SWW Principal Removed - Reason Unknown
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Anonymous
| Those dots are connected. These are not rumors or false information. I am a staff member. |
Anonymous
| Didn't he already do this and get a ton of bad press when he fired a popular principal at jo wilson? It's like my kids. He has to learn the hard way. Several times. |
Anonymous
Pete Cahill was fired a while ago. Tragically, he passed away. I think from mistreatment/broken heart. He was a dedicated educator. |
Anonymous
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[quote=Anonymous]Those dots are connected. These are not rumors or false information. I am a staff member. [/quote]
I am a staff member as well and the dots have not been connected for me. He was put on leave, we don’t know why. The rumor that it is about refusing to reopen Stevens is speculation, plain and simple. |
Anonymous
I don’t think anyone knows what most people at the school think. |
Anonymous
Wilson =\= J.O. Wilson |
Anonymous
Principal Cahall was fired 5ish years ago. Long before Ferebee's time. He was principal of Woodrow Wilson HS, not JO Wilson. He died of a stroke last year. Nice guy. Something is up with Trogisch but we may never know the story. |
Anonymous
There’s no such thing as a tenured principal or teacher in DCPS. Principals and teachers are on one year contracts. |
Anonymous
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I feel like Bowser and Ferebee did not like how the re-open plan announcement went so they felt they needed to change the conversation and decided to throw Trogisch out there.
I have lost al trust / support I had for Bowser. The lack of transparency for DC related matters is concerning. Don't get me wrong - I loved that she made BLM plaza and has stood up to Trump. But today we need a leader who will lead our city. I do not see it in her / her choices for administrators who report to her. |
Anonymous
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The information on this blog is ignoring the other issue raised by The Washington Post article. Does anyone have information on whether Trogisch was subject to any disciplinary action?
"In 2019, Trogisch came under fire for making changes to the School Without Walls admissions process without following city protocol. School leaders had rolled out a pilot program in the hopes of enrolling a more diverse student body that reflects the socioeconomic and racial demographics of the city. School leaders said they told parents at events and enrollment fairs about the pilot program but, in a violation of city rules, never documented the changes in published materials or on the DCPS website. City leaders were concerned that only certain families were informed of the changes and that not everyone had a fair shot of applying. So the city rolled back the pilot program while the admissions process was underway, disqualifying students who thought they would be eligible to attend the school under the pilot program. At a hearing on the admissions process, D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At large), who chairs the council’s Education Committee, placed the blame on Trogisch. “It’s unfortunate for the families that relied on him,” Grosso said at the time. The school system on Wednesday did not answer questions about whether Trogisch was under investigation for how he handled changes to the admission process and would not say whether he faced any disciplinary action. " |
Anonymous
I worked in Central Office. While what you say makes sense in theory, you are truly naive if you assume that egos, perceptions of being in control, and perceptions of allegiance are not stronger than reason. If the SWW Principal was outspoken about not trusting the plan to reopen schools, and especially if he publicly raised actual specific concerns, you are fooling yourself if you think that a Chancellor and/or a Mayor wouldn't fire him out of a sense of making an example of him for what happens if you openly challenge a plan like this. EVEN IF ITS THE PRINCIPAL OF ONE OF *THE* MOST SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR DCPS SCHOOLS. I do not have inside info as I don't work there anymore, but I'm sure if I call around I'll hear exactly what I've said. Also to you PP, another thing you're wrong about is the idea that if a longer term personnel issue was working its way through the process and ultimately ended in a decision to fire a principal, in most cases and definitely in the case of SWW there would be far more car put to timing and how it was communicated. DCPS has known they were going to fire plenty of Principals early in the school year but waited at least until the end of a term but even until the end of the school year to notify the Principal and announce it to staff and then parents. This was sudden, and for some reason urgent for Chancellor & Mayor to do quickly. That screams "spin control". If there was a "good reason" or a legitimate safety or personnel process decision, there would be hints or direct statements about why. This messaging... is because there is no good reason. |
Anonymous
Right on, 100% agreement. And I truly believe the Mayor is totally underestimating how far the blowback to her will be for this. Especially if they force re-opening and there is a surge in kids and teachers getting Covid19. |
Anonymous
| He was always outspoken and pushed back against central Office idiotic policies. Chancellor and Mayor expect folks to fall in line. They do not like wild cards. He was fired as an example to other principals. Fall in line or you are next. |
Anonymous
| The SWW Home-School Association (the PTA) President has called for people to protest against this removal of Principal Trogisch. There will be a protest October 8th at 8 am in front of Francis-Stevens. For those who cannot attend, here is a petition calling for the same. https://www.change.org/p/dcps-reinstate-richard-trogisch-as-principal-of-swwhs-and-swwfs?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_25133413_en-US%3A1&recruiter=1123305419&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition |
Anonymous
Without knowing the particulars, how do you know what you are protesting? |