Amanda Alexander for Chancellor...pleeeeeease

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was Bunker Hill’s principal before enrollment dropped snd it closed temporarily. She then became the principal of Ross ES for 3 years. She fired anyone who did not bend to her ( thus firing a couple of very competent teachers).
The school had 3 counselors ( former teachers) at one point while different subs were covering teacherless classrooms. That’s when the in boundary parents ( about 15 % of the overall population back then) pulled their kids out and enrolled them elsewhere. The school flourished after she left becoming 80% in boundary a few years later.

I second this. Her leadership at Ross was very questionable. Maybe she is more effective in admin outside of the school environment. Maybe. Her decisions were swift without a lot of foresight about the impact on the students and families.

Can you write more on her time at Ross? I didn’t see any old threads here that suggest that would be the case.

I also don’t know why you’d promote this sham of a Bunker Hill comment without proof. Bunker Hill started growing again because we suddenly got a guaranteed right to PK and then asked for more seats the year after. And Bunker’s got stiff charter competition too; I would not have considered it as an option without the guarantee at PK.

An older thread has some commentary on her time at Ross: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/706264.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do NOT need more of the same. DC schools are failing.

We just reelected the same Mayor.

She owns the schools.

[Anonymous]

I think we would be worse off with someone outside of DCPS. She's really smart and dedicated that's enough for me at this point.

[Anonymous]

Amanda is the real deal. He will not last here.

[Anonymous]

Why did he withdraw from LA? I’d like the scoop on that.

[Anonymous]

I really cannot stomach the thought of losing another year, basically, while a chancellor from somewhere else makes the rounds about the city with more listening sessions in every ward, blah blah blah. And then at the end of it rolls out some new strategic plan in a fancy report, which is just old wine in new casks.

And in the meantime everything is on hold / people are treading water. Just give Alexander the job and let's all move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stomach the thought of losing another year, basically, while a chancellor from somewhere else makes the rounds about the city with more listening sessions in every ward, blah blah blah. And then at the end of it rolls out some new strategic plan in a fancy report, which is just old wine in new casks.

And in the meantime everything is on hold / people are treading water. Just give Alexander the job and let's all move on.

Agreed, don't have anything good to say about her particularly but at least she knows the system and can keep DCPS going another year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really cannot stomach the thought of losing another year, basically, while a chancellor from somewhere else makes the rounds about the city with more listening sessions in every ward, blah blah blah. And then at the end of it rolls out some new strategic plan in a fancy report, which is just old wine in new casks.

And in the meantime everything is on hold / people are treading water. Just give Alexander the job and let's all move on.

+1

[Anonymous]

She recruited her friends to post here ? Not seen anything good from her.

[Anonymous]

Ferebee’s bio doesn’t inspire much. Meh

[Anonymous]

Ferebee is also leaving Indi not having accomplished much other than opening charters. We already are at charter saturation in DC.

[Anonymous]

Does DCPS explicitly look only for black candidates, or is it mere coincidence?

I'd assume there are some good white, Latino or Asian superintendents out there, especially when you do a national search, but maybe not.

[Anonymous]

Does DCPS explicitly look only for black candidates, or is it mere coincidence?

I'd assume there are some good white, Latino or Asian superintendents out there, especially when you do a national search, but maybe not.

[Anonymous]

Smart, dynamic, highly qualified woman vs man of mediocre qualifications and no real accomplishment. Where have we seen this before?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does DCPS explicitly look only for black candidates, or is it mere coincidence?

I'd assume there are some good white, Latino or Asian superintendents out there, especially when you do a national search, but maybe not.

Yes.