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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fenty did it a second time because there wasn't enough uproar the first time.  If there aren't consequences, nothing will change.  And, no, bitching on this board is not a consequence (obviously - see Fenty).  So all you community organizing types, who has some kind of action or formal petition for action in the works.  Do we want these people fired, do we want a complete report for the last 5 years and all children of government officials who received a special placement removed from school (let the parents buy a friggin house IB if they want their kids in)?[/quote]

I'm not that interested in tarring and feathering the individual parents- their names are out there and it's embarassing.  I think they should be required to re-enter the lottery and not be permitted to re-enroll in the schools (I guess at this point it's too late for '17-'18 school year lottery).

Bowser needs to be held accountable.  Not much you can do with Henderson- she's gone.[/quote]

What do you mean it's too late for 17-18? Nope. It's not. Make identifying any special allowances made a priority and anyone that found needs to disenroll and enroll for their IB school. [/quote]

Punish the kids for the actions of their parents?[/quote]

Yes, I also see Kayla as  the lackey here.  Perhaps that explains the arrogance of her email.  Kiss up and kick down - the kicking down being psychological gratifying for all the kissing up.  She wasn't a strong leader and was in the positions he was in for exactly that reason. I think of Bowser much the same way.  Tools of the powerful. In any case, we need a full record of all improper placements by high level government officials and those kids need to be out at the end of the year.

NP: Kids bear the consequences of the parents' choices all the time.  The problem here is that it would be kids bearing the consequences of Kaya's bad choices.

[b]I really don't blame the parents for asking.  I blame Kaya for applying horrendous values to her exercise of discretion.[/quote][/b]

No, you should definitely blame the gov't bureaucrats for pushing an unethical decision to get their kids admitted to better schools.  Kaya probably did what she did to stay in their good graces; otherwise she might have gotten fired.  I don't think she admitted their kids because it felt good or like the right thing to do; she would have done it for self-preservation.  [/quote][/quote]

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