Mann and Janney PTAs called out in NYTs op-ed for perpetuating segregation in cities

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Anonymous wrote:DC has the highest taxes in the country and we spend more on schools per capita than anywhere else. If some schools aren't getting their share, it's the politicians' fault.

We don't have the highest taxes but close.

What we probably have is one of the most inefficient and corrupt local governments, and a massive waste of taxpayer $$$.

+1000. More money is not the main issue. Local govt. including most of its agencies are incredibly inefficient and corrupt. There have been a few posts on this thread even giving examples of how DCPS wastes money but no one seems to care about that. Just a strange fixation on how more money would fix the schools

Absolutely yes, Taj Mahal renovations of multiple DCPS middle and high schools that sit half empty as families bolt to bare-bones charter offering real rigor and discipline. Think Dunbar ($125 million), Jefferson Academy ($40 million), Eliot-Hine ($30 million). Then there are the gleaming buildings full of low SES OOB students, e.g. Stuart Hobson, 80% OOB for decades, nothing changed after a $40 million renovation five years ago.

Yup.

Somehow the nyt has chosen to ignore the obvious Taj Mahals...i wonder why.

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The money spent on the Duke Ellington renovation is beyond comprehension.

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Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

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Anonymous wrote:The money spent on the Duke Ellington renovation is beyond comprehension.

That's one good example.

That massive waste of public money equals what, a thousand years of Janney donated money?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

You seem to support the Wall.

I agree.

Without a rational and merit-based immigration system like Canada's our public schools are doomed.

But sure, let's attack Janney parents....

This article is obscene.

[Anonymous]

DCPS spends more per student than nearly any other school system in the US. It's not really about the money...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

But equity!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS spends more per student than nearly any other school system in the US. It's not really about the money...

Amen

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Anonymous wrote:How do they know NW parents don’t vote for equal funding?? My kid goes to a dcps with a well funded PTA, and I would vote in additional funds for all of dcps in a second. The pta shaming is just a version of blaming “white women” for everything.

If DCPS didn’t waste so much money on worthless fluff - diversity and “esteem” coordinators in the schools or by letting contracts to unqualified crony 8a contractors that charge twice as much and deliver less — there would be plenty of money to reach the classrooms of all. A historical problem is that part of the community expects more rigor and quality from DCPS and the other part of the community has traditionally viewed the schools as a job provider primarily and as an educator secondarily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

You seem to support the Wall.

I agree.

Without a rational and merit-based immigration system like Canada's our public schools are doomed.

But sure, let's attack Janney parents....

This article is obscene.

Hon, confidentially I’d support a wall down the center of Rock Creek Park. So there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The money spent on the Duke Ellington renovation is beyond comprehension.

It’s not beyond comprehension when you consider that Duke Ellington seems to be politically untouchable sacred cow that is neither transparent nor accountable to anyone. These conditions were like a Petri dish for graft, fraud and corruption to flourish during construction, resulting in a final cost of nearly 250 percent of budget! Then there’s the question of why DC taxpayers basically fund what has become the de facto performing arts magnet for PG County, MD.

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Brookland Middle School. Another amazing building with no one in it.

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I just find it odd that Ellington and walls can admit basically whoever they want. They are funded by tax dollars. People would scream bloody murder if charters could admit whoever they wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

But equity!

Just because kids can’t speak fluent English doesn’t mean they’re here illegally. What a bigoted statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What drivel! All these comments denying that structural and institutional racism exists and is perpetuated daily is ridiculous. Stop placing all the blame on principals and the central office. Let's focus on rebuilding a just society that works for everyone. This is more than Clorox wipes!

Including the impoverished illegal immigrants who have flooded the system with children, speak little or know English, are often un-schooled and illiterate in Spanish? And we expect, what? That these kids will perform on par with kids at Key or Mann?

You seem to support the Wall.

I agree.

Without a rational and merit-based immigration system like Canada's our public schools are doomed.

But sure, let's attack Janney parents....

This article is obscene.

Hon, confidentially I’d support a wall down the center of Rock Creek Park. So there!

Yes, it’s clear you’re a bigot and white trash. Got it.