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

[Anonymous]

And, this is why you all should have voted for Catania.

All we got in Bowser was same old shit, slightly different package.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would be too embarrassing for Bowser for him to be fired so soon into his tenure. He can stick around as a lame duck for another school year and then slink away.

I can't imagine him speaking at any future public meetings without everyone just laughing at the emptiness of his words and making the jerk off motion.

Bowser can take a page out of Trumps book.

[Anonymous]

I think this all disproportionate. If anyone deserves an automatic preference it’s the chancellor. If this were a charter it would be a non-issue, as children of stsff are exemt from the lottery...i am more concerned about strengthening DCPS and my IB schools. If that takes allowing the chancellor preferences, so be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think this all disproportionate. If anyone deserves an automatic preference it’s the chancellor. If this were a charter it would be a non-issue, as children of stsff are exemt from the lottery...i am more concerned about strengthening DCPS and my IB schools. If that takes allowing the chancellor preferences, so be it.

Hahaha. He wrote the very rule that he broke (and accepted all the applause for his tough new stance.)

I could excuse most of what Henderson did. It was mostly to keep a known asshole like Snowden from having it in for her. Wilson’s actions are way worse.

[Anonymous]

I have no problem with him putting his daughter at Wilson. Imagine the chancellor's daughter at Dunbar- one of the lowest performing schools. He just got here. He didn't make it low performing. I an still giving him a chance. It's too soon to tell.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with him putting his daughter at Wilson. Imagine the chancellor's daughter at Dunbar- one of the lowest performing schools. He just got here. He didn't make it low performing. I an still giving him a chance. It's too soon to tell.

PP, is your name Antwan? Have you checked your ethics recently?

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Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with him putting his daughter at Wilson. Imagine the chancellor's daughter at Dunbar- one of the lowest performing schools. He just got here. He didn't make it low performing. I an still giving him a chance. It's too soon to tell.

I don’t have a problem with it either IF it were the rule. But it isn’t the rule. The problem is that he broke a rule and it could have easily been avoided. He chose to live where he lives when many other options could have given him a better in bound school. When things didn’t work out at Ellington (which in and of itself is fishy enough) he KNOWINGLY did the same thing Kaya had just been raked through the coals for. And this wasn’t to curry favors.. if was for his own personal gain. Again- if we want to make it a rule that the chancellors kids get to attend any school in the district- fine... no issue. But until that is part of the deal- they go through the same lottery process as everyone else.

Ultimately, I feel for their daughter. Talk about paying for your parents sins. Being dragged across the country in high school, plopped into one school that clearly was a terrible fit, getting settled into another- probably just making friends- and now being ripped away from that. There is no good outcome for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no problem with him putting his daughter at Wilson. Imagine the chancellor's daughter at Dunbar- one of the lowest performing schools. He just got here. He didn't make it low performing. I an still giving him a chance. It's too soon to tell.

I just moved to DC too. Can I get the same deal?

[Anonymous]

She could not have fired both of them because that would likely mean heading into the spring primary season without the most vital staff leaders in place. Can you imagine the Post editorial? It would be a huge embarrassment and potentially political suicide. She can pretty easily replace a DME. But replacing the chancellor which requires a national search and then council confirmation is more cumbersome and unlikely before the primary. So here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She could not have fired both of them because that would likely mean heading into the spring primary season without the most vital staff leaders in place. Can you imagine the Post editorial? It would be a huge embarrassment and potentially political suicide. She can pretty easily replace a DME. But replacing the chancellor which requires a national search and then council confirmation is more cumbersome and unlikely before the primary. So here we are.

I can't imagine that having a cheatin' chancellor puts her in a stronger position.

I, and many others, will be out protesting at every public appearance by either of them.

[Anonymous]

I'm on my phone so can't link but WaPo has an allergy excellent editorial today on this. Oh the shear stupidity of it!

[Anonymous]

The policy that Wilson signed last year generally prohibits discretionary transfers of children of DC government employees. However, there are a number of legitimate exceptions written in to the policy - these relate to safety; special needs and disabilities. I would like to see the outcome of an investigation before calling for Wilson's resignation.

https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Discretionary%20Out-of-Boundary%20Transfers%20Policy.pdf

[Anonymous]

Mayor's justification for firing the DME not Wilson: "I recognize that the chancellor had what he thought was an untenable family situation, and he was trying to resolve it and trying to resolve it by asking his supervisor what to do," the mayor said.

[Anonymous]

WaPo op. ed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-dc-schools-chancellors-astonishing-lack-of-common-sense/2018/02/16/dc215ad2-1364-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html?utm_term=.fda510c19e15

[Anonymous]

He has to pay back any stolen education.