SWW Principal Removed - Reason Unknown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ you’ll need to chill on this.

Since Trogisch came on his goal has been to pack SWW with wealthy students. It is why they always ask students (and their families) where else they are looking. If it is a private, you basically have a slot. If it is Wilson, you probably have a slot. The rest are toss ups. After all, wealthier, better prepared students keep the metrics up.

Trogisch has been fighting against transparency and efforts to add diversity to the school for a bit under a decade. Apparently DCPS found a reason to finally fire him. We should be glad.

My DS who has learning disabilities is now a sophomore in college. The quote above is exactly what was happening to his cohort when it was their turn for high school admission. Privae school offer - come to Walls. Toss up between Wilson and Walls, we have space.

Trogisch told the audience at an open house we attended that IRP support services were limited and that applicants would not make the cut, saying that the students could not keep up. Yes, for him, it was always about the metrics.

OK. SWW is a school for a specific type of student. So what?

It's a public school, idiot. That's the 'what.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Walls was created as an alternative to Banneker. It gave room for a self-motivated high-achiever who didn't fit the Banneker mold.

I'm oversimplify but essentially that was it. They wanted a space of good learners who learned differently. Banneker was for the hardcore *traditional* learners.

It’s an exam school. The principal said that some students would do well on the exam and others wouldn’t, it seemed.

Getting back to the point of the thread:
Principal was fired for pushing back on DCPS Central Office on opening safely. (Multiple sources confirm and the admin guy who refused to talk to students reaffirmed it).

As a parent I will never trust DCPS to reopen safely if they fire principals like this who prioritize safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ you’ll need to chill on this.

Since Trogisch came on his goal has been to pack SWW with wealthy students. It is why they always ask students (and their families) where else they are looking. If it is a private, you basically have a slot. If it is Wilson, you probably have a slot. The rest are toss ups. After all, wealthier, better prepared students keep the metrics up.

Trogisch has been fighting against transparency and efforts to add diversity to the school for a bit under a decade. Apparently DCPS found a reason to finally fire him. We should be glad.

My DS who has learning disabilities is now a sophomore in college. The quote above is exactly what was happening to his cohort when it was their turn for high school admission. Privae school offer - come to Walls. Toss up between Wilson and Walls, we have space.

Trogisch told the audience at an open house we attended that IRP support services were limited and that applicants would not make the cut, saying that the students could not keep up. Yes, for him, it was always about the metrics.

OK. SWW is a school for a specific type of student. So what?

It's a public school, idiot. That's the 'what.'

It's a selective magnet school, not your neighborhood school. Idiot.

[Anonymous]

DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ you’ll need to chill on this.

Since Trogisch came on his goal has been to pack SWW with wealthy students. It is why they always ask students (and their families) where else they are looking. If it is a private, you basically have a slot. If it is Wilson, you probably have a slot. The rest are toss ups. After all, wealthier, better prepared students keep the metrics up.

Trogisch has been fighting against transparency and efforts to add diversity to the school for a bit under a decade. Apparently DCPS found a reason to finally fire him. We should be glad.

My DS who has learning disabilities is now a sophomore in college. The quote above is exactly what was happening to his cohort when it was their turn for high school admission. Privae school offer - come to Walls. Toss up between Wilson and Walls, we have space.

Trogisch told the audience at an open house we attended that IRP support services were limited and that applicants would not make the cut, saying that the students could not keep up. Yes, for him, it was always about the metrics.

Just curious if you tried applying to Bannecker. I hear terrible things about how they treat special Ed kids especially boys but somehow they get zero flak for anything

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

Total excuse. From what I heard, he was overtly discriminating against kids with IEPs, which is illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ you’ll need to chill on this.

Since Trogisch came on his goal has been to pack SWW with wealthy students. It is why they always ask students (and their families) where else they are looking. If it is a private, you basically have a slot. If it is Wilson, you probably have a slot. The rest are toss ups. After all, wealthier, better prepared students keep the metrics up.

Trogisch has been fighting against transparency and efforts to add diversity to the school for a bit under a decade. Apparently DCPS found a reason to finally fire him. We should be glad.

My DS who has learning disabilities is now a sophomore in college. The quote above is exactly what was happening to his cohort when it was their turn for high school admission. Privae school offer - come to Walls. Toss up between Wilson and Walls, we have space.

Trogisch told the audience at an open house we attended that IRP support services were limited and that applicants would not make the cut, saying that the students could not keep up. Yes, for him, it was always about the metrics.

OK. SWW is a school for a specific type of student. So what?

It's a public school, idiot. That's the 'what.'

It's a selective magnet school, not your neighborhood school. Idiot.

Still public. Try again dummy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

Total excuse. From what I heard, he was overtly discriminating against kids with IEPs, which is illegal.

Extensive special ed resources? As a title 1 school with multiple self contained classrooms and resource students, what are these resources?

That's a crock of BS. The reply is correct, that's just an excuse. Obviously he was horrible and only certain families like him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

This is because DC residents pay huge amounts of tax but we get only a small fraction back from the fed gov't.

(Ignore the Heritage and other conservatives studies on this, they use a stupid accounting trick to include fed _salaries_.)

DC Govt gets MASSIVELY shortchanged by our federal government. And that's why our schools are poor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

Total excuse. From what I heard, he was overtly discriminating against kids with IEPs, which is illegal.

If you review the School Profile [let's assume it is directionally accurate] 0% of the students are special education.
This is the same % as Banneker has. However, Wilson has 10% of the student body as Special Education as a comparison point.

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/School+Without+Walls+High+School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS starves the school of funds. They don’t have the extensive special Ed. resources most other schools have

Total excuse. From what I heard, he was overtly discriminating against kids with IEPs, which is illegal.

If you review the School Profile [let's assume it is directionally accurate] 0% of the students are special education.
This is the same % as Banneker has. However, Wilson has 10% of the student body as Special Education as a comparison point.

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/School+Without+Walls+High+School

Yes, those figures are what indicated to me I have to drop my DS’s IEP before he has to have a diagnostic label. it’s really unfair.

[Anonymous]

https://www.swwhs.org/news/principal-trogisch-reinstatement-advocacy-update

[Anonymous]

So now we know what the enrolment fraud involved.

Buh-bye.

[Anonymous]

I was interested in the Banneker question but crickets. No one on DCUM is willing to send their kid to Banneker I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So now we know what the enrolment fraud involved.

Buh-bye.

Yeah, it was a reason DCPS pulled out to justify their course of action. If true he should have been fired two years ago, when it happened.