The principal at Tyler is leaving

[Anonymous]

Way back when, Rhee heard overwhelmingly among parents and school leaders that the "asst. superintendents" (so they were named at the time) were problems principals faced, not conduits for solutions. Funny the Wilhoyte influence, his wife's re-instatement, the fact we have no idea how they are reviewed and by whom, and come on, we've got a fraction of the number of schools as other counties who rely on a handful of regional sups. Perhaps Rhee is placing her favorite principals in positions of power for next SY, and posting the ads to cover her bases.

[Anonymous]

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Hey 10:18, I haven't been to one of her town hall type meetings since her first year. At the time, she had everyone charmed and was capable of diffusing and disarming.

What's happening these days? Is the old Rhee charm no longer working?

No I don't think her charm has waivered...she definitely has more of a swagger in her dissemination of information. As I have been told her weekly meeting with her principals equates to public forums of praises and punishments. Literally, principals are being called on the carpet in front of each other and therefore I think there's a more of a solidarity movement amongst her principal corps. That is why she's hiring more instructional superintendents...because the gripe sessions are becoming a little bit too overwhelming for the present group.

I am finding that the "head-hunter" attitude of finding principals through national searches are becoming a tad-bit overrated. Yes, Rhee was chased down by city-officials to run DCPS...but I finding it comical to say that we are becoming a joke in the principal selection committee realm. It's almost as if it is a badge of courage if you are a principal under Rhee's leadership, where selections committes are equating if you can work in that system under those conditions...then returning to the counties is a cake-walk.

In all honesty...this is like Rhee is running a "Principal Fit Club"

PP, would you clarify this statement about the gripe sessions? Are the public forums of praises and punishments too much for the current set of instructional superintendents and so she is hiring more? Or is it too much for the principals and they are rebelling and she feels she has to hire more instructional superintendents? Or are her demands so great that she feels she has to hire more instructional superintendents?

Yikes--sounds like Maoist China. Are they sent off to rehabilitation after the public dressing downs/confessions?