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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m late to this thread but here goes:
(1) I would never want to live WOTP with the utter lack of diversity and a culture that is, well, just different. Brookland is a much nicer option IMO and he got a nicer house for his money. If he thought his kids were in good situations school wise via the lottery, then it would make sense to move where you want to live rather than where the schools are supposedly good. And he bought in June after school decisions were in place.
(2) You can absolutely change schools as a safety transfer—. These happen all the time. Except that under Wilson’s policy established in June 2017, no DC official can receive a discretionary transfer. Here’s the policy https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Discretionary%20Out-of-Boundary%20Transfers%20Policy.pdf

His kid was probably being bullied and his wife was freaking out and as I would do, she was like, “Somethings gotta be done!!!” So, like Adam, the first man, he was stupid and did whatever to resolve the situation which was patently prohibited only in this situation a woman, Jenny Niles, took the fall because the Mayor is not bright, leads by inertia, and makes questionable decisions. And we’ve got a loser, weak Council oversight in Grosso.
(3) look at the Mayor’s pick for leaders and their problematic tenures: Snowden and Rashad Young, the City Administrator who got the first favors. Recall how Christopher Weaver was forced out of DGS by Bowser and Young for not awarding campaign contracts to her donors, note the ineptness of new DGS Head, Greer Johnson Gillis; recall the hiring and dismissal of the former head of St Elizabeth’s hospital; and the recent scandal involving the ouster at BEGA. People this has a lot more screwed up than just the schools—I could name other agencies but that would out me. You should be very afraid and seriously question this mayor’s leadership. The problem is someone needs to run against her and so far no one has stepped up.

Yes. You are far behind. Like others have pointed out, if it was a safety transfer then Niles would not have been forced to resigned because a safety transfer would not be politically damaging to the mayor and chancellor.

If you read the rule at the link I posted you will see that a DC official cannot request a move for any reason. A non DC official could have gotten a safety transfer. Furthermore, kids can be bullied at any school. Just because it is Ellington does not mean the kid could not have been bullied. And I can imagine her being the chancellor’s daughter may have made her an attractive target. No one knows what it was about at the end of the day. But it is NOT beyond reason to think it was bullying. Ian any event, he broke the rules as they relate tonDC officials.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wait a second -- he is renting, and he didn't just effing MOVE into a Wilson zone when he belatedly discovered the truth about Ellington? What's wrong with this guy?

Pretty sure the job offer was contingent upon living EOTP.

Why? And where did you see this?

This is the contract, don't see anything about that but a nice chunk of change for moving allowance approx $34,000!

https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/chancellor-antwan-wilson’s-employment-contract

It’s not the kind of expectation that would have been reduced to writing...

Go ahead, keep spinning all sorts of excuse-making reasons...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are so many posters assuming the transfer out of Ellington was for being bullied? Does the school have a bad reputation in that regard? Otherwise, I call BS.

+1 A much more likely scenario is that she was not prepared for a school experience focused on art (someone mentioned dance), plus the school is a long day—ends at 5 pm, which unless you’re truly an artist committed to your craft, might seem to be too much. My bet is she wanted a “normal” high school experience and was overwhelmed at Ellington. If someone can prove that she applied and auditioned as required, then OK. But until then, I am going to assume her placement at Ellington was as fraudulent as her placement at Wilson.

But why not switch into museum studies or something? I love that they offer museum studies and would totally enroll my DD, who lacks gross motor skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m late to this thread but here goes:
(1) I would never want to live WOTP with the utter lack of diversity and a culture that is, well, just different. Brookland is a much nicer option IMO and he got a nicer house for his money. If he thought his kids were in good situations school wise via the lottery, then it would make sense to move where you want to live rather than where the schools are supposedly good. And he bought in June after school decisions were in place.
(2) You can absolutely change schools as a safety transfer—. These happen all the time. Except that under Wilson’s policy established in June 2017, no DC official can receive a discretionary transfer. Here’s the policy https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Discretionary%20Out-of-Boundary%20Transfers%20Policy.pdf

His kid was probably being bullied and his wife was freaking out and as I would do, she was like, “Somethings gotta be done!!!” So, like Adam, the first man, he was stupid and did whatever to resolve the situation which was patently prohibited only in this situation a woman, Jenny Niles, took the fall because the Mayor is not bright, leads by inertia, and makes questionable decisions. And we’ve got a loser, weak Council oversight in Grosso.
(3) look at the Mayor’s pick for leaders and their problematic tenures: Snowden and Rashad Young, the City Administrator who got the first favors. Recall how Christopher Weaver was forced out of DGS by Bowser and Young for not awarding campaign contracts to her donors, note the ineptness of new DGS Head, Greer Johnson Gillis; recall the hiring and dismissal of the former head of St Elizabeth’s hospital; and the recent scandal involving the ouster at BEGA. People this has a lot more screwed up than just the schools—I could name other agencies but that would out me. You should be very afraid and seriously question this mayor’s leadership. The problem is someone needs to run against her and so far no one has stepped up.

Yes. You are far behind. Like others have pointed out, if it was a safety transfer then Niles would not have been forced to resigned because a safety transfer would not be politically damaging to the mayor and chancellor.

If you read the rule at the link I posted you will see that a DC official cannot request a move for any reason. A non DC official could have gotten a safety transfer. Furthermore, kids can be bullied at any school. Just because it is Ellington does not mean the kid could not have been bullied. And I can imagine her being the chancellor’s daughter may have made her an attractive target. No one knows what it was about at the end of the day. But it is NOT beyond reason to think it was bullying. Ian any event, he broke the rules as they relate tonDC officials.

So if rules governing transfers for DC govt officials are even more restrictive than those for regular residents, why would he put his family in a position of buying in a school zone he is not willing to attend with three children? As the chancellor!!

[Anonymous]

Cause he’s stupid and short sighted.

[Anonymous]

He is stupid. As others have pointed out, Shepherd Park is EOTP and in the Wilson zone. And it is a diverse neighborhood still (although maybe not for long given housing prices). Crest wood is also EOTP and zoned for Wilson. There were other neighborhoods EOTP that were options to him.

[Anonymous]

It seems like he thought he was set, with the combination of Ellington for the big kid and the little kids at JO Wilson to check the EOTP Title I box. He just didn't anticipate that Ellington would not work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m late to this thread but here goes:
(1) I would never want to live WOTP with the utter lack of diversity and a culture that is, well, just different. Brookland is a much nicer option IMO and he got a nicer house for his money. If he thought his kids were in good situations school wise via the lottery, then it would make sense to move where you want to live rather than where the schools are supposedly good. And he bought in June after school decisions were in place.
(2) You can absolutely change schools as a safety transfer—. These happen all the time. Except that under Wilson’s policy established in June 2017, no DC official can receive a discretionary transfer. Here’s the policy https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/publication/attachments/Discretionary%20Out-of-Boundary%20Transfers%20Policy.pdf

His kid was probably being bullied and his wife was freaking out and as I would do, she was like, “Somethings gotta be done!!!” So, like Adam, the first man, he was stupid and did whatever to resolve the situation which was patently prohibited only in this situation a woman, Jenny Niles, took the fall because the Mayor is not bright, leads by inertia, and makes questionable decisions. And we’ve got a loser, weak Council oversight in Grosso.
(3) look at the Mayor’s pick for leaders and their problematic tenures: Snowden and Rashad Young, the City Administrator who got the first favors. Recall how Christopher Weaver was forced out of DGS by Bowser and Young for not awarding campaign contracts to her donors, note the ineptness of new DGS Head, Greer Johnson Gillis; recall the hiring and dismissal of the former head of St Elizabeth’s hospital; and the recent scandal involving the ouster at BEGA. People this has a lot more screwed up than just the schools—I could name other agencies but that would out me. You should be very afraid and seriously question this mayor’s leadership. The problem is someone needs to run against her and so far no one has stepped up.

Yes. You are far behind. Like others have pointed out, if it was a safety transfer then Niles would not have been forced to resigned because a safety transfer would not be politically damaging to the mayor and chancellor.

If you read the rule at the link I posted you will see that a DC official cannot request a move for any reason. A non DC official could have gotten a safety transfer. Furthermore, kids can be bullied at any school. Just because it is Ellington does not mean the kid could not have been bullied. And I can imagine her being the chancellor’s daughter may have made her an attractive target. No one knows what it was about at the end of the day. But it is NOT beyond reason to think it was bullying. Ian any event, he broke the rules as they relate tonDC officials.

So if rules governing transfers for DC govt officials are even more restrictive than those for regular residents, why would he put his family in a position of buying in a school zone he is not willing to attend with three children? As the chancellor!!

A safety transfer would not come into play in this situation. If he was at his IB school (Dunbar) and there was bullying, then he's need a safety transfer. But at an application school, the transfer is uncomplicatedly to the IB school. I agree this is a big FU to Dunbar students, but so is every school official who buys IB in Wilson because they can afford to. "FU you poor people who can't afford to live in a good school district - I'll get mine."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is stupid. As others have pointed out, Shepherd Park is EOTP and in the Wilson zone. And it is a diverse neighborhood still (although maybe not for long given housing prices). Crest wood is also EOTP and zoned for Wilson. There were other neighborhoods EOTP that were options to him.

For first year on the job, he didn't have to buy yet could have rented! He could do what he wanted next school year, both him and his wife work! For goodness sake he is not low-income, he has quite a few creative options on a high two-income salary just moving into a city. As DCUM advises many new transplants, just rent at first in school district you desire and decide where to buy a house later.

[Anonymous]

Why would the kids at Ellington care or even know that she was the Chancellor’s daughter?

Bullying over that; you guys make up anything.

It was probably lack of actual craft/skills, long day or not a traditional HS experience.

I’m certain Ellington was the best option assuming he missed deadlines for SWW and Banneker to avoid Dunbar.

If he sticks around (not sure he can), wonder if their daughter would continue to be homeschooled or enroll in Dunbar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would the kids at Ellington care or even know that she was the Chancellor’s daughter?

Bullying over that; you guys make up anything.

It was probably lack of actual craft/skills, long day or not a traditional HS experience.

I’m certain Ellington was the best option assuming he missed deadlines for SWW and Banneker to avoid Dunbar.

If he sticks around (not sure he can), wonder if their daughter would continue to be homeschooled or enroll in Dunbar.

He's screwed himself now, coz no way he's gonna enroll in Dunbar if couldn't hack Ellington. He can't move inbound to Wilson coz it's gonna look even worse, he either has to homeschool or go private, or go back to CA. He made such a mess of something that he could clearly have avoided!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would the kids at Ellington care or even know that she was the Chancellor’s daughter?

Bullying over that; you guys make up anything.

It was probably lack of actual craft/skills, long day or not a traditional HS experience.

I’m certain Ellington was the best option assuming he missed deadlines for SWW and Banneker to avoid Dunbar.

If he sticks around (not sure he can), wonder if their daughter would continue to be homeschooled or enroll in Dunbar.

In some disciplines, Ellington was still accepting students post-lottery last year. So the deadlines / application process were different for more people than the chamcellor’s daughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait a second -- he is renting, and he didn't just effing MOVE into a Wilson zone when he belatedly discovered the truth about Ellington? What's wrong with this guy?

Pretty sure the job offer was contingent upon living EOTP.

Huh? What's that based on? Hardly anyone from DCPS Central lives in the city. Getting any one of them to live east or west is an accomplishment. If he lived anywhere in the city that would have fulfilled residency requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait a second -- he is renting, and he didn't just effing MOVE into a Wilson zone when he belatedly discovered the truth about Ellington? What's wrong with this guy?

Pretty sure the job offer was contingent upon living EOTP.

That’s obviously not true, but even if it were he could live in one of the EOTP neighborhoods (Shepherd Park, Crestwood, Mt. Pleasant) that is inbounds for Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is stupid. As others have pointed out, Shepherd Park is EOTP and in the Wilson zone. And it is a diverse neighborhood still (although maybe not for long given housing prices). Crest wood is also EOTP and zoned for Wilson. There were other neighborhoods EOTP that were options to him.

Crestwood is no longer zoned for Wilson. The only EOTP neighborhoods currently zoned for Wilson are Shepherd Park/Colonial Village and Mt. Pleasant.