New DCPS Principals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

Do you feel the same about miner and Wheatley?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

Do you feel the same about miner and Wheatley?

Yes, but to a lesser extent.

[Anonymous]

what about a Black woman to lead a predominantly Hispanic school? How far are you going with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what about a Black woman to lead a predominantly Hispanic school? How far are you going with this?

That’s problematic as well unless the said black woman is Dominican. Dominicans are black people who speak Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

I don't know who else applied for the job. He might have been the best option. And the school is increasingly diverse. If he can get the test scores up and cope with everything else, that will be wonderful. I don't believe the principal necessarily has to be the same race as the majority of the students, especially if the staff as a whole are diverse.

He was the selection panel's #1 choice. It was very diverse w/ majority minority representation. He was awesome at Miner. A-B is super lucky to get him.

[Anonymous]

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.

IB OA parent here with two lifer children. Comments like this reveal non-OA families’ ignorance about the school. Placing a non-Spanish speaking principal (Carrie) at OA is a non-starter. We’re very excited about Ms. Brito leading the school.

Please stay in your monolingual lane.

[Anonymous]

Miner is screwed...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

I don't know who else applied for the job. He might have been the best option. And the school is increasingly diverse. If he can get the test scores up and cope with everything else, that will be wonderful. I don't believe the principal necessarily has to be the same race as the majority of the students, especially if the staff as a whole are diverse.

It seems as if the leaders are no longer reflective of the schools unless they are in the NW. Do the parents of some of the lower performing schools get a say? Do they even matter to DCPS? Where are the Black women principals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eatman just keeps falling up - unbelievable.

Eatman is a gift to DCPS, one of the best administrators in a system that has far too many mediocre admin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about a Black woman to lead a predominantly Hispanic school? How far are you going with this?

That’s problematic as well unless the said black woman is Dominican. Dominicans are black people who speak Spanish.

It's not as simple as that...

And I just can't agree with your premise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

I don't know who else applied for the job. He might have been the best option. And the school is increasingly diverse. If he can get the test scores up and cope with everything else, that will be wonderful. I don't believe the principal necessarily has to be the same race as the majority of the students, especially if the staff as a whole are diverse.

It seems as if the leaders are no longer reflective of the schools unless they are in the NW. Do the parents of some of the lower performing schools get a say? Do they even matter to DCPS? Where are the Black women principals?

Oh please. This is absurd. You don't know what you are talking about.

The NW schools generally have a diverse set of principals and APs and may or may not "reflect" the demographics of the school.

DCPS should hire the best people for the job. When they rank optics too highly, they get themselves in trouble (thinking of you, Princ. Johnson). Meanwhile, the kids need education and need preparation to live in a diverse world. Role models of different profiles are great, but the person needs to be good to be a role model.

A particular look plus a title does not make a role model!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Is Carrie bilingual in Spanish. That's a must for OA.

[Anonymous]

Did these folks choose to move from being a principal at one school to another or does DCPS force them to take on a new school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what about a Black woman to lead a predominantly Hispanic school? How far are you going with this?

That’s problematic as well unless the said black woman is Dominican. Dominicans are black people who speak Spanish.

You don’t think a Black person should lead a white school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope Jackson didn't write his own bio... it's full of typos. With that said, I hope he is successful at Amidon-Bowen. It won't be easy to come in with a pending renovation, the newly built day care center (so foolish not to coordinate but that's dcps/dgs for you!) a very economically and racially diverse community, the departure of some very long-tenured staff, and a previous principal who was there for 8 years and thus is the only principal any parents or students are likely to have known.

The optics look really bad for them to move a white man into a predominately black school to lead. They should have chosen a black man or a black woman to lead Amidon-Bowen.

I don't know who else applied for the job. He might have been the best option. And the school is increasingly diverse. If he can get the test scores up and cope with everything else, that will be wonderful. I don't believe the principal necessarily has to be the same race as the majority of the students, especially if the staff as a whole are diverse.

It seems as if the leaders are no longer reflective of the schools unless they are in the NW. Do the parents of some of the lower performing schools get a say? Do they even matter to DCPS? Where are the Black women principals?

Oh please. This is absurd. You don't know what you are talking about.

The NW schools generally have a diverse set of principals and APs and may or may not "reflect" the demographics of the school.

DCPS should hire the best people for the job. When they rank optics too highly, they get themselves in trouble (thinking of you, Princ. Johnson). Meanwhile, the kids need education and need preparation to live in a diverse world. Role models of different profiles are great, but the person needs to be good to be a role model.

A particular look plus a title does not make a role model!

Yes it does. Black boys in particular need to see black men in positions of power. This serves as a role model for them.