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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is for most places the question is Mayor, accountable for many things with education rarely being the voting issue, or actual school board, accountable for it’s education policies specifically. That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your perspective. But in DC it’s mayor or council, which is equally unaccountable for education, but which also can’t be replaced all at once even in the event on calamitous school policy. Mayoral control may not be ideal, but council control is even worse for many of the same reasons… but also half the council is totally entrenched, corrupt and incompetent. There is just no world in which non-corrupt voters should prefer the council to do anything. [/quote]

help me out. so you think a third responsible organization (like an independent OSSE with a superintendent who can be dismissed for cause) would be an improvement? I can see the logic in that but only the logic, not the facts supporting the change. I just fail to see any problems with mayoral control that suggest the need for structural reform. In fact I’m quite happy at how she reopened schools and beat back the virtual option and “but the HVAC”! nonsense with a weak bill, then pivoted and got $$ out of the Council for covid coordinators to reduce admin burden at schools. I think she’s doing well.[/quote]

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