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[quote=Anonymous]I just sent in my input for the council hearing. I have thought about this a lot, and I just don't see the rationale for empowering OSSE at the possible expense of efficiency. I also have seen the mayor being the most accountable leader in the school reopening process. All of the other parties involved have been trying to put on the brakes, but the mayor understood that the majority wants reopening and pushed that hard in the fall. Also, people have mentioned the DME. He is not just a former McKinsey consultant. He has extensive experience in education. He was number 2 in a large school district (Philadelphia) as well as as an educator himself. He is very smart, capable, and committed to students,  teachers and parents. I have not heard a strong argument for the changes being sought. We had a school board before and it was much worse than now. Mayoral control has been the first approach to work in the past 30 years. The recent history of DCPS, and the statistics seem to support maintaining mayoral control - we are the fastest improving school district in the nation and certainly not the only gentrifying one. It is hard to argue with results. I believe that there is a lot wrong with DCPS and that teachers need more support and likely central needs to be downsized. I actually think it would be great if most people in central also worked on-site at a school. I fear that this proposal is only going to make things worse.
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