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

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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.

I think it's fair enough for parents being concerned about a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach their DDs a class he gets paid to teach and that the law requires them to take.

I would be more worried about the life skills of employees who are outraged at the 'customers' because the upper management dismissed a different employee.

There isn't a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach children at Hardy. This toxic thought pattern is why no one wants to work at Hardy anymore.

Many of these posts read like an orchestrated campaign to intimidate parents into biting their tongue when they should be holding their school administrators and teachers to account for their abysmal performance. Spare us the “I’ll take my ball and go home” crap. Anyone who by this point still claims they don’t understand why the PTO at al. did what they did doesn’t seem to much interest in the quality of middle school education in this town.

We're now at the point where parents believe there is a coordinated campaign bc they just can't believe others think differently. And then to end it with 'anyone who disagrees with us surely doesn't care about children'

You are perfectly free to disagree with the action. But threatening to quit because parents requested more competent school administration after all that has happened at Hardy this year? Please.

DP. I hate to connect this to covid school closures because people had a range of reasonable reactions and situations to that. But NOBODY who was watching the covid closure rhetoric unfold should be surprised for a second that there is a set of teachers/unions that is outright hostile to any intervention by parents.

We are now reaping the consequences of keeping DC public schools shuttered for a good year longer than the science said they should be. I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for the WTU to apologize to us all for that.

There are major behaviors in schools across the county including ones that open August 2020. This isn’t just a DC thing. I really think it’s a social media thing.

A decent hypothesis. Honestly, it should be testable. I haven’t seen any research yet though.

[Anonymous]

Odd that Hardy is labeled as this failure by folks on here when they’ve had so many kids qualify for national contests across multiple subject areas this year and really shine in athletics. Hardy has been a great school, is a great school, and will continue to be a great school. Kudos to everyone who adds to that energy.

[Anonymous]

Dear any actual Hardy teachers on this thread:

My DD has had nearly all good and some really excellent, caring teachers at Hardy.

She also experienced being significantly assaulted at school. Mr Johnson pretended to care. And discussed the follow up actions with us. But actually did nothing. Not even the basic legal and administrative rules for what he was supposed to do. So imagine you trust the administrator to just deal with a situation with basic appropriateness and the find out they didn’t even do the lowest level of what is required. And then didn’t respond to any follow up at all. And your only options are to change schools or hire lawyers - and to figure out how to help your child. Is responding to sexual assault helicoptering?

The principal had a continued pattern of behavior of just doing nothing. The football team, the locked bathrooms, the continuing fights (which are all posted on social media), the faking the scores and information about the school that takes away YOUR resources as teachers. It was a blatant and documented pattern of instances of faking or not doing the required reporting. It was all enough for DCPS to take action. So they clearly got this wasn’t just “Karening” parents.

I don’t think this is a person or situation you want to defend or stand for? You deserve better. And do the students.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t it obvious Ferebee was ready to “remove” Johnson - which is saying a lot! - and told the parent leaders what they needed as cover to do it?

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it obvious Ferebee was ready to “remove” Johnson - which is saying a lot! - and told the parent leaders what they needed as cover to do it?

I agree with this

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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.

I think it's fair enough for parents being concerned about a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach their DDs a class he gets paid to teach and that the law requires them to take.

I would be more worried about the life skills of employees who are outraged at the 'customers' because the upper management dismissed a different employee.

There isn't a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach children at Hardy. This toxic thought pattern is why no one wants to work at Hardy anymore.

Many of these posts read like an orchestrated campaign to intimidate parents into biting their tongue when they should be holding their school administrators and teachers to account for their abysmal performance. Spare us the “I’ll take my ball and go home” crap. Anyone who by this point still claims they don’t understand why the PTO at al. did what they did doesn’t seem to much interest in the quality of middle school education in this town.

The Hardy teachers *shouid* leave! Go to schools where the parents and students don’t care as much about education, because then what they’re currently doing will be sufficient. It’s time to clean house.

Which schools are those? Presumably any school your fantastic racist self isn't gracing?

Anon didn’t mention anything about race? Sounds like you’re the racist one, PP.

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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.

I think it's fair enough for parents being concerned about a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach their DDs a class he gets paid to teach and that the law requires them to take.

I would be more worried about the life skills of employees who are outraged at the 'customers' because the upper management dismissed a different employee.

There isn't a dismissive, sexist teacher declining to teach children at Hardy. This toxic thought pattern is why no one wants to work at Hardy anymore.

Many of these posts read like an orchestrated campaign to intimidate parents into biting their tongue when they should be holding their school administrators and teachers to account for their abysmal performance. Spare us the “I’ll take my ball and go home” crap. Anyone who by this point still claims they don’t understand why the PTO at al. did what they did doesn’t seem to much interest in the quality of middle school education in this town.

We're now at the point where parents believe there is a coordinated campaign bc they just can't believe others think differently. And then to end it with 'anyone who disagrees with us surely doesn't care about children'

You are perfectly free to disagree with the action. But threatening to quit because parents requested more competent school administration after all that has happened at Hardy this year? Please.

DP. I hate to connect this to covid school closures because people had a range of reasonable reactions and situations to that. But NOBODY who was watching the covid closure rhetoric unfold should be surprised for a second that there is a set of teachers/unions that is outright hostile to any intervention by parents.

We are now reaping the consequences of keeping DC public schools shuttered for a good year longer than the science said they should be. I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for the WTU to apologize to us all for that.

There are major behaviors in schools across the county including ones that open August 2020. This isn’t just a DC thing. I really think it’s a social media thing.

+200!!! Everyone blames Covid but I also think it’s the rise of cell phones, iPads, social media, etc.

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Ok, but you can’t say it’s social media because then it makes parents responsible. So it has to be covid… and those masks… and mostly those terrible teachers

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, but you can’t say it’s social media because then it makes parents responsible. So it has to be covid… and those masks… and mostly those terrible teachers

No one has blamed teachers in this whole thread, except tangentially in discussing extended school closures.

Social media and computer use in general is a problem. It certainly doesn't help that so much schoolwork and homework is online! (I understand DCPS is behind a lot of that, not necessarily with the support of teachers.

You also have to give some Hardy parents a lot of credit for promoting the "Wait until 8" campaign, which recommends waiting at least until 8th grade for smart phones and 9th grade for social media. If only all parents were just alike....

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t it obvious Ferebee was ready to “remove” Johnson - which is saying a lot! - and told the parent leaders what they needed as cover to do it?

yes. we're mostly adults here. very few people wanted him around

[Anonymous]

How are things now that he's gone? Any improvement?

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Anonymous wrote:How are things now that he's gone? Any improvement?

Yes. Incidents are now being publicly disclosed rather than ignored and covered up. And the musical has finally been scheduled for a date certain!

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That's good that things are better. Have there been more incidents in the week that he's been gone? Are more staff greeting kids in the morning?

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Anonymous wrote:Dear any actual Hardy teachers on this thread:

My DD has had nearly all good and some really excellent, caring teachers at Hardy.

She also experienced being significantly assaulted at school. Mr Johnson pretended to care. And discussed the follow up actions with us. But actually did nothing. Not even the basic legal and administrative rules for what he was supposed to do. So imagine you trust the administrator to just deal with a situation with basic appropriateness and the find out they didn’t even do the lowest level of what is required. And then didn’t respond to any follow up at all. And your only options are to change schools or hire lawyers - and to figure out how to help your child. Is responding to sexual assault helicoptering?

The principal had a continued pattern of behavior of just doing nothing. The football team, the locked bathrooms, the continuing fights (which are all posted on social media), the faking the scores and information about the school that takes away YOUR resources as teachers. It was a blatant and documented pattern of instances of faking or not doing the required reporting. It was all enough for DCPS to take action. So they clearly got this wasn’t just “Karening” parents.

I don’t think this is a person or situation you want to defend or stand for? You deserve better. And do the students.

I am SO sorry to hear that happened to your daughter. Her wellbeing should be priority number one in that situation. She shouldn’t have to come into contact with her perpetrator ever again. Any principal that fails to address sexual assault on school grounds is guilty of professional malpractice at the very least. - a DCPS teacher (not Hardy)

[Anonymous]

Wake up call to all of you Hardy parents.

You will be satisfied with absolutely no one who walks in Hardy's doors for the next three years.

Pin this comment. Patrick Pope was one of THE BEST principals DCPS has ever had and you all ran him out.

Attention seeking adults. Kids with no boundaries or consequences.

Nothing will work for any of you whiners.

No single person can fix the issues at Hardy and keep all the Karens and Kens happy.