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Anonymous wrote:This school is going to have a very soft opening, with a small class of 9th graders and a smattering of 10th graders. There will be time for him to learn by doing.
forgive me if I hoped for more … and if he just doesn’t care about the college bound, what’s the point? he’s literally not allowed to say that academic excellence is a goal, and he doesn’t have any background in that kind of environment either.
I hoped for more too. He sounds like a good guy. Maybe he’ll be good for this school, but it’s not obvious from his background. He has never been to or worked in a high-performing educational institution. I would love for MacArthur to be a high-performing educational institution. It had the opportunity, but DCPS doesn’t care. They are more concerned about a social agenda than an academic one.
All their recent hires for NW principals for the same profile.
The racism just jumps out.
It’s not racism. I don’t gaf about the race of the principal. I just want someone with substantial experience in running a high school with a high-performing cohort.
Amazing to think that you get to make these sorts of demands. You are one of many tens of thousands of stakeholders in the school system. Decisions aren't made over what you think you are entitled to
It’s amazing that I think a high school principal should be prepared to serve all the different types of kids in the school, and should support high academic achievement? Ok. What’s amazing is actually the DCPS firm position that college-bound kids are NOT stakeholders (unless lucky enough to get into Walls or Banneker.)
What tells you that this man is not prepared to do this? His degree? The fact that he has experience at certain types of schools? I simply can’t put my finger on it. I wish Jeff would delete this whole thread. A bunch of anonymous people flaming a named individual they know nothing about. I mean for multiple pages people were moaning he had no HS experience, which come to find out, is wrong. It would be rich if you all scare him away before he even starts. I’m sure someone who meets your every demand is in the pool.
His degree is from a disreputable institution.
His experience is exclusively with high poverty schools.
His public persona is that of a religious preacher. The constitution prohibits public schools from indoctrinating children in religion and public school sponsorship of religious activities. A principal saying on social media to focus on what God thinks, or talking about having led teachers in prayer are red flags.
This school will serve a couple hundred students starting in about 8 months. Those students' parents are important stakeholders. Those specific students' needs should be evaluated objectively, and staffing decisions should be made to address those students' needs.