Letter from Cancellor re moving schools - opps - I got caught moving my kid?

[Anonymous]

Is what he did illegal? It sounds like he broke a law-- what could be the consequences for breaking the law? could the mayor say "sure, you can keep your job, but the police are going to need to take you into custody. Or you could resign and maybe the DA will tell the police to back off. It's your choice."

Or is this just one of those rules that doesn't really have any teeth behind it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is what he did illegal? It sounds like he broke a law-- what could be the consequences for breaking the law? could the mayor say "sure, you can keep your job, but the police are going to need to take you into custody. Or you could resign and maybe the DA will tell the police to back off. It's your choice."

Or is this just one of those rules that doesn't really have any teeth behind it?

It's not a law - this was a DCPS policy, not something passed by the Council.

[Anonymous]

Dude got to go.
I'm sorry but he can't lean back on the "do as I say not as I do" defense - its too much shit going on in DC schools right now to allow for ANY ethical violations. I understand he was looking out for his daughter but no excuses...
He got to go.

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Anonymous wrote:So a friend of mine sent an email to Mr. Wilson about Brent Elementary cherry picking kids to enroll rather than following the order on the wait list. He wrote back to my friend saying that he was opening an investigation etc etc etc taking it all very seriously. How can we expect him to keep schools like Brent from enrolling whoever they want if he breaks the rules himself? Not to mention the kind of role model we want for our children. I highly doubt that anyone at Brent got into any trouble for their actions. It's such a shit show.

Wow, did that happen? Surprised there isn’t a whole thread on that

I know Mundo Verde gives in to the squeaky wheel as well.

Have these been reported to MSDC?

Isn't it basically impossible to "fix" the lottery now? There are several legitimate reasons someone could "jump" the line.

Each time there is one of these scandals, people will lose confidence in the lottery system. Which is a shame because it is far better than what we had before -- unless, of course, you were connected in some way.

Where there are rules someone will break them. My School DC does a good job so this type of thing happens far less often.

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Anonymous wrote:You all sound so ridiculous! Ok, he was wrong, but is it worth unsettling DCPS mid year? Most of you on here are just whining because you did the same thing he did, you purchased a home that you liked in the city EOTP and now you are mad that the lottery did not work out for you or you can't afford private school. Stop being selfish and move! Go where the schools are better and stop complaining or pony up for private. I am tired of reading the attacks. Move on. DC can't get ahead because of the witch hunters that come on here bitching. I said it before and i will say it again, when Rhee did this it was not a problem. New rule or not, she did the same damn thing! I am really tired of you all criticizing him for choosing his EOTP home and not wanting to send his kid to Dunbar. Would you send your kid to Dunbar if you could find a better school? I do think he should have selected Banneker or Walls and that would have caused less of a stir, especially Banneker because only black people use that school, so he would not have to worry about the jealous residents that want so badly to have their kids at Wilson, but were not willing to buy a fixer upper or a small one bedroom for their entire family to live in so they could be IB. Move on.

I wonder what’s happened along the way to people like you. You’re not alone in defending corruption. Have you been bought too? Or is the thought process that if you defend him taking his then no one should say anything when your turn comes. It’s like a corrupt third world way of thinking and I feel sorry for people that don’t expect more.

Not the poster on this but I think that there are people who just want the schools fixed and will ignore this type of corruption if there is a chance that will happen. It's short-sighted. If Wilson (and others) are forced to send their children to their IB schools, the schools will be fixed much, much faster. Further, if DCPS is unsettled, it's unsettled because of the Chancellor's actions - not by the public's response to those actions.

[Anonymous]

Swami is too good.

Wilson is gone.

https://twitter.com/PeteJamison/status/966056360700981248

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Breaking: DC Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson will resign by the end of today in the wake of revelations hat he violated a school policy to enroll his daughter in a coveted high school, according to District government officials.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, his poor kid is going to have to live feeling like she caused this
(She didn't)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is what he did illegal? It sounds like he broke a law-- what could be the consequences for breaking the law? could the mayor say "sure, you can keep your job, but the police are going to need to take you into custody. Or you could resign and maybe the DA will tell the police to back off. It's your choice."

Or is this just one of those rules that doesn't really have any teeth behind it?

OMG now we want him arrested?!

[Anonymous]

Martin Austermuhle (from WAMU) is also reporting that he’s out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Martin Austermuhle (from WAMU) is also reporting that he’s out

https://wamu.org/story/18/02/20/d-c-schools-chancellor-antwan-wilson-school-transfer-scandal/

[Anonymous]

The interim replacement for Wilson will be Amanda Alexander, chief of DCPS elementary schools

https://twitter.com/PeteJamison/status/966059982448885760

[Anonymous]

It had to happen. Except from the few shills posting here I suspect he has a total vote of no confidence from parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Martin Austermuhle (from WAMU) is also reporting that he’s out

https://wamu.org/story/18/02/20/d-c-schools-chancellor-antwan-wilson-school-transfer-scandal/

Wow. I wouldn't be surprised if DCUM played a role in encouraging parents to call their Council members.

But other parents — and some Council members — quietly expressed sympathy for Wilson, saying that he merely did what any parent would do to help their child.

“At the very base of this, she needed to go to another school, and he made at that happen. If that were my kid, I would have done the same thing,” said Heather Schoell, a parent of two students in DCPS.

Schoell, who also serves as a member of the chancellor’s Parent Cabinet, said future chancellors should be given more flexibility in where their children go to school.

“I don’t agree with jumping the line, but at that high executive level, I would think there would be a condition of employment that if I come there and take this job that is very demanding, I’m going to have some latitude with things like where my children go to school,” she said.

But those sentiments seemed in the minority over the weekend, when some Council members say they were flooded with phone calls and emails from angry constituents. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) said he had never received so much input on one issue before; he ultimately decided to call on Wilson to resign.

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Anonymous wrote:Martin Austermuhle (from WAMU) is also reporting that he’s out

https://wamu.org/story/18/02/20/d-c-schools-chancellor-antwan-wilson-school-transfer-scandal/

When did Bowser call for him to resign as indicated in the quote from Grosso?