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[quote=Anonymous]This is a very serious question that I've been pondering: What is it about DC that attracts and allows them to keep such horrible, mean-spirited, petty school leaders? The things they get away with in both the charter and public schools would not fly anywhere else. DC seems to be a dumping ground for insecure, sadistic, petty people who are more concerned with bossing than leading.

Examples:
1. The case at Center City Charter schools just a year or two ago. A teacher was fired for assigning a math worksheet with violent word problems on it. She explained that she'd had reservations about the assignment but was instructed by her supervisor to give it to students. The head of the school was so smug and happy to announce she'd fired the teacher. When asked about the fact that the teacher felt forced to give the assignment, the head stated that the teacher was still at fault, as she should not have given out the worksheet after deciding it was bad for kids. She failed to mention the hell the teacher would've caught for being insubordinate.

Why did the head go straight to firing? Why not a write up? Warning? Even parents thought firing was a bit harsh.

2. The Howard Middle School debacle that just happened when 4 teachers submitted their 2 week's notices. Instead of using the time to find replacements, the principal went into the teachers' classrooms while they were teaching to fire them and have them escorted out.

Can you say power tripping in both cases? "Leaders" like that wouldn't last a week in surrounding areas.

Their actions are similar to but in some cases not as bad as what I can tell you about school 'leaders' in DC Public schools. They are the worst! There's a reason 100 teachers new to the District in August quit BEFORE OCTOBER. And they continue to leave, even as late as two weeks ago. Others are getting their ducks in a row in other places so they can do the same before the year ends.

Seriously, how do so many troubled individuals end up in DC and actually survive in those roles for longer than a week?[/quote]

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