Coming back to DCPS from Private

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Anonymous wrote:What kills me is people have such a problem with the mayor and chancellor however they keep their child enrolled in DCPS. It's easy to complain but what are your doing to be part of a solution.

Work with your principal. Because the principal has much more impact than the mayor or chancellor on day to day operations. That's not insane.

That's just precious. Who are these principals who invite parents in to redesign curriculum gaps, disciplinary problems, and classroom sizes?

Discipline: principal has far more control than mayor/chanc

Class sizes: if your school has any OOB then principal has control

Curriculum: principal has limited control on paper but in practice who you hire (teachers) and how you train and direct them has a large influence. Plus good principals plug gaps with extra curriculars.

If you get a principal who really knows how to work the DCPS system, things can get better at your school. Keeping class sizes just high enough to get the maximum amount of funding and teachers from downtown but not so high that parents get pissed is a chess game. This can also involve a lot of sucking up to folks downtown. If the principal can stand some brown nosing...your school will get more attention.