Call to discuss the state of Hardy 05/15/23

[Anonymous]

So, there are so many posts on this thread, I don't even know where to find this answer. Why did the parents want the principal removed? Is someone able to summarize?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, there are so many posts on this thread, I don't even know where to find this answer. Why did the parents want the principal removed? Is someone able to summarize?

Page 1, 4th post.
Page 2, 3rd post.

Did you even try?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, there are so many posts on this thread, I don't even know where to find this answer. Why did the parents want the principal removed? Is someone able to summarize?

Summary here is way more objective than the dysfunction you'll find on this thread: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/20/dc-hardy-middle-school-principal/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

[Anonymous]

I’ve tried to follow this thread even thought it’s a little all over the place.

Just know that Brandon Eatman is a win for parents, students, and teachers. I’ve worked for him before and he is a class act, quite a rare find as DCPS admin go.

[Anonymous]

So I read in press that he was "transferred." Does that mean transferred to the unemployment office or that he's gonna work somewhere else in DCPS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

Have they still not explained why the door was locked?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I read in press that he was "transferred." Does that mean transferred to the unemployment office or that he's gonna work somewhere else in DCPS?

My understanding is that he chose to be re-assigned to an assistant principal position elsewhere. I have tried to confirm that though.

If true, it sure does damage the narrative that the suddenness was the parents' doing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

It was the person teaching PE for months. I understand the actual PE teacher is not responsible. That is unrelated to the person mocking a parent who would go to admin over this. A child not being allowed to take a required class that also provides much needed exercise because of their gender is so mindblowingly insane in 2023 that I am sincerely confused by someone who thinks this *wouldn’t* be a thing for parents to involve themselves in. All the more of it’s a sub with no track record of being a good teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I read in press that he was "transferred." Does that mean transferred to the unemployment office or that he's gonna work somewhere else in DCPS?

My understanding is that he chose to be re-assigned to an assistant principal position elsewhere. I have tried to confirm that though.

If true, it sure does damage the narrative that the suddenness was the parents' doing...

Sounds like he was over his head and is being demoted to be retrained and learn from an experienced hand. Sounds like an appropriate move by DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

PP and the person two before that are quintessential DCPS responses. Deflection, failing to take responsibility, and trying to blame parents for abject failure on the part of the school. "How will your kids handle future gross incompetence if you don't accept our gross incompetence? Asking us to minimally do our jobs is harming your kids."

The person DCPS put in place to teach PE did something appallingly bad. The fact that s/he wasn't the "regular" PE teacher is in no way whatsoever an excuse. The fact that anyone thinks it IS an excuse is further evidence of total failure.

I can answer PP's question about how kids will "handle life" if school staff are, gasp, required to actually do their jobs. Those kids will handle it much better than kids taught to accept incompetence, laziness, and failure to take responsibility for falling short. In life, people who make excuses and/or allow blatantly discriminatory stuff to happen often end up getting fired (just like happened at Hardy). I know because I've fired lots of people like this.

Adults who teach kids that it's OK to not do the work you were hired to do, shift blame for failures, and accept discrimination are not doing those kids any favors. They are setting those kids up for failure in life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

PP and the person two before that are quintessential DCPS responses. Deflection, failing to take responsibility, and trying to blame parents for abject failure on the part of the school. "How will your kids handle future gross incompetence if you don't accept our gross incompetence? Asking us to minimally do our jobs is harming your kids."

The person DCPS put in place to teach PE did something appallingly bad. The fact that s/he wasn't the "regular" PE teacher is in no way whatsoever an excuse. The fact that anyone thinks it IS an excuse is further evidence of total failure.

I can answer PP's question about how kids will "handle life" if school staff are, gasp, required to actually do their jobs. Those kids will handle it much better than kids taught to accept incompetence, laziness, and failure to take responsibility for falling short. In life, people who make excuses and/or allow blatantly discriminatory stuff to happen often end up getting fired (just like happened at Hardy). I know because I've fired lots of people like this.

Adults who teach kids that it's OK to not do the work you were hired to do, shift blame for failures, and accept discrimination are not doing those kids any favors. They are setting those kids up for failure in life.

You just know zero about hiring or the options of people available to long term sub. Keep blaming everyone and calling us incompetent as much as you want. It's truly water from a stone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

PP and the person two before that are quintessential DCPS responses. Deflection, failing to take responsibility, and trying to blame parents for abject failure on the part of the school. "How will your kids handle future gross incompetence if you don't accept our gross incompetence? Asking us to minimally do our jobs is harming your kids."

The person DCPS put in place to teach PE did something appallingly bad. The fact that s/he wasn't the "regular" PE teacher is in no way whatsoever an excuse. The fact that anyone thinks it IS an excuse is further evidence of total failure.

I can answer PP's question about how kids will "handle life" if school staff are, gasp, required to actually do their jobs. Those kids will handle it much better than kids taught to accept incompetence, laziness, and failure to take responsibility for falling short. In life, people who make excuses and/or allow blatantly discriminatory stuff to happen often end up getting fired (just like happened at Hardy). I know because I've fired lots of people like this.

Adults who teach kids that it's OK to not do the work you were hired to do, shift blame for failures, and accept discrimination are not doing those kids any favors. They are setting those kids up for failure in life.

You just know zero about hiring or the options of people available to long term sub. Keep blaming everyone and calling us incompetent as much as you want. It's truly water from a stone.

I’ve hired a lot of people and fired a fair number, and I’ve been brought in to manage failing organizations. There are always constraints, but success lies in acknowledging the constraints and acknowledging when you fall short. DCPS does none of that, which you illustrate by your inability to acknowledge that the organization failed here. This is the culture of ingrained, continued failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

PP and the person two before that are quintessential DCPS responses. Deflection, failing to take responsibility, and trying to blame parents for abject failure on the part of the school. "How will your kids handle future gross incompetence if you don't accept our gross incompetence? Asking us to minimally do our jobs is harming your kids."

The person DCPS put in place to teach PE did something appallingly bad. The fact that s/he wasn't the "regular" PE teacher is in no way whatsoever an excuse. The fact that anyone thinks it IS an excuse is further evidence of total failure.

I can answer PP's question about how kids will "handle life" if school staff are, gasp, required to actually do their jobs. Those kids will handle it much better than kids taught to accept incompetence, laziness, and failure to take responsibility for falling short. In life, people who make excuses and/or allow blatantly discriminatory stuff to happen often end up getting fired (just like happened at Hardy). I know because I've fired lots of people like this.

Adults who teach kids that it's OK to not do the work you were hired to do, shift blame for failures, and accept discrimination are not doing those kids any favors. They are setting those kids up for failure in life.

You just know zero about hiring or the options of people available to long term sub. Keep blaming everyone and calling us incompetent as much as you want. It's truly water from a stone.

DP: No one that sexist or dismissive should be kept available as a sub, whatever the circumstances.

The pay for subs is ridiculously low and the pool is small. Nonetheless, you seem really jaded and beaten down in your expectations. Hopefully summer break will be restorative for you.

The AP at Mann does an incredible job with maintaining a roster of good, available subs despite the barriers. She has some strategies worth learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd like to go back to the PE/Locker issue again. So the boys got to go to PE for 2 weeks but the girls did not? Why was that?

I'd also like to go back to this. Circumstances aside, parents really emailed the super about this? Just...wow.

How are your kids going to handle life? I ask in all seriousness, because this sounds detrimental to their development.

Wait? You seriously think it was wrong for parents to complain about a sexist PE teacher + locked-with-no-explanation locker room meaning their kids got no PE for TWO weeks? And worse yet, had to sit and watch boys do PE? I think that is 100% where *of course* parents have to step in.

It was not the PE teacher, it was a sub.

PP and the person two before that are quintessential DCPS responses. Deflection, failing to take responsibility, and trying to blame parents for abject failure on the part of the school. "How will your kids handle future gross incompetence if you don't accept our gross incompetence? Asking us to minimally do our jobs is harming your kids."

The person DCPS put in place to teach PE did something appallingly bad. The fact that s/he wasn't the "regular" PE teacher is in no way whatsoever an excuse. The fact that anyone thinks it IS an excuse is further evidence of total failure.

I can answer PP's question about how kids will "handle life" if school staff are, gasp, required to actually do their jobs. Those kids will handle it much better than kids taught to accept incompetence, laziness, and failure to take responsibility for falling short. In life, people who make excuses and/or allow blatantly discriminatory stuff to happen often end up getting fired (just like happened at Hardy). I know because I've fired lots of people like this.

Adults who teach kids that it's OK to not do the work you were hired to do, shift blame for failures, and accept discrimination are not doing those kids any favors. They are setting those kids up for failure in life.

You just know zero about hiring or the options of people available to long term sub. Keep blaming everyone and calling us incompetent as much as you want. It's truly water from a stone.

I’ve hired a lot of people and fired a fair number, and I’ve been brought in to manage failing organizations. There are always constraints, but success lies in acknowledging the constraints and acknowledging when you fall short. DCPS does none of that, which you illustrate by your inability to acknowledge that the organization failed here. This is the culture of ingrained, continued failure.

+100!