N word at Whitman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who says I am at work? And what makes you the keeper of the knowledge about Nardi , or the DCUM thread police? It was a sincere concern and question.
I bumped an old thread because that particular issue bothered me more than others.

NP - I don't get it, you pulled an old thread you "don't like the issue for" and then ask about a MS principal?
BTW, do you even go to Pyle, if so then you'd probably know the situation already and Nardi's unpopularity. Putting a bunch of 12 yo in a overly huge middle school and failing to create a sense of community or even structure where a kid doesn't have 30+ new faces in class every hour while never doing ability tracking classes is not effective.

I am going to pull into this topic - the thread is so old I feel justified. I have kids at Pyle and would not say that Nardi is universally disliked, as is your implication. I am neutral on him, my kids like him, and most parents I know like him. The lack of ability tracking is universal to all middle schools in MoCo, and it isn’t his fault the school is so overcrowded (and the school is about to embark on an addition). Curious what you find lacking in structure? I do agree there is a lack of community cohesiveness but I chalk that up to the size of the school.

I think the main issues with him don’t relate to how “nice” he is—he’s personable—but rather his lack of vision or follow through. He defaults to inaction when he’s worried about going in the wrong direction. Many many parents have lowered their expectations. Pyle has lost out on some really good opportunities because he didn’t recognize them as such. And the kids are able to get away with a lot
of mean behavior. I know several teachers who are frustrated too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a different perspective. I think the principal was showing that he was taking the matter seriously and that such behavior would not be tolerated. Using offensive and demeaning language like this was a problem when my kid was at Pyle last year and I thought the principal there (Nardi) handled it terribly. Kids were running around heiling Hitler and calling people dirty Jews and using the N word and the F word willy nilly and no one did anything about it. It was depressing.

It's unbelievable that this goes on, If the county would let a few Langly Park families opt into Whitman, this would clear right up.

[Anonymous]

You’re probably right. At minimum it would bring it all to light in a way that it could be dealt with with consequences. The kids at Pyle need to be dealt with at 11, 12, 13–BEFORE they get to Whitman. It has to be handled immediately and with a heavy hand. Sometimes “nice” leadership backfires. There are times when a soft touch needs to be scrapped and kids need to be punished. No tolerance for that BS. I’d be fine with any principal coming down hard on my kid if he pulled that crap. This is why I hope Whitman gets a new principal of color too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re probably right. At minimum it would bring it all to light in a way that it could be dealt with with consequences. The kids at Pyle need to be dealt with at 11, 12, 13–BEFORE they get to Whitman. It has to be handled immediately and with a heavy hand. Sometimes “nice” leadership backfires. There are times when a soft touch needs to be scrapped and kids need to be punished. No tolerance for that BS. I’d be fine with any principal coming down hard on my kid if he pulled that crap. This is why I hope Whitman gets a new principal of color too.

That would help drive the point home and foster a greater awareness.

[Anonymous]

Walt white-man

[Anonymous]

Yes—probably at Churchill too ideally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. He might not even last much longer at Pyle.

Go bump another old thread or get back to work.

What’s your basis for saying that?

[Anonymous]

I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

This happened at Whitman. You're ignorant suppositions aren't relevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

W parents are obsessed with Blair. It's most often because their little snowflakes failed to make the cut, and deep down they know it's a better school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. He might not even last much longer at Pyle.

Go bump another old thread or get back to work.

What’s your basis for saying that?

Can the person who said this please clarify what you meant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

W parents are obsessed with Blair. It's most often because their little snowflakes failed to make the cut, and deep down they know it's a better school.

Get into Blair?!? Take away the couple hundred mostly Bethesda kids out of the selective programs, all you are left with are the thousands of kids whose only qualification to “get in” was to be born to parents who couldn’t afford to live in a better area. Hell the one decent neighborhood in silver spring doesn’t even go to Blair. Sour grapes much DCC mom?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

This happened at Whitman. You're ignorant suppositions aren't relevant.

The only reason people care is because rich white people did it, 1000 black kids use it and they are just being kids. It happens thousands of times everyday in poor schools, you’re just projecting your bitterness.

They shouldn’t do it but it isn’t the deal people think it is. The Whitman kids need to know future leaders are held to higher standards than the masses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would bet a million dollars that one would hear the N word a billion times more at a minority school like Blair or Einstein than at a school like Whitman. That said I don’t think the DCC parents could cover the bet.

W parents are obsessed with Blair. It's most often because their little snowflakes failed to make the cut, and deep down they know it's a better school.

No one actually believes that. Blair is just a proxy for any very large high school where minority kids aren’t subjected to nearly the same microscope as kids at Whitman. Whenever the slightest thing happens at Whitman, the chattering wanna-be’s in eastern MoCo blow it vastly out of proportion.

[Anonymous]

As someone in the Whitman cluster I just don’t think it matters all that much as
Long as you’re with a cohort.
I hope the pps aren’t actually Whitman parents because
you sound defensive and classist.