Cheh letter to OSSE on Ellington

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Anonymous wrote:These comments about Cheh's interests in the schools beginning and ending with Ward 3 are absurd - is there a Ward in the city that has more out of boundary/Ward kids coming into their boundary to attend school every day?

And it isn't just Deal, Wilson & Ellington that have lots of non Ward 3 kids - Hardy, Hearst & Eaton also have decent percentage of non Ward 3 kids.

Ward 3 can't forever be the DCPS/Council solution to under performing schools - in fact that solution has been one of the obstacles to schools getting better elsewhere because there are too many high SES kids in Ward 3, many of whom could be helping to lift schools elsewhere and are not.

they are absurd -- she barely GAF about the WARD 3 schools, let alone the system, half of which includes charters which don't even exist in her ward. I've interacted with most of the Council on school issues and I was surprised to find Cheh so out of touch on schools in relation to her peers.

Weird quote which makes me wonder about its authenticity.

Why would she be particularly engaged on charters - none are in her Ward and hardly any of her constituents attend them.

I know Cheh fairly well and disagree with her on a bunch of stuff but she is very well informed on almost every city issue I've engaged with her on though I've not gone around with her on school policy but I would be very surprised to learn she is not well informed on the issue.

But I have engaged with her on some infrastructure and policy issues around 2 Ward 3 Schools and she and her staff were very on top of both issues before I'd even reached out and were responsive after I did. And she has most certainly delivered the money necessary to get Ward 3 Schools modernized - I know there is some angst among the Eaton community right now about funding but when Janney, Deal, Hearst, Wilson & Murch all needed more money she came through on each school.

This is patently untrue with Murch, where she sent her children. She did not give one solid shit when Browser tried her shenanigans with the renovation. Grosso even did more, which is pretty amazing. Cheh didn't lift a finger until the Murch kids did that video and she realized she was being utterly tin-eared.

This is an utterly silly and specious argument. I wasn't involved in the Murch modernization but was involved with the Wilson and Deal ones and in both cases up until the decision of record was made there was consternation about whether the money would be in the budget for the full renovation. But in the two cases I was involved with Cheh came through as she also did with Murch and apparently twice with Janney (and actually twice with Deal). So I'm sorry as a Murch parent you were stressed out about the budget process (and a typical one at that) but Ward 3 schools have been well funded because of Cheh and presumably Eaton will eventually be as well.

"I have no idea what actually went on, but I'll throw out an ill-informed opinion anyway."

I actually I followed it pretty closely as I live nearby but leaving that and your bitterness aside was Murch fully funded or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm glad that Mary Cheh is finally paying attention to the schools. Someone needs to and clearly the Mayor and Grosso are not up to the task.

+1.

That was a brave and much needed letter.