Whittle

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the hubris of either applying or being selected for an HOS in the same location of such a spectacular failure.

There’s a nice career to be had elsewhere. But here is adding insult to injury quite frankly

Why were none of the much less known interim HOS schools rushing to make the job permanent? There were 3 since Whittle and none took the bait.

At the same time, I interpret this as luck or politics. He was lucky enough to have three different interim positions that flowed smoothly between schools. How often does something like this happen? I am sure he still made a lot of money from those gigs.

INterim headships are not usually paid very well. For someone who hasn't chosen to retire, it's a hail Mary pass at staying in the profession. It does seem weird that none of them converted into a longer term offer.

I wouldn't describe it as a "hail Mary." Usually people who take these kind of gigs have retired from a headship elsewhere, and have no interest in another HOS gig. An interim position gives them the opportunity to not fully retire, make some money, maybe live in a new, interesting city, and take on a short term challenge. I agree with the PP that it's unusual for someone to have several interim gigs in a row and then go on to a permanent position.

Umm. My point entirely. It's a hail Mary for those who do not want to retire.

"Hail Mary" is something you do when you're desperate. I don't think these folks are at all desperate. They'd be fine with riding off into the sunset if they didn't find an interim job of interest.

Well, he left Whittle abruptly a month after the 20-21 year started for his first interim position. So, I would say there is some level of desperation here.

[Anonymous]

Guessing there wasn't a big payout from Whittle!!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh the hubris of either applying or being selected for an HOS in the same location of such a spectacular failure.

There’s a nice career to be had elsewhere. But here is adding insult to injury quite frankly

Why were none of the much less known interim HOS schools rushing to make the job permanent? There were 3 since Whittle and none took the bait.

At the same time, I interpret this as luck or politics. He was lucky enough to have three different interim positions that flowed smoothly between schools. How often does something like this happen? I am sure he still made a lot of money from those gigs.

INterim headships are not usually paid very well. For someone who hasn't chosen to retire, it's a hail Mary pass at staying in the profession. It does seem weird that none of them converted into a longer term offer.

I wouldn't describe it as a "hail Mary." Usually people who take these kind of gigs have retired from a headship elsewhere, and have no interest in another HOS gig. An interim position gives them the opportunity to not fully retire, make some money, maybe live in a new, interesting city, and take on a short term challenge. I agree with the PP that it's unusual for someone to have several interim gigs in a row and then go on to a permanent position.

Umm. My point entirely. It's a hail Mary for those who do not want to retire.

"Hail Mary" is something you do when you're desperate. I don't think these folks are at all desperate. They'd be fine with riding off into the sunset if they didn't find an interim job of interest.

Well, he left Whittle abruptly a month after the 20-21 year started for his first interim position. So, I would say there is some level of desperation here.

I'm not talking about Bisgaard specifically.

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Anonymous wrote:After Marjo Talbott’s stellar run at Maret, folks wonder where the board of trustees suddenly went off the track.

Allegedly it was a dictum on how to vote and not a free selection. As always, follow the trail of money and privilege. Who were/are the Whittle transfers? What’s the connection of the parent committee? What is this a payback for?

A dictum? Says who?

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Anonymous wrote:After Marjo Talbott’s stellar run at Maret, folks wonder where the board of trustees suddenly went off the track.

Allegedly it was a dictum on how to vote and not a free selection. As always, follow the trail of money and privilege. Who were/are the Whittle transfers? What’s the connection of the parent committee? What is this a payback for?

A dictum? Says who?

Some poster like 30 pages ago on this thread. Per DCUM standards, and particularly per those of this thread, that means it's canon and forever settled as fact. If you dispute it, said poster will ask you to prove it wrong, which of course you can't do, thus perpetuating the cycle.

[Anonymous]

That’s right. You should not trust anything negative these dcum posters say even if they present the insider knowledge because they’re random dcum posters. Despite the fact these are the same posters who called it all before it happened.

You should trust the 1-2 random dcum posters who say nothing to see here folks, and have been saying it for the past year. The same Whittle apologists who called you mean for calling it on the school’s spectacular implosion!

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Anonymous wrote:After Marjo Talbott’s stellar run at Maret, folks wonder where the board of trustees suddenly went off the track.

Allegedly it was a dictum on how to vote and not a free selection. As always, follow the trail of money and privilege. Who were/are the Whittle transfers? What’s the connection of the parent committee? What is this a payback for?

A dictum? Says who?

I think you mean “diktat” — not “dictum.”

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Anonymous wrote:That’s right. You should not trust anything negative these dcum posters say even if they present the insider knowledge because they’re random dcum posters. Despite the fact these are the same posters who called it all before it happened.

You should trust the 1-2 random dcum posters who say nothing to see here folks, and have been saying it for the past year. The same Whittle apologists who called you mean for calling it on the school’s spectacular implosion!

Starting to sound more and more like QAnon by the day. Don't worry that this is an anonymous message board where people can and do make up anything they want. Trust "the insiders" who "called it" a year ago. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. You float enough conspiracy theories, you're bound to "call it" on something.

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Anonymous wrote:After Marjo Talbott’s stellar run at Maret, folks wonder where the board of trustees suddenly went off the track.

Allegedly it was a dictum on how to vote and not a free selection. As always, follow the trail of money and privilege. Who were/are the Whittle transfers? What’s the connection of the parent committee? What is this a payback for?

A dictum? Says who?

I think you mean “diktat” — not “dictum.”

Spoken like a true headmaster

[Anonymous]

Hi- former Whittle parent. Anyone here able to receive transcripts from the school? Radio silence for us.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi- former Whittle parent. Anyone here able to receive transcripts from the school? Radio silence for us.

Oof

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still shook that Whittle is not listed as a prior employer on the new HOS' announcement to the Maret family. Was this intentional?

It’s literally in his resume from Maret’s website.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm still shook that Whittle is not listed as a prior employer on the new HOS' announcement to the Maret family. Was this intentional?

It’s literally in his resume from Maret’s website.

More About Dennis Bisgaard

Independent School Leadership
Friends School of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD

The Northwest School
Seattle, WA

Whittle School & Studios
Washington, DC

Kingswood Oxford School
West Hartford, CT

[Anonymous]

In the original announcement to the parents the fact that he was at Whittle was omitted. It is great it is on the website so that people can associate such a terrible school with Maret (that is sarcasm, btw)

And the reason he was interim head three times is because he was untouchable, until Maret made the horrible decision to hire him

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Anonymous wrote:Hi- former Whittle parent. Anyone here able to receive transcripts from the school? Radio silence for us.

Oof

I assume you were planning to return to whittle for the 2022-23 school year. We had no plans to return in the fall, so we asked for transcripts in June. That is so irresponsible of Whittle. I thought in Whittle’s closing email, he mentioned helping students get transcripts so they transfer to other schools. At the same time, the school is bogged down by so many different lawsuits, so this might be the least of priorities for Whittle. The school was begging us to return, but we already saw the writing on the wall. Do you have the personal emails or phone numbers of any of the staff members? My child had these because we were uncertain about the school’s future so thought having these might come handy one day.