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[quote=Anonymous]Another former DCPS teacher, I taught in Ward 8 for two years. The school system cannot fix cultural and familial and behavioral problems....just accept the suspension rates as they are and focus on fixing communities and families. There is a huge need for family workshops to teach alot of the parents how to parent and how to plan for a family. I have seen parents slap around and curse out children as young as two. Additionally, the school had to shut down the PTA for half the year because the PTA president and another member were sleeping with the same guy. Both women had gotten pregnant and he was arrested at one of the girlfriends home. By the time the news reached the other girlfriend she was furious and decided to confront her boyfriend's baby mama on school premises. All of this drama occurred on school grounds and resulted in the police being called. Obviously, the principal and assistant principal got involved because they were forced to deal with an issue not education related. Unfortunately, DCPS principals deal with too many community related issues that don't have much to do with education. I hear now that DCPS schools have a school position called 'Director of School Operations' in an attempt to lessen the burden for principals. However, DCPS then adds something else to these principals plates and many times the parents in these schools refuse to deal with anyone else other than a principal, resulting in the Director of School operations or anyone else intervening getting cursed out or harassed. 
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