Call to discuss the state of Hardy 05/15/23

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YOU ARE NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF HARDY OR DCPS. Your roll is not to supervise and manage the staff of Hardy. This is pathetic. If you know anything about Hardy and all schools, the schedule goes through a zillion iterations. Folks are always mad about the schedule. There is ALWAYS a grievance about the schedule. IS Hughes is responsible for ensuring the schedule deadlines are being made. Most of the time they are not made because the schedule is complicated. That is schools. This was the exact same under Cooke. Christ!

Well evidently the IS was not happy with how the schedule deadlines were being managed. Hence, the events.

The IS is a damn joke and grossly incompetent. That is what you all should be concerned about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Long before students get their schedules, the school has to plan and staff the slots.

The idea had been to undo the 90-minute blocks for next year, but there are still not enough teachers in the budget. And PJ decided that so-called electives should again be limited and "pre-selected" (like ES specials). It was kinda phoned-in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Exactly. But we are dealing with a system that choose politics over kids and took the easy way out and not say NO to the bullies of upper NW.

I find it interesting how at a school with 60% BIPOC students, people are assuming it’s only “rich white parents” who wanted the change. That has not been the experience at all in my DCPS - and it’s a frequent (and dare I say racist?) assumption that only white parents have opinions on school issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Exactly. But we are dealing with a system that choose politics over kids and took the easy way out and not say NO to the bullies of upper NW.

I find it interesting how at a school with 60% BIPOC students, people are assuming it’s only “rich white parents” who wanted the change. That has not been the experience at all in my DCPS - and it’s a frequent (and dare I say racist?) assumption that only white parents have opinions on school issues.

It is well known that small ground s of privileged parents often take over schools and do exactly what was done at Hardy. White parents are not the only one that have opinions however they are often times the only ones DCPS really listens to. I am sure the parents over at schools that are 99-100% Black want safe schools and have petitioned DCPS. Nothing is done. Their children are forced to go to schools where students are being shot, massive gang fights, high teacher vacancies, etc. When the parents write letter and protest nothing is done. Radio Silence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Exactly. But we are dealing with a system that choose politics over kids and took the easy way out and not say NO to the bullies of upper NW.

I find it interesting how at a school with 60% BIPOC students, people are assuming it’s only “rich white parents” who wanted the change. That has not been the experience at all in my DCPS - and it’s a frequent (and dare I say racist?) assumption that only white parents have opinions on school issues.

It is well known that small ground s of privileged parents often take over schools and do exactly what was done at Hardy. White parents are not the only one that have opinions however they are often times the only ones DCPS really listens to. I am sure the parents over at schools that are 99-100% Black want safe schools and have petitioned DCPS. Nothing is done. Their children are forced to go to schools where students are being shot, massive gang fights, high teacher vacancies, etc. When the parents write letter and protest nothing is done. Radio Silence.

What happened at Hardy is rare. A petition like Hardy's signed by a huge number of the school's parents has happened in DCPS something like one other time in the past decade.

[Anonymous]

Np, former Hardy teacher that left and teach in ward 7 now. Life is way less stressful. Hardy teachers, we have several openings, class sizes are all around 20 and parents thinking they can do my job better than I do are a lot rarer.

Any parent wondering why Cooke left... You know hes still in the same system still doing the same job.... Just... Not with you, right? Lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, you don’t deny there is an open grievance then. And, I presume, you don’t deny that PJ should not have shared his proposed schedule on May 3 given the open grievance.

Or, do you want me to quote from emails?

And on the schedule that was shown on May 3rd, it doesn’t comply with a host of DCPS requirements.

The grievance was filed due to procedural concerns (meaning did the schedule change go through the proper contractually specified committee and did all teachers get a chance to have input.) If you read the grievance you would know this…. Oh that’s right, you don’t have access to it because YOU DONT WORK AT HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I know this concept is hard for this group of bigoted entitled parents to stomach.

Stop trying to use the grievance as ammunition that there was any teacher support behind this whole thing and that the lululemon mob was justified in their witch hunt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Last night the drunk angry teacher pretty much outed himself but looks like all those comments are gone today.

Thankfully my kid had him last year so hopefully won't for 8Th grade. Or maybe he'll make good on his threat to leave for greener pastures.

PP here. I saved all the posts. Just needed to have proof of what at least one of the teachers is really like.

Didn't need this thread to know what Hardy parents were like but it's certainly a plus!

It doesn't really matter what the parents are like does it? I would like to state here that I'm on the teacher's side on this, always on teacher's side in every matter. But you need to be honest here. You as a teacher work for the school district and are, in fact, paid by property taxes collected in the city. To think that you don't work for the parents may be directly correct, but you've seen what a loud group of parents can do. I wouldn't be so cavalier and arrogant to think it couldn't happen to you and you won't be sent back to a nail salon to earn a living.[b]

You seem very pro teacher yep.
I don't think parents realize how easy it is to move around in dcps. I could be hired tomorrow at ten different schools, with the same salary and fewer headaches from parents like thesw

OK, but I'd argue that you're potentially trading in current headaches for others. Going from one school where lots of parents are very engaged and the students are prepared to learn to a school with unengaged parents and students who are grade levels behind, comes with a different set of headaches. Everything from principal expectations for teachers for tutoring or extra curriculars to teacher parking could be trading one set of headaches for another. Your work commute.

They are asking for fantasy world. They want the resources, financial support and student demographic that comes with UMC students but none of the engagement and demands that come along with that population.

You think that only UMC parents have the right to make requests and be engaged okay

My lord, Lady. I bet you'd look at the ocean and see racism! How in the world is THAT what you took from my post???!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like the people sh**posting behind the bravery of a keyboard to out themselves. I don’t believe in saying things anonymously that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face or put your name behind.

Sorry mom. Please don’t ground me or take away my screen time. I’ll out myself right now because a stranger on the internet wagged their finger at me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Exactly. But we are dealing with a system that choose politics over kids and took the easy way out and not say NO to the bullies of upper NW.

I find it interesting how at a school with 60% BIPOC students, people are assuming it’s only “rich white parents” who wanted the change. That has not been the experience at all in my DCPS - and it’s a frequent (and dare I say racist?) assumption that only white parents have opinions on school issues.

It is well known that small ground s of privileged parents often take over schools and do exactly what was done at Hardy. White parents are not the only one that have opinions however they are often times the only ones DCPS really listens to. I am sure the parents over at schools that are 99-100% Black want safe schools and have petitioned DCPS. Nothing is done. Their children are forced to go to schools where students are being shot, massive gang fights, high teacher vacancies, etc. When the parents write letter and protest nothing is done. Radio Silence.

What happened at Hardy is rare. A petition like Hardy's signed by a huge number of the school's parents has happened in DCPS something like one other time in the past decade.

Huge is debatable. The petition was a Google form that ANYONE could have signed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m confused about the schedule part of this. Are all schedules usually finalized by now? What about the summer? I feel like under Cooke’s during his first or second year we didn’t know anything about our schedule and teachers until about five minutes before school started and a couple of teachers were hired to fill vacancies months into the school year. This all predated the 90 minute block class mess of course—which PJ inherited. Along with the terrible budget.

Exactly. But we are dealing with a system that choose politics over kids and took the easy way out and not say NO to the bullies of upper NW.

I find it interesting how at a school with 60% BIPOC students, people are assuming it’s only “rich white parents” who wanted the change. That has not been the experience at all in my DCPS - and it’s a frequent (and dare I say racist?) assumption that only white parents have opinions on school issues.

It is well known that small ground s of privileged parents often take over schools and do exactly what was done at Hardy. White parents are not the only one that have opinions however they are often times the only ones DCPS really listens to. I am sure the parents over at schools that are 99-100% Black want safe schools and have petitioned DCPS. Nothing is done. Their children are forced to go to schools where students are being shot, massive gang fights, high teacher vacancies, etc. When the parents write letter and protest nothing is done. Radio Silence.

Let's assume you are correct. Is the answer then that all schools should be unsafe? That's moronic. The answer is that all parental voices should be heard and considered, whether from predominantly white UMC schools or low SES predominantly black schools. Your mentality is part of the reason you cannot get traction. Your response here is to demonize the white parents who were successful instead of focusing on the power structure that ignores your concerns. In doing so you make it easier for the power structure to ignore you. But, by all means, continue to throw temper tantrums and get mad at other parents if you think that's going to solve your problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So, you don’t deny there is an open grievance then. And, I presume, you don’t deny that PJ should not have shared his proposed schedule on May 3 given the open grievance.

Or, do you want me to quote from emails?

And on the schedule that was shown on May 3rd, it doesn’t comply with a host of DCPS requirements.

The grievance was filed due to procedural concerns (meaning did the schedule change go through the proper contractually specified committee and did all teachers get a chance to have input.) If you read the grievance you would know this…. Oh that’s right, you don’t have access to it because YOU DONT WORK AT HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I know this concept is hard for this group of bigoted entitled parents to stomach.

Stop trying to use the grievance as ammunition that there was any teacher support behind this whole thing and that the lululemon mob was justified in their witch hunt.

DP: So everyone is in agreement that the schedule did not undergo the proper process or get required inputs.

How is that not a problem, particularly when the result sucks majorly for the students?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lost in all this race distraction: the Instructional Superintendent is BLACK. The man who go made the decision is BLACK. And his boss is BLACK. And his bosses’ boss is BLACK. And the mayor is BLACK. If you think these people were all just doing the bidding of some white parents, reflect upon what you are saying. They’re not capable of independent thought. They have no backbone. They don’t know how to do their jobs.

Or, just maybe, race has nothing to do with

But but but but ….. I can’t be racist - I have two black friends! I voted for Obama.

But because you took a stand against an incompetent and dishonest principal who is black, you are a racist? That’s really what you think?

I'm curious how the CSO will end up handling this.

Also, other teachers around Dcps see this and it matters during hiring season

THIS.

PTO, why would anyone with any sort or talent want to come teach at Hardy now? This whole situation is a shit show. Congrats - the applicant pool will be full of young teachers who don’t know any better. Any seasoned educator would see this whole thing and run a mile away. There are just too many vacancies in DCPS and it is really easy to move schools (with the same salary and benefits).

You’ve just made Hardy an undesirable place to work at. Why would any principal or AP choose to come here after this fiasco?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, you don’t deny there is an open grievance then. And, I presume, you don’t deny that PJ should not have shared his proposed schedule on May 3 given the open grievance.

Or, do you want me to quote from emails?

And on the schedule that was shown on May 3rd, it doesn’t comply with a host of DCPS requirements.

The grievance was filed due to procedural concerns (meaning did the schedule change go through the proper contractually specified committee and did all teachers get a chance to have input.) If you read the grievance you would know this…. Oh that’s right, you don’t have access to it because YOU DONT WORK AT HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I know this concept is hard for this group of bigoted entitled parents to stomach.

Stop trying to use the grievance as ammunition that there was any teacher support behind this whole thing and that the lululemon mob was justified in their witch hunt.

DP: So everyone is in agreement that the schedule did not undergo the proper process or get required inputs.

How is that not a problem, particularly when the result sucks majorly for the students?

Oh dear lord - it is not that serious and not a fireable offense. Kids never get their schedules until before the first week of school anyway and even then their schedules are going to change. Schedules go through many iterations between now and August.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, you don’t deny there is an open grievance then. And, I presume, you don’t deny that PJ should not have shared his proposed schedule on May 3 given the open grievance.

Or, do you want me to quote from emails?

And on the schedule that was shown on May 3rd, it doesn’t comply with a host of DCPS requirements.

The grievance was filed due to procedural concerns (meaning did the schedule change go through the proper contractually specified committee and did all teachers get a chance to have input.) If you read the grievance you would know this…. Oh that’s right, you don’t have access to it because YOU DONT WORK AT HARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. I know this concept is hard for this group of bigoted entitled parents to stomach.

Stop trying to use the grievance as ammunition that there was any teacher support behind this whole thing and that the lululemon mob was justified in their witch hunt.

DP: So everyone is in agreement that the schedule did not undergo the proper process or get required inputs.

How is that not a problem, particularly when the result sucks majorly for the students?

Oh dear lord - it is not that serious and not a fireable offense. Kids never get their schedules until before the first week of school anyway and even then their schedules are going to change. Schedules go through many iterations between now and August.

Unless you’re black. Then it’s a fireable offense.