SWW Principal Removed - Reason Unknown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a newsflash for you:

1. Every single principal in DCPS at one point or another breaks one or more of many many laws, whether it be intentional or not. The DCMR is chalked full of regulations and laws. Central office cherry picks when to enforce the breaking of said laws, and some principals over the years have been naive to the actual level of protection they have from said cult of personality when favor shifts against them.

2. Whichever reason that will be promoted for the SWW principal being fired , be VERY CLEAR that the REAL reason he got cancelled was his vocal pushback against the reopening plans of the Mayor and Chancellor. Be clear.

Seconding this poster, DCPS has a history of holding on to reasons for firing an employee, so that they can dismiss them whenever they become an inconvenience. At least that's the experience of the Washington Teachers' Union.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with firing someone for raising safety concerns. But I do find it funny that the rally call of parents earlier this year was to fire anyone who didn't want to come back. I guess they assumed it was a bunch of lazy teachers at other schools pushing to stay closed, not the teachers/admins they like. Now that it's an apparently much beloved principal, everyone is upset?

[Anonymous]

The reason is not "unknown". He was fired because he violated the school lottery process last year. Perhaps people would like to get their facts straight. It's a very competitive, selective HS and its pretty awful that he violated the rules.


https://dcist.com/story/20/10/08/the-principal-of-a-prestigious-dc-high-school-was-suddenly-fired-parents-and-teachers-want-answers/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with firing someone for raising safety concerns. But I do find it funny that the rally call of parents earlier this year was to fire anyone who didn't want to come back. I guess they assumed it was a bunch of lazy teachers at other schools pushing to stay closed, not the teachers/admins they like. Now that it's an apparently much beloved principal, everyone is upset?

Have you ever considered that these might be different sets of parents? At least from what I have seen, most parents in the SWW community, and many in DCPS in general, were supportive of keeping learning online. I would imagine that these are the ones who are protesting Trogisch's removal. It's almost as if parents aren't one giant monolithic bloc of people, as this forum often shows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students and parents and teachers all are protesting the firing.

OMG. WTF is wrong with people?!?!?

Don't even tell me she is kneeling in front of his car because she wants to "talk." Crazy.

It is an at will employee people.

What's so hard to believe about this woman trying to stop Jellig from leaving because she, and everyone else there, wants an explanation? I don't think it's particularly unreasonable for someone to want answers about this situation, and Jerry Jellig (the man in the car) would most likely know what happened, as he is the superintendent that oversaw SWW. Are peaceful protestors not allowed to question government officials?

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason is not "unknown". He was fired because he violated the school lottery process last year. Perhaps people would like to get their facts straight. It's a very competitive, selective HS and its pretty awful that he violated the rules.


https://dcist.com/story/20/10/08/the-principal-of-a-prestigious-dc-high-school-was-suddenly-fired-parents-and-teachers-want-answers/

It doesnt actually say that in the link. It says, admissions anomaly. Pretty vague.

[Anonymous]

Per DCPS spokesperson - School Enrollment issue

[Anonymous]

In the community meeting just now, the secondary schools chief said it was a "school enrollment anomaly" and that it wasn't related to school reopening.

[Anonymous]

I assume that there are a bunch of disciplinary actions between remove principal immediately in the middle of a pandemic and do nothing that DCPS could have taken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with firing someone for raising safety concerns. But I do find it funny that the rally call of parents earlier this year was to fire anyone who didn't want to come back. I guess they assumed it was a bunch of lazy teachers at other schools pushing to stay closed, not the teachers/admins they like. Now that it's an apparently much beloved principal, everyone is upset?

How dumb are you? It's a completely different set of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with firing someone for raising safety concerns. But I do find it funny that the rally call of parents earlier this year was to fire anyone who didn't want to come back. I guess they assumed it was a bunch of lazy teachers at other schools pushing to stay closed, not the teachers/admins they like. Now that it's an apparently much beloved principal, everyone is upset?

Some of those posters weren’t parents, they were troublemakers and trolls. Remember conservative trolls target DCUM to spread división about DC and about public schools.

In my kid’s school, all the parents are in strong support of the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Does Ferebee have a child there? Is it a conflict of interest for him to appoint the interim Principal?

[Anonymous]

A quote from the Chancellor 100 days in …."Move at the Speed of Trust'"

How is this the speed of trust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a newsflash for you:

1. Every single principal in DCPS at one point or another breaks one or more of many many laws, whether it be intentional or not. The DCMR is chalked full of regulations and laws. Central office cherry picks when to enforce the breaking of said laws, and some principals over the years have been naive to the actual level of protection they have from said cult of personality when favor shifts against them.

2. Whichever reason that will be promoted for the SWW principal being fired , be VERY CLEAR that the REAL reason he got cancelled was his vocal pushback against the reopening plans of the Mayor and Chancellor. Be clear.

Seconding this poster, DCPS has a history of holding on to reasons for firing an employee, so that they can dismiss them whenever they become an inconvenience. At least that's the experience of the Washington Teachers' Union.

This x1000

I don't trust this Chancellor or his word salad speak at all. We need to move school decisions back to a school board...pre Fenty and pre Rhee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SWW Parent. I'm glad Trogisch is gone. (It's an unpopular opinion.) It took a long time to remove a bad, bad seed. Ms. Isaac's runs SWW and has for years and I hope she applies and is named the new principal. Trogisch was never visible in school. Politics is always involved and Trogisch knew who to kiss up to and when to take a "stand". Ask families about his character - not just the families on the HSA or LSAT boards. Go deeper than he spoke over re-opening schools...please.

x2. glad to see Trogisch finally gone. The HS was on auto-pilot since he took over Francis Stevens. Previously he had done good things for the HS, but both Trogisch and DCPS thought the high school could run itself and they put very little thought into it. Maybe now DC will finally get the top magnet schools it deserves. Probably a pipe dream, because the next years will be (with very good reason) about making up the huge losses and widened achievement gap for the students struggling most.