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

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty arrogant to think I'm going to live where I want and my kids will go to school where ever I want.
How did his daughter even get to Duke Ellington or Wilson from Langley neighborhood? It is not easy.
I know he has a DC issued driver and SUV. I wonder if that is how she went to school and back.

Maybe the same way Charter parents or EOTR parents do it everyday.

This. 2/3 or Brookland’s residents send their kids OoB or
charter. He was simply following his neighbors

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Anonymous wrote:Silver lining in this issue with chancellor. While the school lottery may make the school lottery fairer, it does have its flaws, limitations, and concerns. A child should be able to transfer schools if needed without a lot of controversy. Chancellor is new to D.C. and is learning about the city and culture. As a result he can bring a fresh perspective and be open to new ideas but will run into pitfalls that might be avoided with greater insight into D.C.

Can’t believe there aren’t some perks of office. Lots of political folks or their kids have gone to Wilson as if it is a rite of passage. Give the man another chance.

Instead of beating up the chancellor, focus on making all D.C. schools great giving all families more options. Let’s see how the chancellor does near the end of his contract. This is an election year so expect calls for the chancellor’s resignation. Getting rid of the chancellor is an unwise move at this time. Calling for resignation is a political sport in D.C. Let’s see if he puts the city in the right direction towards ending achievement gaps in education and treating all children and their families with respect and as equals. The chancellor is just getting started trying to take DCPS to another level.

By the way, let’s move in another direction with the next deputy mayor education. Try someone that is not so tied to charter schools. Also, she should not have had to resign either, however, after taking the weight, let D.C. move on and solve some other problems critical to the success of families and the city.

The problem is not lack of choices. The problem is that there are TOO many choices. Which absolves enough parents from staying to improve their IB school.

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Anonymous wrote:Silver lining in this issue with chancellor. While the school lottery may make the school lottery fairer, it does have its flaws, limitations, and concerns. A child should be able to transfer schools if needed without a lot of controversy. Chancellor is new to D.C. and is learning about the city and culture. As a result he can bring a fresh perspective and be open to new ideas but will run into pitfalls that might be avoided with greater insight into D.C.

Can’t believe there aren’t some perks of office. Lots of political folks or their kids have gone to Wilson as if it is a rite of passage. Give the man another chance.

Instead of beating up the chancellor, focus on making all D.C. schools great giving all families more options. Let’s see how the chancellor does near the end of his contract. This is an election year so expect calls for the chancellor’s resignation. Getting rid of the chancellor is an unwise move at this time. Calling for resignation is a political sport in D.C. Let’s see if he puts the city in the right direction towards ending achievement gaps in education and treating all children and their families with respect and as equals. The chancellor is just getting started trying to take DCPS to another level.

By the way, let’s move in another direction with the next deputy mayor education. Try someone that is not so tied to charter schools. Also, she should not have had to resign either, however, after taking the weight, let D.C. move on and solve some other problems critical to the success of families and the city.

I guess the executive office of the mayor reads DCUM too.

I'd agree with you if the guy seemed smart, dynamic, visionary or politically savvy. He doesn't.

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Anonymous wrote:I remember a public meeting with him last year. We we talking about the lack of desirable HS options in our neighborhood. We are IB for Cardozo. His response: send your kids their and work with me to build the school you want. Guess that doesn’t apply to Dunbar.

No one in DCPS Central believes that for their own kids. But yes, they'll preach it to you. Also, most of them live in the 'burbs coz they're not stupid.

So true, I used to work in DCPS central office most people live in VA or MD burbs. They see and know first hand of DCPS's foolery. For those that don't live in the burbs they go to private school.

Disagree. There are some Central Office staff who legitimately believe in the system and choose to send their children to DCPS schools. They may be few and far between... but they exist. And they are fighting hard every day to help the system. But when the situation is so corrupt it is a constant uphill battle.

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Fine the chancellor $500 and move on though the deputy mayor education gave him permission. He was told he could do it and went through proper channels.

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Anonymous wrote:Fine the chancellor $500 and move on though the deputy mayor education gave him permission. He was told he could do it and went through proper channels.

He made the damn rule.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Silver lining in this issue with chancellor. While the school lottery may make the school lottery fairer, it does have its flaws, limitations, and concerns. A child should be able to transfer schools if needed without a lot of controversy. Chancellor is new to D.C. and is learning about the city and culture. As a result he can bring a fresh perspective and be open to new ideas but will run into pitfalls that might be avoided with greater insight into D.C.

Can’t believe there aren’t some perks of office. Lots of political folks or their kids have gone to Wilson as if it is a rite of passage. Give the man another chance.

Instead of beating up the chancellor, focus on making all D.C. schools great giving all families more options. Let’s see how the chancellor does near the end of his contract. This is an election year so expect calls for the chancellor’s resignation. Getting rid of the chancellor is an unwise move at this time. Calling for resignation is a political sport in D.C. Let’s see if he puts the city in the right direction towards ending achievement gaps in education and treating all children and their families with respect and as equals. The chancellor is just getting started trying to take DCPS to another level.

By the way, let’s move in another direction with the next deputy mayor education. Try someone that is not so tied to charter schools. Also, she should not have had to resign either, however, after taking the weight, let D.C. move on and solve some other problems critical to the success of families and the city.

This is the most clueless post I’ve ready on here in a while, which is an accomplishment for DCUM. For your own sake PP, you might want to consider what influences you have that make you feel so differently about the chancellor cheating in the lottery than almost anyone else.

Next to an email from a parent at my child's school on this topic.

"Is it fair that airline crews get to bypass the security line the rest of us languish in? Is it fair that Principals and CEOs get reserved parking spaces?

What in holy shit does this have to do with what the Chancellor did? These are written polices that the public is aware of, not a policy that has been broken.

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Can’t believe there aren’t some perks of office. Lots of political folks or their kids have gone to Wilson as if it is a rite of passage. Give the man another chance.

Then why didn't you write it into the very policy you revised Mr. Wilson?

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Anonymous wrote:
Can’t believe there aren’t some perks of office. Lots of political folks or their kids have gone to Wilson as if it is a rite of passage. Give the man another chance.

Then why didn't you write it into the very policy you revised Mr. Wilson?

Why set up the Office of Integrity or what ever the hell its called? It just make him seem fake and not a leader you want to get behind? If you hadn't written the policy that you want everyone else to get behind, granted it wouldn't seem so bad. Then if you'd have corrected your actions, instead of going out on press conferences knowing full well you'd violated your own rules, it wouldn't seem so bad. Then if you'd have given a press conference, instead of sending an email of an apology on a holiday weekend, it wouldn't seem so bad!

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Now Ed Lazare putting his 2 cents in "DC residents should not accept this kind of leadership solely for the purpose of continuity,” says candidate for DC Council Chair Ed Lazere about the latest DCPS scandal

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I think Grosso is looking really bad wanting to stick with let's carry on with business as usual and I still have confidence in the Chancellor.
The mayor obviously has her reasons - finding a new Chancellor will be a huge political headache for her and she is really not interested in the schools as such but what is up with Grosso?
Why exactly did he pick the Education committee if he doesn't want to do the hard work? I bet he is regretting picking the Ed committee now.

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Maybe this is part of the problem, you get what you get, and DC keeps ordering more of the same sfgate.com
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-schools-superintendent-takes-new-job-in-10630171.php

"Wilson was recruited from Denver, where he was an assistant superintendent, to take over Oakland schools. A native of Nebraska and a former middle-school principal in Kansas, he had participated in the Broad Superintendent Academy, a training program sponsored by billionaire Eli Broad, who supports a more corporate philosophy in running public education.

The Broad superintendents “often aim for national status and reputation, and they have strong personal career ambitions,” said Tina Trujillo, an associate professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.

“Almost nobody expected a Broad superintendent to stay,” she said. “It’s a career ladder. That is completely counter to what a high-needs school district needs.”

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe this is part of the problem, you get what you get, and DC keeps ordering more of the same sfgate.com
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-schools-superintendent-takes-new-job-in-10630171.php

"Wilson was recruited from Denver, where he was an assistant superintendent, to take over Oakland schools. A native of Nebraska and a former middle-school principal in Kansas, he had participated in the Broad Superintendent Academy, a training program sponsored by billionaire Eli Broad, who supports a more corporate philosophy in running public education.

The Broad superintendents “often aim for national status and reputation, and they have strong personal career ambitions,” said Tina Trujillo, an associate professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education.

“Almost nobody expected a Broad superintendent to stay,” she said. “It’s a career ladder. That is completely counter to what a high-needs school district needs.”

I just feel sorry for his kids, having to move from crap district to crap district around the country then.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL.

Everyone in this entire city is so insane about Wilson High School that if they just tore the place down and randomly assigned all of its students to the rest of the schools around the city it would probably improve civic life immeasurably.

The sad thing is that Wilson is sub-par and mediocre at best but it is the best we got unfortunately. I have two kids at Wilson and it is frustrating because it could be so much better but Kaya picked a bad principal for it and lots of the administrators are just phoning it in. Tried complaining to central office about some of the issues there and they look at you like you're crazy and say things like we have many bigger issues to worry about than Wilson HS. That being said, there are some fantastic teachers at Wilson and I have so much respect and gratitude for them. They are all sick of DCPS and Wilson principal though and constantly talk about leaving which is another source of worry for me as I also have younger kids. New principal does a pretty bad job of picking new teachers, I think because she leaves it to her assistant principals.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not like the Chancellor but you have to hand it to him to email his apology late Friday afternoon right before a long weekend.
Perfect timing for him in so many ways. Now he can just lie low for a few days and hope that it will all blow over in a few days.

I have no sympathy for Jenny Niles. Such a dumb and corrupt move. What was she thinking?

Please explain how this was a "such a dumb and corrupt move" for Niles, but not for Wilson.

It was a corrupt move for Wilson too and he should be fired as well. Niles had no excuse though since she was his boss. Also, her colleagues just got into trouble for going to Kaya to bypass the lottery.
She was here when all of this happened and yet clearly she still felt that the top people deserve special treatment in this city. Not cool!