

anyone know which DCPS principal was given lottery preference?

[Anonymous]

Supposedly now the City Administrator got special treatment too???????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Supposedly now the City Administrator got special treatment too???????

Although Jennie Niles says he has proof that he entered the lottery and got his child into school off the wait list. The IG is saying he may have made a mistake in including him.

This is all a big mess.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad this is becoming a scandal because honestly, I sort of assume this stuff happens *all the time* and we just don't know about it. It means there's less tolerance for the culture of corruption.

And probably back in the day, there weren't such long waitlists, there was not central lottery, so it was easier to game the system thru principal's discretion. (e.g. Fenty's kids getting into WOTP school). A collegue of mine described camping out at Oyster ES to get his kid in years ago and having his name written on a notepad. Clearly, that's not happening now.

[Anonymous]

Yes. The principal who got his kids placed is leaving DCPS. Does that mean the kids have to leave their schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supposedly now the City Administrator got special treatment too???????

Although Jennie Niles says he has proof that he entered the lottery and got his child into school off the wait list. The IG is saying he may have made a mistake in including him.

This is all a big mess.

Not sure I believe that. And also, how fluid is the waitlist? Some get miraculously in front of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. The principal who got his kids placed is leaving DCPS. Does that mean the kids have to leave their schools?

Is the principal moving out of DC? Then yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supposedly now the City Administrator got special treatment too???????

Although Jennie Niles says he has proof that he entered the lottery and got his child into school off the wait list. The IG is saying he may have made a mistake in including him.

This is all a big mess.

Not sure I believe that. And also, how fluid is the waitlist? Some get miraculously in front of others.

Well in this case there would be documentation to back it up. I assume the truth will come out eventually. The Post isn't going to drop it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad this is becoming a scandal because honestly, I sort of assume this stuff happens *all the time* and we just don't know about it. It means there's less tolerance for the culture of corruption.

And probably back in the day, there weren't such long waitlists, there was not central lottery, so it was easier to game the system thru principal's discretion. (e.g. Fenty's kids getting into WOTP school). A collegue of mine described camping out at Oyster ES to get his kid in years ago and having his name written on a notepad. Clearly, that's not happening now.

Fenty's kids got in via Chancellor discretion, not principal discretion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad this is becoming a scandal because honestly, I sort of assume this stuff happens *all the time* and we just don't know about it. It means there's less tolerance for the culture of corruption.

And probably back in the day, there weren't such long waitlists, there was not central lottery, so it was easier to game the system thru principal's discretion. (e.g. Fenty's kids getting into WOTP school). A collegue of mine described camping out at Oyster ES to get his kid in years ago and having his name written on a notepad. Clearly, that's not happening now.

Fenty's kids got in via Chancellor discretion, not principal discretion.

Thanks for the correction. So was that as bad as this scandal?