Removal of Eaton Principal Steven Eskay

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The Instructional Superintendent who was his supervisor, on whose watch perhaps dozens of complaints were lodged, on whose watch Eskay appears to have been provided confidential information about people filing complaints...is going to lead the investigation? Ladies and gentleman, I present to you DCPS.

The words "perhaps" and "appears" jump out at me. So do you know or do you not know? Is there evidence of "dozens of complaints"? If so was it before or after the teachers went public? If the evidence is before their letter that indicates a cover up and the Washington Post would love to hear from you. You are free to list it here, too. There is this thing called FOIA so it will be verified. But if you're merely speculating go away.

Also, the Instructional Superintendents do not lead investigations and are investigated, too.

Do you work for Central? Only a Central stooge would respond this way. The complaint and documentation say in plain language that multiple teachers filed complaints. The original documentation from signees alleged he made open reference to having an inside source providing him information. In no universe (other than DCPS) would the supervisor be allowed to participate in the investigation. They would not even have been authorized to speak to the WaPo. Yet the WaPo article shows that the IS will be involved in the investigation and she spoke .

I know you think you are "helping" Central look less incompetent, but you (like your brethren) reinforce an image of pervasive incompetence and dirty inside baseball every time you open your mouths.

To answer your question, no, I do not work for Central. And do you really think a Central employee would encourage you to go to the Washington Post with additional evidence so they can verify it through FOIA? I think Eskay or anyone that may have covered for him is deplorable but what has been shared, in my opinion, may not be enough to let him or them go. You conveniently referred back to the original document but again I believe more is needed. That is what triggers me. If you have something else or can point them towards where to look, hop to it.

Learn to read, word salad Central employee. What was said was that based on what has been reported the IS is surely potentially implicated and should have no role in responding to media inquiries regarding or investigating an employee who appears to have behaved this way and who was reported to have said he had sources feeding him information about complaints.

You chimed in and were exposed as a fool. Have the decency to slink away like the rest of Central.

[Anonymous]

PP--why the need for the name calling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP--why the need for the name calling?

IS appears to have been complicit in enabling an abusive principal and Central is about to cover it up by letting her investigate herself, and you think name calling is the real problem? You are the poster child for why DCPS doesn't ever get better.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the IS needs to be investigated. WTF!!

[Anonymous]

I don’t think any of the IS are good.
They got their jobs through being chummy with the top folk, not much else. And they are not held accountable for much. It is a sweet gig.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of the IS are good.
They got their jobs through being chummy with the top folk, not much else. And they are not held accountable for much. It is a sweet gig.

That isn’t true. Most of the current IS are former DCPS principals. They worked hard for their positions.

Katie Larkin- former principal of HD Cooke ES, former AP at Hearst, former resident principal at Key and Kelly Miller MS

Mary Ann Stinson- former principal of Truesdell ES

Eric Bethel- former principal of Turner ES and former teacher at Marie Reed ES

[Anonymous]

Once the principal is removed from Eaton.
The next step will be with Eaton's parents, putting together all the grievances that already exist against the ap and removing her. There are many of us who have problems with the ap, and they are not simple problems or gossip. I hope that the teachers also support us, since the investigators of the central office are very bureaucratic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once the principal is removed from Eaton.

That's a big 'if'. Sure this is bad optics for DCPS but they honestly don't seem to care. DC schools having problematic principals that cause tremendous teacher turnover seems to be extremely common.

[Anonymous]

The issue that having inept staff only harms the children.
Many families have left Eaton in the past year and prior years because of the psychological abuse by the assistant principal.
She has multiple grievances with dcps against her and dcps have not taken any action.
It really is something that we, the parents have to unite and ask all of us that this woman be prosecuted.
It's not from now, it's from a long time ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of the IS are good.
They got their jobs through being chummy with the top folk, not much else. And they are not held accountable for much. It is a sweet gig.

That isn’t true. Most of the current IS are former DCPS principals. They worked hard for their positions.

Katie Larkin- former principal of HD Cooke ES, former AP at Hearst, former resident principal at Key and Kelly Miller MS

Mary Ann Stinson- former principal of Truesdell ES

Eric Bethel- former principal of Turner ES and former teacher at Marie Reed ES

I don't think this proves the point you were thinking. Many principals are picked bc of their connections to central (Larkin is notorious for being a Central bot).

Bethel is my IS and does a great job, but that's such a rarity amongst the IS cohort I've had over the last 12 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of the IS are good.
They got their jobs through being chummy with the top folk, not much else. And they are not held accountable for much. It is a sweet gig.

That isn’t true. Most of the current IS are former DCPS principals. They worked hard for their positions.

Katie Larkin- former principal of HD Cooke ES, former AP at Hearst, former resident principal at Key and Kelly Miller MS

Mary Ann Stinson- former principal of Truesdell ES

Eric Bethel- former principal of Turner ES and former teacher at Marie Reed ES

To counter your point:

Look up Jellig and Pinder. Both have been investigated/are being investigated. Pinder has moved up the ranks from IS but lots of shady business going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think any of the IS are good.
They got their jobs through being chummy with the top folk, not much else. And they are not held accountable for much. It is a sweet gig.

That isn’t true. Most of the current IS are former DCPS principals. They worked hard for their positions.

Katie Larkin- former principal of HD Cooke ES, former AP at Hearst, former resident principal at Key and Kelly Miller MS

Mary Ann Stinson- former principal of Truesdell ES

Eric Bethel- former principal of Turner ES and former teacher at Marie Reed ES

I don't think this proves the point you were thinking. Many principals are picked bc of their connections to central (Larkin is notorious for being a Central bot).

Bethel is my IS and does a great job, but that's such a rarity amongst the IS cohort I've had over the last 12 years

Bethel is great. He’s our IS as well.

[Anonymous]

I was impressed with Kim Jackson when she was our IS, but then she got promoted. Now we have the old Maury principal — pulled from retirement — who was beloved at Maury, but I don’t think gives principals good advice as an IS.

[Anonymous]

I think Jellig is gone....

[Anonymous]

Do not know much about Bethel. Pritchard and Stinson are Superintendents too. Stinson is never around and Pritchard has no clue how to do her job.