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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He is extremely Competent a d well liked by both students and teachers.

However, we should not let cult of personality color more complex issues such as the current DEI culture wars.

The following author raises interesting conflict of interest issues. I do think DEI is really important work but that does not justify excessive profiteering and brand name monopolizing of DEI work and approaches in schools.

https://freebeacon.com/?p=1506132[/quote]

This is so quaint. The Free Beacon is nothing but a click bait site.

It’s interesting that Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and so many other “conservatives” had no problem with him when he was a leader at SAES. Obviously he is able to work with a lot of different people, from different walks of life. Isn’t that what we want in school administrators? [/quote]

Umm what? The Beacon may not be what I usually read but we need different points of view. The author of this article was valedictorian at St Andrew’s ES and educated at Yale. Please argue on the substance of the article and not on stereotypes.

Also Rodney was head of MS at SAES not head of entire school as he is now at SSFS. As I said, he is extremely competent and well liked / that is not the issue here. The issue is profiteering and brand name Monopolization in the culture wars around DEI. I think DEI work is really important but I am not comfortable with it being monetized in this way. [/quote]

The Beacon is a rag.[/quote]

This is just troll level type commentary: please comment on the substance of the arguments put forward. [/quote]

For schools to become more aware of social justice issues around systematic racism, DEI consultants are needed. They need to be paid for ans mail hey need credibility.
If Rodney has credibility in this area, which he seems to have, then maybe he is performing a community service by creating a sustainable business model to train and hire out DEI consultants.

However, the author has a good point. Many local private schools have been embroiled in controversy around some heavy handed DEI strategies. Some argue it has created more social conflicts and divisions along race lines in schools then was the case before. Others argue that racism has always been present but schools were looking the other way.

It is good the the SSFS head is tackling these issues in ways people can grasp but he needs to be transparent about any vested interests. [/quote]

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