Letter from Cancellor re moving schools - opps - I got caught moving my kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if the options are dumb or a cheat, which option is OK for continued employment as chancellor?

Ha Ha. Neither of course. Maybe that is the state of the market for urban school chancellors these days.

Disappointing all round.

[Anonymous]

It’ll be exciting to listen in on the next Education committee meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They won’t take him out mid year. It’s so critical to have someone in that role as school year not over anytime soon yet.

Probably not, but really https://wamu.org/story/17/07/13/d-c-schools-chancellor-ends-discretionary-transfers-city-officials-kids

[Anonymous]

I know we're on page 15, but it is absolutely stupefying that he broke the rule that caused so much controversy and that he so publicly said he was fixing.

The only defense is temporary insanity, because it was absolutely insane for him to try to pull this off.

[Anonymous]

How miserable must his daughter have been at Ellington for him to risk this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They won’t take him out mid year. It’s so critical to have someone in that role as school year not over anytime soon yet.

Probably not, but really https://wamu.org/story/17/07/13/d-c-schools-chancellor-ends-discretionary-transfers-city-officials-kids

What a disgrace. First ballou now this. Only in Dcps do you get 9 lives+.

[Anonymous]

I think if his child was struggling that much he should’ve pulled her out and put her in private/parochial school. He could say it was due to special needs/circumstances etc. I think that would actually look less hypocritical than what he ended up doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’ll be exciting to listen in on the next Education committee meeting.

Are you serious, with Grosso presiding? You might as well put a donkey up there.

[Anonymous]

In today’s Washington Post article it says Bowser ordered that his daughter be removed from Wilson. That man is insane. He wrote the policy on transfers that he just violated.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The WaPo paper said
"Bowser said she remains confident in Wilson’s ability to lead the school system."

So he is not getting fired?

Give it a few days. He isn't going to survive this.

He will. This is topic #1 for the dcum set. I don't think it animates the power center in D.C. the same. Nothing more is expected.

[Anonymous]

I may have missed it but how did the story come out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if his child was struggling that much he should’ve pulled her out and put her in private/parochial school. He could say it was due to special needs/circumstances etc. I think that would actually look less hypocritical than what he ended up doing.

Almost anywhere else in the country you could never put your kid in private if you're a public school official or an elected official. The sad reality of DC is that it's not a big deal here. Breaking the OOB rules is a much bigger problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The WaPo paper said
"Bowser said she remains confident in Wilson’s ability to lead the school system."

So he is not getting fired?

Give it a few days. He isn't going to survive this.

He will. This is topic #1 for the dcum set. I don't think it animates the power center in D.C. the same. Nothing more is expected.

well the deputy mayor for education did just resign over this.

the mayor obviously likes the guy, and has deferred his fate to after the outcome of an investigation. I cannot see how he can survive this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if his child was struggling that much he should’ve pulled her out and put her in private/parochial school. He could say it was due to special needs/circumstances etc. I think that would actually look less hypocritical than what he ended up doing.

Almost anywhere else in the country you could never put your kid in private if you're a public school official or an elected official. The sad reality of DC is that it's not a big deal here. Breaking the OOB rules is a much bigger problem.

I agree breaking the rules is worse. Everyone has the choice to do private, although obviously not everyone can pay for it. But at least that wouldn't be corruptly using your position to get a benefit not available to regular citizens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The WaPo paper said
"Bowser said she remains confident in Wilson’s ability to lead the school system."

So he is not getting fired?

Give it a few days. He isn't going to survive this.

He will. This is topic #1 for the dcum set. I don't think it animates the power center in D.C. the same. Nothing more is expected.

well the deputy mayor for education did just resign over this.

the mayor obviously likes the guy, and has deferred his fate to after the outcome of an investigation. I cannot see how he can survive this.

Sure, she was the fall guy. The mayor is hoping/presuming that nothing else comes out from the investigation which would allow him to survive. But it shouldn't take anything more than this. If there is more, such as influence getting his daughter into Ellington in the first place, he won't survive even with the mayor's backing.