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

[Anonymous]

What I want to know about the Ellington part of the story is whether his daughter went through the required application and audition process or if her placement was much like the one she got at Wilson...

[Anonymous]

I don't see where this is a big deal! The Chancellor should have the right to select a school. He is new to the area and trying to navigate a lot in a short amount of time, with a very high profile, visible position. It should be part of the deal. When Rhee came no one gave a crap about the fact that she stuck her kid in a sought after school. She used her privileges not just for her self, but her cronies too. No problem. Kaya does it and it's a problem. Wilson does it and you want his head! Why can't you accept that some positions have perks? I think being a Chancellor is one of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't see where this is a big deal! The Chancellor should have the right to select a school. He is new to the area and trying to navigate a lot in a short amount of time, with a very high profile, visible position. It should be part of the deal. When Rhee came no one gave a crap about the fact that she stuck her kid in a sought after school. She used her privileges not just for her self, but her cronies too. No problem. Kaya does it and it's a problem. Wilson does it and you want his head! Why can't you accept that some positions have perks? I think being a Chancellor is one of them.

Not nobody gave a crap. I did.

[Anonymous]

Whether it should be part of the deal or not, it isn’t and the Chancellor himself wrote the current rule that he broke. If this was ignored in the past but now is not, perhaps that is a little bit of progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see where this is a big deal! The Chancellor should have the right to select a school. He is new to the area and trying to navigate a lot in a short amount of time, with a very high profile, visible position. It should be part of the deal. When Rhee came no one gave a crap about the fact that she stuck her kid in a sought after school. She used her privileges not just for her self, but her cronies too. No problem. Kaya does it and it's a problem. Wilson does it and you want his head! Why can't you accept that some positions have perks? I think being a Chancellor is one of them.

You are ridiculous and ill-informed and clearly enjoy being contrarian. If you can’t see how unethical it is that he violated a policy he, himself put in place, I can’t help you. I can only hope to avoid you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that the Chancellor and his wife handled the situation so badly from the start. It makes me think they always assumed that since he is Chancellor, the rules don't apply to them and they will be fine. First, at least cover your bases and move in bounds to Wilson. Second, Duke Ellington is a risky choice unless you are very talented and want to single mindedly pursue your passion. It is not exactly known for high level academics which may have been the issue for his daughter. Maybe the academics were too easy for her coming from CA. Pure conjecture on my part here and I could be wrong. I assume they were also wowed by the new building. Third, how bad was her situation at Duke Ellington? Unless it is a bullying or safety issue, most families would ride out the year and then try to move inbounds to Wilson or enter the lottery again. Kids do move around but generally not mid-year so much.

Like the Washington Post, I really question his judgement and common sense. Also, all he seems to have done is add additional layers of beauracracy to central office.
He was a terrible choice and i am going to hold Mayor Bowser accountable for her decision to hire him. Grosso is a complete loser and has no credibility on education at this point.

When he took the job, the chancellor did have the discretion to do special placements.

[Anonymous]

Let's not forget that he sent his wife in to Niles' office to have the conversation so that he could have an alibi that he had nothing to do with it. Sounds sneaky. Wonder if Jenny felt like the schlemiel when Ms. Wilson walked into her office and not Antwain.

[Anonymous]

This is one of the many reasons why I've never felt an ounce of guilt about cheating the boundary process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's not forget that he sent his wife in to Niles' office to have the conversation so that he could have an alibi that he had nothing to do with it. Sounds sneaky. Wonder if Jenny felt like the schlemiel when Ms. Wilson walked into her office and not Antwain.

That could be a different marriage dynamic at play. Easy to speculate but that's all it is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see where this is a big deal! The Chancellor should have the right to select a school. He is new to the area and trying to navigate a lot in a short amount of time, with a very high profile, visible position. It should be part of the deal. When Rhee came no one gave a crap about the fact that she stuck her kid in a sought after school. She used her privileges not just for her self, but her cronies too. No problem. Kaya does it and it's a problem. Wilson does it and you want his head! Why can't you accept that some positions have perks? I think being a Chancellor is one of them.

You are ridiculous and ill-informed and clearly enjoy being contrarian. If you can’t see how unethical it is that he violated a policy he, himself put in place, I can’t help you. I can only hope to avoid you.

And if the Chancellor wanted to make an allowance for himself in the policy, he could have written that in there. He didn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is one of the many reasons why I've never felt an ounce of guilt about cheating the boundary process.

Well, you should, because the people you are cheating are not the ones who did wrong here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is one of the many reasons why I've never felt an ounce of guilt about cheating the boundary process.

Well, you should, because the people you are cheating are not the ones who did wrong here.

If it’s good enough for the Chancellor and Deputy Mayor to find it acceptable, then I’m completely fine with my choices. Maybe I’ll get caught like they did, but I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

I still am curious as to who blew the whistle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still am curious as to who blew the whistle

Could have been absolutely anyone at Wilson or Ellington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am still. Shocked that he would move IB for Dunbar, not think about middle school, lottery for a “meh” school. Something tells me the mayor got a friend to rent him a place for free. Why else would any new resident making $300k move to Brookland with 3 kids? I could see if his kids were under 5.

Moving to Brookland makes sense when you already have your kids in decent schools via lottery. Especially for a middle upper class black family, who wants to remain grounded in the issues faced by regular folks of dc...

Except then he didn’t.

I can just see his daughter begging to be switched and the challenges he faced. Too bad he didn’t use it to learn about the system and make some serious changes.