DCPS and “Equity”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you attended DCPS’s latest budget hearings? The equity problems extend to the way DCPS treats schools in poorer areas. Are any NW DCPS schools dealing with the following issues: raw sewage in the cafeteria, asbestos removal without proper ventilation, no heat for weeks, etc?

Which schools were those?

The fact that you act surprised at this is the problem. I don't know all, but I know Stuart Hobson has constant problems with broken doors, and occasional hear issues. Powell has seemingly perpetual issues with the air conditioning and heat. Can't remember where the sewage was -maybe eastern high?

Wilson is overcrowded and has a persistent flooding problem.
They are attached to the pool but DPR barely allows them to use it

[Anonymous]

DGS, not DCPS, deals with facilities repair and maintenance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you attended DCPS’s latest budget hearings? The equity problems extend to the way DCPS treats schools in poorer areas. Are any NW DCPS schools dealing with the following issues: raw sewage in the cafeteria, asbestos removal without proper ventilation, no heat for weeks, etc?

Which schools were those?

The fact that you act surprised at this is the problem. I don't know all, but I know Stuart Hobson has constant problems with broken doors, and occasional hear issues. Powell has seemingly perpetual issues with the air conditioning and heat. Can't remember where the sewage was -maybe eastern high?

I am not acting surprised. I am asking which schools they were. You are overlaying some meaning where there is none.

NP. They asked a question. No more, no less. What's funny about your response is that after making a blanket statement of fact, you then appeared incapable of providing any details. Which would tend to indicate you were just bloviating. And that perhaps your defensive response was not sincere, rather, an effort to deflect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DGS, not DCPS, deals with facilities repair and maintenance.

Tell me you work for DC government without telling me...

The problem with this response is that it absolves DCPS from responsibility. As if DCPS is the only entity on Earth that depends on other verticals for their own success. Many of us have jobs where our success is dependent on other divisions and groups to perform. Those groups may not report up to us or our managers. But if our success is dependent on them then we need to find ways to manage across and ensure those groups perform. We can try being nice, being mean, escalating to our manager or VP or HR or any number of avenues. I can tell you for damn sure that I'd be unemployed if I sat back and allowed a dependency to affect my performance and merely shrugged my shoulders and pointed a finger when called on the carpet.

These types of failures need to be on the Chancellor's desk (are they?). He needs to be on the phone and emails with his DGS counterpart demanding they perform and remediate (is he?). He needs to be in Bowser meetings pounding the table (is he?). He needs to surface these things at Council hearings (he isn't). He needs to be speaking to reporters on background (is he?). He needs to hold press conferences and conduct walk throughs with media (is he?).

Enough excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you attended DCPS’s latest budget hearings? The equity problems extend to the way DCPS treats schools in poorer areas. Are any NW DCPS schools dealing with the following issues: raw sewage in the cafeteria, asbestos removal without proper ventilation, no heat for weeks, etc?

This feels like a post from 1999. DCPS built beautiful new high schools...where like 5% of kids are at grade level. BASIS has some of the best educational outcomes in DC and an abysmal infrastructure. Your post reflects dated thinking, outdated facts, and an oversimplification of challenges that excuses systemic societal and behavioral issues (including parental and community failures) in favor of cheap and easy excuses and boogeymen.