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[quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people here, angry and disagreeable as most of us are, probably agree on more than you'd think.

Mostly, I think we think accountability under a Mayor who runs unopposed and doesn't pay close attention to schools could be better. But at least the lines of authority and governance are clear.

Mostly, we worry that a stronger SBOE in charge is a governance problem waiting to happen, and structurally, it's set up to fight and deadlock. But at least some accountability could be possible.

What I wonder now is what are the lessons of having Grosso, at least at one point mildly activist, and then Mendelson, generally not an activist, in a position to influence the Mayor's inaction where they really got upset?

It seems like we got maybe a marginal amount of accountability more, but it seems like there's a significant point further the Council would have to be empowered to go to get officials to really jump for them. So they mostly shrug them off, I think, knowing if they can blather through a hearing or two a year they can do whatever they want.

For me, at the parent level, it's mostly the frustration of seeing issues that as an amateur I can see coming a mile away and the bureaucracy does not take any proactive steps. Not the perfect example necessarily, but like, take subs. It's clear that COVID was gonna mean we're gonna have to be ready with way more substitute teachers. People told DCPS that! And they didn't do it until October, like 18 months after COVID sent everybody home.

Not the perfect example, just an example of a bureaucracy moving slower than your average woman on the street, which is frustrating. What makes a bureaucracy responsive? That's your secret sauce. And I haven't seen it yet.[/quote]

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