New DCPS Principals

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Anonymous wrote:Why did DCPS not select Meliotis as the permanent principal at Oyster-Adams? I’m beginning to believe that DCPS is bonkers and insane in the membrane.

There was a really strong candidate named Kathleen Hauser-Rosthschild who applied but never received a request for an interview. DCPS missed a golden opportunity.

I strongly believe that DCPS only cares about equity instead of hiring the best talent for this role. DCPS has tons of unqualified black principals whom are quite lousy. As quiet as it’s kept, they were only hired due to DCPS needing to hire a certain number of black principals. BTW, I’m a white woman in upper NW who applied for the principal role. I wasn’t even considered even though I’m highly qualified.

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Yes. They are right that it's good to have diverse role models. But they go too far, forgetting that a person who fits the desired profile but who does a bad job is *negative* for promoting equity.

This is so true. Saw this happen at our neighborhood DCPS- th y hired a latina principal in a plurality Latinx school, and the hiring committee said outright "we want students to see themselves in her, but she is not very good, and expectations and scores are dropping, particularly for that demographic. They were better served under the previous principal, who didn't share their demographic but knew how to run a school.

I just wanted to post a side note. The correct term for identifying people of Latin American or Hispanic cultural backgrounds is Latine, not LatinX. Latinx is an anglicized term that isn’t used by folks in the community.

My Latino husband would never use Latine either. So maybe just don’t come on here with broad generalizations?

All the "no one uses latinx!!!!" people have never met anyone who is both Latinx & queer.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did DCPS not select Meliotis as the permanent principal at Oyster-Adams? I’m beginning to believe that DCPS is bonkers and insane in the membrane.

There was a really strong candidate named Kathleen Hauser-Rosthschild who applied but never received a request for an interview. DCPS missed a golden opportunity.

I strongly believe that DCPS only cares about equity instead of hiring the best talent for this role. DCPS has tons of unqualified black principals whom are quite lousy. As quiet as it’s kept, they were only hired due to DCPS needing to hire a certain number of black principals. BTW, I’m a white woman in upper NW who applied for the principal role. I wasn’t even considered even though I’m highly qualified.

Correct.

Yes. They are right that it's good to have diverse role models. But they go too far, forgetting that a person who fits the desired profile but who does a bad job is *negative* for promoting equity.

This is so true. Saw this happen at our neighborhood DCPS- th y hired a latina principal in a plurality Latinx school, and the hiring committee said outright "we want students to see themselves in her, but she is not very good, and expectations and scores are dropping, particularly for that demographic. They were better served under the previous principal, who didn't share their demographic but knew how to run a school.

I just wanted to post a side note. The correct term for identifying people of Latin American or Hispanic cultural backgrounds is Latine, not LatinX. Latinx is an anglicized term that isn’t used by folks in the community.

My Latino husband would never use Latine either. So maybe just don’t come on here with broad generalizations?

All the "no one uses latinx!!!!" people have never met anyone who is both Latinx & queer.

I have many Latino/a friends who are also LGBTQ but I’ve never heard them use Latinx either. 🤷‍♀️ I’ve actually never heard either Latinx or Latine used in real life. So like I said, let’s just not make broad generalizations. But let’s get back to the thread now that we’ve cleared that up again.

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Most of the Spanish speaking people I know say what country their family is from.

Fun distraction from the thread though.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have just put Bruce Jackson back at Miner and put Katie Mustian Prall at Amidon-Bowen. That would have made the most sense. They could have just put Carrie at Oyster-Adam’s.

Moving Carrie Broquard to Oyster-Adams would have been great. That new Brito woman would have excelled at Lafayette. It’s sad that they’re setting this Brito woman to fail at Oyster-Adams. Oyster is a very challenging school for anyone.

I have a kid in middle at OA and I don’t see how it’s challenging. Yes parents demand accountability from leadership.
Brito was recruited from Boston I believe but I think she has her work cut out for her in the sense that her bio is all about her commitment to equity when parents want top tier academics and more advanced options.

Oh no, Brito is all about "rigor." But she also takes pride in alienating white parents. (She brags about holding tours only in Spanish, so the white parents feel confused and out of place.8 she's smart and learns quickly. But then she assumes she's an expert, when really the longtime teachers and families at OA are the experts. Be on your toes with this new principal. She can be great, but she can be very deceitful.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of principals, I’m happy about Dr. Broquard being the principal at Miner. I absolutely love and adore her. She’s so nice and relatable. She’s going to do great!

+100 Dr. Broquard is probably the nicest and most down to Earth DCPS principal.

Is this a joke?

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of principals, I’m happy about Dr. Broquard being the principal at Miner. I absolutely love and adore her. She’s so nice and relatable. She’s going to do great!

+100 Dr. Broquard is probably the nicest and most down to Earth DCPS principal.

Is this a joke?

Miner folks, time to weigh in on this!!

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What schools are getting new principals? I heard it’s a low number this year.