Will Whittle be around next year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When do we predict that Whittle will shut its doors?

Not until Chris Whittle is dragged kicking and screaming from the property. And even then he will be insisting that the money is just around the corner

😂

[Anonymous]

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Civil suit would be helpful if CW were not indebted to the tune of eight figures with apparently no assets besides his equity in the school

I'm surprised no one has picked up on this - this is very accurate from all accounts. In fact his personal debts may be closer to 9 figures and with the loss of his house in the Hamptons he has nothing tangible to show as collateral. The equity in the school is his only remaining "asset" which is probably why he continues to insist that all is well. The day the school closes also looks to be a day of reckoning for CW personally. Can't say there will be any sympathy

To be fair, the ability to rack up close to 9 figures of debt is impressive. Most people couldn't get lenders to extend credit for even a fraction of that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a skeleton crew at this point. The local private school community (with enormous endowments) should band together and provide minimal funding to keep the teachers paid through end of semester. ZERO dollars going to Chris, admin staff at reduced wages, teachers full if possible. It is the right thing to do for the students and families. A lifeline. When the school year ends, prepare transcripts and letters of recommendation as needed, and shut this embarrassment down.

Why would other private schools do this? What about unemployment? Or a civil suit against Whittle himself for fraud.

How is unemployment going to help these kids finish out the school year?

Ask your own kids, do they think it's the right thing to help the Whittle kids out? If they don't say yes, you've got some cold, uncaring children.

I'm sure if you were in that situation, you wouldn't want to upend their lives when we're just a few months till the end of the semester. Show some compassion.

Sorry, but no. These kids didn't HAVE to go to Whittle. They could have gone to DCPS. For free. You really think that would have been worse?

Of course they think that. The classism and utter privilege these folks exhibit is disgusting! They’d rather pay out the wazoo to send their kids to a Wild West traveling salesman that have their kids mix with the “poors” (who may not actually be poor). Wilson High has a hell of a lot of problems, but teachers are getting paid and not fleeing en masse (any more than any other school these days, anyway). But it’s not shiny and “innovative”

Whittle parents wanted a disruptor and by god they got one!

[Anonymous]

I just finished Inventing Anna on Netflix and thought about Whittle a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:I just finished Inventing Anna on Netflix and thought about Whittle a lot.

Same

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Of course they think that. The classism and utter privilege these folks exhibit is disgusting! They’d rather pay out the wazoo to send their kids to a Wild West traveling salesman that have their kids mix with the “poors” (who may not actually be poor). Wilson High has a hell of a lot of problems, but teachers are getting paid and not fleeing en masse (any more than any other school these days, anyway). But it’s not shiny and “innovative”

Whittle parents wanted a disruptor and by god they got one!

I think that’s a misread. My belief is that most of the Whittle students were from families who wanted something better from their kids but did not have the money to send to a major private. Whittle discounted tuition dramatically making it an option - and maybe the only affordable option - for lots of families. This was not the typical DCUM family that neurotically applied to 28 schools trying to convince others that St. Bullshit was really a Big 3.

Said differently, there are lots of people who don’t obsess over which school is the prettiest handbag that the can flex at their next cocktail party. That doesn’t mean they deserve to get screwed by a schemer or that they don’t love their children.

[Anonymous]

>>Given the huge gaps in learning the Whittle students have faced this year, especially because of subpar or unqualified teachers, a lack of learning resources, etc., I would not be surprised if most of them have to repeat a year when they transfer.

But they are IB school. How can this be? They have X Day and Acceleration Block. And Lozenge Piano designed the stairwells.
And the viewbook was printed on 50lb paper and given to me in canvas bag.
What you say is pack of lies.

[Anonymous]

«lozenge piano» lol

[Anonymous]

New lawsuit alert!! har har chomp chomp

Universal Building Services of Gaithersburg sues Whitle in DC superior court 2/22/2022 seeking $52,524.55 for work on the building

Take a number and get in line boys.

2022 CA 000810 B UNIVERSAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC. WHITTLE SCHOOL AND STUDIOS WASHINGTON, LLC

Docket Information
Date Docket Text Image Avail.
02/22/2022 Complaint for Breach of Contract Filed Receipt: 488509 Date: 02/25/2022
02/22/2022 eComplaint Filed. Submitted 02/22/2022 10:33. mq (NO SUMMONS SUBMITTED)
Attorney: HEYMAN, Mr WILLIAM S (473451)
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC. (Plaintiff);
Image
02/25/2022 Event Scheduled
Event: Initial Scheduling Conference-60
Date: 05/27/2022 Time: 9:30 am
Judge: EDELMAN, TODD E Location: Courtroom JM-4

[Anonymous]

To this poster "Ask your own kids, do they think it's the right thing to help the Whittle kids out? If they don't say yes, you've got some cold, uncaring children.

I'm sure if you were in that situation, you wouldn't want to upend their lives when we're just a few months till the end of the semester. Show some compassion."

Sigh. The issue of compassion is irrelevant. Whittle School is (was) a for-profit business. Just like BASIS McLean, FUSION, British International School of Washington and many others.

A domain with .org or .edu or the word "school" in a name is NOT the same as 501(c)3 nonprofit status.

It's a parent's responsibility to understand the implications of sending their child to a for-profit business to be educated.

This was not a public charter school startup.

Attending Whittle was a commercial choice, not a human right. All children in America have to right to a free and appropriate education. That is why we have public and charter (in DC) schools that are regulated and funded publicly. Appropriate does not mean ideal or "innovative." Simply put, appropriate means a child is able to learn along with their peers.

Even if parents choose to opt out of the public system, their children will always be allowed to return. It's their right. Not just an option.

In today's DC, Chris Whittle would NEVER receive a public charter. He wouldn't be able to pass the finance and governance criteria because of his very public past in DC. The only way he could operate a school was as a for-profit business.

While I would never wish disruption on any child's education, I think parents who made a perhaps naive or ill-informed choice (we've all done it) need to suck it up and move on. Think of it as a life lesson in preparedness and resilience. Just like every other parent on the planet right now.

Next time, caveat emptor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New lawsuit alert!! har har chomp chomp

Universal Building Services of Gaithersburg sues Whitle in DC superior court 2/22/2022 seeking $52,524.55 for work on the building

Take a number and get in line boys.

2022 CA 000810 B UNIVERSAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC. WHITTLE SCHOOL AND STUDIOS WASHINGTON, LLC

Docket Information
Date Docket Text Image Avail.
02/22/2022 Complaint for Breach of Contract Filed Receipt: 488509 Date: 02/25/2022
02/22/2022 eComplaint Filed. Submitted 02/22/2022 10:33. mq (NO SUMMONS SUBMITTED)
Attorney: HEYMAN, Mr WILLIAM S (473451)
UNIVERSAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC. (Plaintiff);
Image
02/25/2022 Event Scheduled
Event: Initial Scheduling Conference-60
Date: 05/27/2022 Time: 9:30 am
Judge: EDELMAN, TODD E Location: Courtroom JM-4

Meanwhile, CW is insisting that even thought he doesn't have $52,524.55 to pay this contractor, he is HIGHLY confident he can rustle up hundreds of millions to buy the building... It would be a comedy were it not for all the constituencies so badly impacted by his egomaniacal ridiculousness.. Apart from trying to stave off personal bankruptcy, what exactly is CW's end game here?

[Anonymous]

The end game for CW is the game. He loves it. He is addicted to risk.

Here is the “interesting” thing about him - he truly believes he has not lied to anyone.

He is a sociopath.

[Anonymous]

My favorite part is that, when it all comes crashing down in a few months, CW will try to paint himself as a victim. "I tried to hard to raise the money for our school, but THEY didn't believe." Will take zero responsibility for mismanaging it into the ground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just finished Inventing Anna on Netflix and thought about Whittle a lot.

Exactly what I thought. Stringing people along, telling them the money is coming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The end game for CW is the game. He loves it. He is addicted to risk.

Here is the “interesting” thing about him - he truly believes he has not lied to anyone.

He is a sociopath.

George Costanza channeling his inner Chris Whittle! https://youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ