Whittle

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Anonymous wrote:There are enough eyes on Whittle now, right here in DC. He will need a good lawyer (not just a civil litigator or BK lawyer, but someone who knows how to talk to prosecutors).

Chris Whittle is the last person I feel bad for. He should go to prison for fraud. He screwed over many families and teachers in the end with his endless lies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are enough eyes on Whittle now, right here in DC. He will need a good lawyer (not just a civil litigator or BK lawyer, but someone who knows how to talk to prosecutors).

You mean talk to a prosecutor in court as a criminal defense attorney…

[Anonymous]

The way everyone is focused on the wrong family is quite sad and hilarious. You keep bashing bisgaard mostly because of his new role as well as the “info” he supposedly knew when the fact was he left TWO YEARS AGO. His wife’s position never had anything to do with money rather with relations. The real focus should be on the primary two families who were the mouth piece to CW. If there was something to be learned or if you had questions they would respond. It’s funny how we haven’t heard anything from those two families(oneils and baldassari) who were the last to share information on a new capital deal and future plans for the school! If anything they knew everything.

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Anonymous wrote:Are many of the people here actually Maret parents? Or are y’all upset that your child did not get into Maret and need a scapegoat to place the blame on? There are so many private schools in DC, so why would the former Whittle families only choose Maret to apply to?

Yes the people who keep starting to bash maret and bisgaard are not even whittle families and fail to remember that no one had applied this year and if they did they are not going/did not get in.

What are you talking about?!! People cited at least 3 different transfers and more to come

'People cited' on this board, meaning one person made up a story to whip up imaginations. There were no 'transfers' and won't be any this summer.

Correct. Whoever started this rumor has started a huge lie.

I guess you will be greeted with a surprising welcoming come September

Where? At Maret? Elaborate.

Why is everyone so surprised that kids were able to secure a spot at another school? Parents read the tea leaves last fall/winter and applied out. I expect that there are lots of whittle kids going to all the different privates, not just Maret. I feel badly for the families that didn’t jump the sinking ship and are now wondering what they’re going to do…but it seemed pretty clear what was going to happen some time ago now. Applying out wasn’t a nefarious action…and I don’t know why Maret is being targeted for accepting good, smart kids.

Because there were no admissions standards at Whittle and there was very little to no learning going on.
There are many top students from top publics and/or top K-8 schools (outlying fantastic students at known entities with known/consistent instruction standards) who were waitlisted at Maret.

Uh, I think it’s hard to base anything off of a public school transcript after COVID. Not much learning going on and grade inflation was/is out of control. I think that’s where the little to no learning was happening. How do you know that kids at whittle didn’t learn anything? Your DC go there?probably and hopefully not, but please, let’s not pretend public school has been a bastion of academia the past couple of years.

Good DCPS schools were miles ahead of WSS. Cut the nonsense.

The only DCPS school I acknowledge is School Without Walls. Otherwise, I understand why the DC parents with money send their children to private schools. Just because one school is better than another doesn’t mean everyone in the former is better than the latter.

Well you would be far out of touch if you lived in DC. First, Banneker is a higher ranked school than Walls. Second, Deal would rival any MD or VA middle school. Lastly, WOTP elementary schools + Ross, Shepherd, Brent, Maury and maybe 1-2 others are far superior schools that Whittle, yet alone many nearby suburban elementary schools. Get hip lady.

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Anonymous wrote:Are many of the people here actually Maret parents? Or are y’all upset that your child did not get into Maret and need a scapegoat to place the blame on? There are so many private schools in DC, so why would the former Whittle families only choose Maret to apply to?

Yes the people who keep starting to bash maret and bisgaard are not even whittle families and fail to remember that no one had applied this year and if they did they are not going/did not get in.

What are you talking about?!! People cited at least 3 different transfers and more to come

'People cited' on this board, meaning one person made up a story to whip up imaginations. There were no 'transfers' and won't be any this summer.

Correct. Whoever started this rumor has started a huge lie.

I guess you will be greeted with a surprising welcoming come September

Where? At Maret? Elaborate.

Why is everyone so surprised that kids were able to secure a spot at another school? Parents read the tea leaves last fall/winter and applied out. I expect that there are lots of whittle kids going to all the different privates, not just Maret. I feel badly for the families that didn’t jump the sinking ship and are now wondering what they’re going to do…but it seemed pretty clear what was going to happen some time ago now. Applying out wasn’t a nefarious action…and I don’t know why Maret is being targeted for accepting good, smart kids.

Because there were no admissions standards at Whittle and there was very little to no learning going on.
There are many top students from top publics and/or top K-8 schools (outlying fantastic students at known entities with known/consistent instruction standards) who were waitlisted at Maret.

I know some kids that went there for high school that are very smart and self starters who would have been able to compensate even without teachers to do well on self learning and exams. Just remember, you can't pain everyone with the same brush.

Stable geniuses all, especially on the capital strategery committee. Those ones are the most covfefe

Are you mocking the students? Maybe leave them out of this. Besides learn how to spell strategy, instead of typing “strategery.”

Why not? Esp some of the ones from the strategery committee, just like the students in the Operation Varsity Blues are mockable. Are the ones winning the prizes and getting into top colleges from a failed school all future scientists and genius self-starters? I doubt it. Are they old enough to be complicit? Just like in the OVB, yes. The entire thing is strategery by the capital investment committee (on which, yes these few families and a Bisgaard were privy to and made financial decisions shoulder to shoulder with Whittle, and, worse, represented the parents and faculty unelected) that devastated more trusting families of lesser needs, employees/teachers and vendors. Read the WBJ reporting.

And no, you haven’t left 2 years ago if your wife is getting paid and your kid’s getting to graduate against odds and presumably with no fees. Plus you founded it, stayed 2.5 years to lead a “3 year total school” so I’m not so easily pushed off the real story here. They also had no comment just two days ago - neither one, to WBJ, that’s all I need to know.

Look up strategery. That’s exactly what this is.

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The rule is play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Becoming an overpaid HoS of a functioning school you e not had a chance to destroy reputationally yet, is not a stupid prize.

Pretending your kids learned anything at WSS and dragging the entire parent body and teachers to the end of the school year by their noses to be then left in a lurch so your kids can pretend-graduate from a pretend-school to get into a good college, is not a stupid prize.

It’s only fair some of these prizes get taxed or taken away in the civil proceedings, court of the public opinion, school boards or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The way everyone is focused on the wrong family is quite sad and hilarious. You keep bashing bisgaard mostly because of his new role as well as the “info” he supposedly knew when the fact was he left TWO YEARS AGO. His wife’s position never had anything to do with money rather with relations. The real focus should be on the primary two families who were the mouth piece to CW. If there was something to be learned or if you had questions they would respond. It’s funny how we haven’t heard anything from those two families(oneils and baldassari) who were the last to share information on a new capital deal and future plans for the school! If anything they knew everything.

Wilson is far more reputable than Whittle

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are enough eyes on Whittle now, right here in DC. He will need a good lawyer (not just a civil litigator or BK lawyer, but someone who knows how to talk to prosecutors).

Chris Whittle is the last person I feel bad for. He should go to prison for fraud. He screwed over many families and teachers in the end with his endless lies.

I would like to make it very clear if there’s anyone still in doubt that he’s not the only one that needs to face the court proceedings.

[Anonymous]

Curious: Have the parents ever sued the school?

Because it sounds like there is a lot of vitriol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious: Have the parents ever sued the school?

Because it sounds like there is a lot of vitriol

Sued for what? There are already lawsuits against Whittle for millions and millions of dollars and yet no money left to distribute.

[Anonymous]

Be careful. White’s lawyers likely monitor chat boards and will not be reluctant to go after critics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful. White’s lawyers likely monitor chat boards and will not be reluctant to go after critics.

Good luck

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Anonymous wrote:Curious: Have the parents ever sued the school?

Because it sounds like there is a lot of vitriol

Sued for what? There are already lawsuits against Whittle for millions and millions of dollars and yet no money left to distribute.

For a sense of closure

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful. White’s lawyers likely monitor chat boards and will not be reluctant to go after critics.

hahahaha, yeah right

I'm sure his lawyers are pretty busy with other litigation matters!

[Anonymous]

DC has strong consumer protection laws. Not legal advice but the entire strategery parent committee is fair game to get sued.