Whittle

[Anonymous]

Finally got transcripts! Where are other whittle families enrolling?

[Anonymous]

Does anywhere decent still have space?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anywhere decent still have space?!

Your local public school - guaranteed to be a heck of a lot better than where you're coming from!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New article in Wash Business Journal for any who have subscriptions.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/29/whittle-school-close-dc-teachers-students-scramble.html

Opening sentence: It's unclear how the private school plans to pay the millions of dollars it allegedly owes teachers, its D.C. landlords, contractors and vendors.

Jesus:
"Employees at the Whittle School's D.C. campus were officially given notice July 12 of their termination, according to interviews with five former teachers and staff members and an email obtained by the Washington Business Journal. They are still missing three paychecks: from Feb. 15, when parents sent money via Venmo to temporarily cover some salaries, as well as from June 30 and the first part of July until the school closed, according to the former teachers and staff members, who requested anonymity for fear of negative repercussions on their current or future employment."

[Anonymous]

"As of Friday, the school had not acknowledged the D.C. campus closure on its social media pages or website, which still had active links to apply for local enrollment."

Ha.

[Anonymous]

Wonder if the website hosts are getting paid...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New article in Wash Business Journal for any who have subscriptions.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/29/whittle-school-close-dc-teachers-students-scramble.html

Opening sentence: It's unclear how the private school plans to pay the millions of dollars it allegedly owes teachers, its D.C. landlords, contractors and vendors.

Jesus:
"Employees at the Whittle School's D.C. campus were officially given notice July 12 of their termination, according to interviews with five former teachers and staff members and an email obtained by the Washington Business Journal. They are still missing three paychecks: from Feb. 15, when parents sent money via Venmo to temporarily cover some salaries, as well as from June 30 and the first part of July until the school closed, according to the former teachers and staff members, who requested anonymity for fear of negative repercussions on their current or future employment."

Remember this, less than three years ago when CW was saying this and most of the world was believed him" Wonder what lessons are being learned by students in this momen?:

Backed by nearly $700 million of
operating and real-estate-related
capital, we have gathered a global
consortium of hundreds of educators,
architects, artists, technologists,
and other experts. By the time our
first campuses open, we will have
collectively planned every aspect of
our school—five years in advance.
Such forward thinking is unheard of in
the annals of Old School history.
Here is the blueprint for
Whittle School & Studios.
In the fall of 2019, our first two
campuses will open, in Shenzhen
China, and Washington, D.C. By
2026, we plan to expand to a system
of 36 major campuses in the world’s
leading cities. Designed by Renzo
Piano Building Workshop of Genoa,
Italy, each campus will have 600,000
square feet and serve approximately
2,500 students, ages three to 18, with
about 160 students per grade. Roughly
60 percent will be day students, and
the remaining 40 percent will be
weekly and full boarders. At capacity,
Whittle School & Studios will be
a highly integrated global learning
community with a faculty of more
than 10,000 serving more than 90,000
full-time, on-campus students as well
as hundreds of thousands of other
students joining us part-time, either
virtually or on campus.

We see schooling as
everything students
experience during
each moment of
their time with us,
and we believe that
lessons are learned
in every one of
those moments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m waiting for all of this to trace back to Bowser. Schools like Burke, right across the street, have to attend neighborhood meetings and do all kinds of paperwork just to add ONE more student but Chris Whittle was allowed to do whatever he wanted. He broke all the rules from the get go. This is why I don’t respect ANYONE affiliated with that school.

You know, this is a really interesting point. Anyone want to chime in on the neighborhood/ ANC and other hoopla created when ANY other school in the city tries to modify or expand in any way? We all know it's a painful process that involves appeasing many constituencies. The tie to Bowser is a new thought to me, but why not? He blows into town with big dreams, promises and cash - what politician would turn that down?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m waiting for all of this to trace back to Bowser. Schools like Burke, right across the street, have to attend neighborhood meetings and do all kinds of paperwork just to add ONE more student but Chris Whittle was allowed to do whatever he wanted. He broke all the rules from the get go. This is why I don’t respect ANYONE affiliated with that school.

You know, this is a really interesting point. Anyone want to chime in on the neighborhood/ ANC and other hoopla created when ANY other school in the city tries to modify or expand in any way? We all know it's a painful process that involves appeasing many constituencies. The tie to Bowser is a new thought to me, but why not? He blows into town with big dreams, promises and cash - what politician would turn that down?

Not to mention all of the school’s hired leadership that had to have been blinded by dollar signs to ignore Whittle’s miserable track record of lying. No one involved had good judgement or common sense. (Yes, that means the new Maret head as well)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New article in Wash Business Journal for any who have subscriptions.

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/29/whittle-school-close-dc-teachers-students-scramble.html

Opening sentence: It's unclear how the private school plans to pay the millions of dollars it allegedly owes teachers, its D.C. landlords, contractors and vendors.

Jesus:
"Employees at the Whittle School's D.C. campus were officially given notice July 12 of their termination, according to interviews with five former teachers and staff members and an email obtained by the Washington Business Journal. They are still missing three paychecks: from Feb. 15, when parents sent money via Venmo to temporarily cover some salaries, as well as from June 30 and the first part of July until the school closed, according to the former teachers and staff members, who requested anonymity for fear of negative repercussions on their current or future employment."

Remember this, less than three years ago when CW was saying this and most of the world was believed him" Wonder what lessons are being learned by students in this momen?:

Backed by nearly $700 million of
operating and real-estate-related
capital, we have gathered a global
consortium of hundreds of educators,
architects, artists, technologists,
and other experts. By the time our
first campuses open, we will have
collectively planned every aspect of
our school—five years in advance.
Such forward thinking is unheard of in
the annals of Old School history.
Here is the blueprint for
Whittle School & Studios.
In the fall of 2019, our first two
campuses will open, in Shenzhen
China, and Washington, D.C. By
2026, we plan to expand to a system
of 36 major campuses in the world’s
leading cities. Designed by Renzo
Piano Building Workshop of Genoa,
Italy, each campus will have 600,000
square feet and serve approximately
2,500 students, ages three to 18, with
about 160 students per grade. Roughly
60 percent will be day students, and
the remaining 40 percent will be
weekly and full boarders. At capacity,
Whittle School & Studios will be
a highly integrated global learning
community with a faculty of more
than 10,000 serving more than 90,000
full-time, on-campus students as well
as hundreds of thousands of other
students joining us part-time, either
virtually or on campus.

We see schooling as
everything students
experience during
each moment of
their time with us,
and we believe that
lessons are learned
in every one of
those moments.

A pipe dream for sure. Chris Whittle is a greedy old liar who pretty much ruined the prospects of many high school students who were looking forward to returning to Whittle School and Studios. We pulled out before any damage can be done. No one should do business with Chris Whittle because he is the type of person who stiffs people unless he gets sued by them for non-payment. That is the case with Sunny Varkey and remember, Chris touted his friendship with Sunny and how they were going to merge their school networks. Turns out Sunny had sued Chris for not paying back money owed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finally got transcripts! Where are other whittle families enrolling?

Are you going private or public?

[Anonymous]

City Cast DC did an episode on the Whittle School's closure: https://pod.link/citycastdc/episode/a8353b2d3926f6bc92e7170ac17e2c35

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:City Cast DC did an episode on the Whittle School's closure: https://pod.link/citycastdc/episode/a8353b2d3926f6bc92e7170ac17e2c35

Awesome! Thanks for the tip.

[Anonymous]

IsChrisWhittleInPrisonYet.com

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"As of Friday, the school had not acknowledged the D.C. campus closure on its social media pages or website, which still had active links to apply for local enrollment."

Ha.

Who is supposed to update those when there are no staff left? SMH