Alleged grade/attendance fixing at Somerset & Howard Charter Schools

[Anonymous]

NathanBacaABC7 wrote:https://wjla.com/features/faking-the-grade/charter-employees-claim-grade-and-attendance-fixing

I'm the ABC7 reporter who aired this story Monday and talked to these former charter school employees about their accusations. These are not the only charter schools we heard allegations against. However, these two were the ones we had access to records or employees willing to speak at length about what they say happened there. If there are more employees who believe systemic grade and attendance fixing is happening at their charter school, the public charter school board says they want to hear from those employees - and of course, so do I.

If there are any questions DCUM folks have about this story, I can try to answer them here.

this was a solid piece of investigative journalism. The bigger story is the charter sector's lack of transparency, the same transparency which has exposed DCPS scandals and left the public largely in the dark about charter malfeasance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

NathanBacaABC7 wrote:https://wjla.com/features/faking-the-grade/charter-employees-claim-grade-and-attendance-fixing

I'm the ABC7 reporter who aired this story Monday and talked to these former charter school employees about their accusations. These are not the only charter schools we heard allegations against. However, these two were the ones we had access to records or employees willing to speak at length about what they say happened there. If there are more employees who believe systemic grade and attendance fixing is happening at their charter school, the public charter school board says they want to hear from those employees - and of course, so do I.

If there are any questions DCUM folks have about this story, I can try to answer them here.

this was a solid piece of investigative journalism. The bigger story is the charter sector's lack of transparency, the same transparency which has exposed DCPS scandals and left the public largely in the dark about charter malfeasance.

I'm all for transparency but unfortunately, it's just not true that transparency exposed the DCPS scandals. Wasn't there a DCPS employee who shared private documents and records with NPR that prompted the investigation?

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reporting. It’s critical.

[Anonymous]

As a black mom, this saddens me. It’s unfortunate that our own kind isn’t better serving our kids and realizing these tactics are doing more harm than good.

[NathanBacaABC7]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

NathanBacaABC7 wrote:https://wjla.com/features/faking-the-grade/charter-employees-claim-grade-and-attendance-fixing

I'm the ABC7 reporter who aired this story Monday and talked to these former charter school employees about their accusations. These are not the only charter schools we heard allegations against. However, these two were the ones we had access to records or employees willing to speak at length about what they say happened there. If there are more employees who believe systemic grade and attendance fixing is happening at their charter school, the public charter school board says they want to hear from those employees - and of course, so do I.

If there are any questions DCUM folks have about this story, I can try to answer them here.

this was a solid piece of investigative journalism. The bigger story is the charter sector's lack of transparency, the same transparency which has exposed DCPS scandals and left the public largely in the dark about charter malfeasance.

I'm all for transparency but unfortunately, it's just not true that transparency exposed the DCPS scandals. Wasn't there a DCPS employee who shared private documents and records with NPR that prompted the investigation?

Indeed, it was a Ballou HS employee who shared documents with WAMU and myself last fall that prompted the investigation. Those documents included the entire attendance and grade reports for all high school students that one year. Thousands of pages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a black mom, this saddens me. It’s unfortunate that our own kind isn’t better serving our kids and realizing these tactics are doing more harm than good.

that is because they are WHITE. and all they care is about the $$$$

you would not believe how much corruption there was at Somerset with Lauren Catalano (and her siblings) ... yet somehow managed to convince KIPP she had to remain in the personnel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a black mom, this saddens me. It’s unfortunate that our own kind isn’t better serving our kids and realizing these tactics are doing more harm than good.

that is because they are WHITE. and all they care is about the $$$$

you would not believe how much corruption there was at Somerset with Lauren Catalano (and her siblings) ... yet somehow managed to convince KIPP she had to remain in the personnel.

How did that happen? Wasn’t she involved in racist scandals?