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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Bowser administration has no shortage of failings, but the absolute lowlight of her tenure was her decision to keep DCPS shuttered for about a year longer than it needed to be. She made that choice for very naked political reasons and we can see very clearly now that it destroyed a full two decades of learning gains and improvements in public safety. It was an unmitigated disaster and the blame for the spike in youth crime and general lawlessness can justifiably lies mostly with that decision.

For the fact that she was reelected we can blame the lack of RCV, Trayon White, Robert White's abysmal campaign, and the failure of anyone with any serious credentials to enter the race.

Unfortunately, there is no one in DC's political scene who is well-positioned to replace her. Of the current crop of council-members, I agree that Christina Henderson is probably the smartest. I doubt she could beat Bowser, though, and probably would also struggle against the likes of Kenyon (who would be abysmal).

How DC gets out of this mess is to vote for RCV in the 2024 referendum (unless the DC DP succeeds in blocking it) and then have Henderson get herself known across the city.[/quote]

if the teachers were not going to teach in person under those circumstances, then continuing remote learning was really the only option.[/quote]

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