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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The principal knowingly concealed violence. He didn't inform his supervisors about incidents, even those involving MPD. He lied to parents and Central Office. DCPS realized they were sitting on a ticking time bomb and decided to act. They knew the stories were true; the records checked out.

And if your child was spared, like mine, you still had to deal with lagging academics and grotesquely uneven teaching quality.

There was scarcely a single thing working in that school this year. [/quote]

This is completely indefensible yet we have self-proclaimed Hardy teachers on here not only defending such behavior but asserting that those parents who aren’t willing to tolerate it are a “clan” of racists? I for one will be very interested to see which Hardy teachers decide to protest their dissatisfaction with PJ’s removal next week, but will not be holding my breath waiting for it to happen.[/quote]

Again this is about race, power, and privilege. It’s about a “clan” of upper northwest parent causing hysteria and mobilizing like a mob. We live in America. We have seen this before. Much of what is being said about PJ and what took or is taking place at Hardy is simply not true. Yes, the school has issues and yes there is room for improvement. This os also true for all DCPS middle school— including Deal and Stuart Hobson. In fact, I challenge you to do a comparison of SH and Hardy and Deal. You will find very similar issues that DCPS middle schools. The issues are systemic and reflective of DCPS policies. What makes this a witch hunt and makes this about race is how this first year Black principal is being bullied and harassed by the Karens and Kens. If PJ was white this would be handled in a much different way. MCCray and Neal should be extremely concerned. This small group of very loud parents have the resources, time, privilege and complexion to make things happen. DCPS will of course pander to this group. I am sure IS Hughes was terrified that he would also raise the ire of said Karens and Kens. He went right along with it. Zero backbone to stand up to stand up for PJ and the kids of Hardy. What also makes this about race is the fact that DCPS is removing PJ yet schools across the district are having similar issues. Only the schools with privileged loud mouth parents matter. This is race and class.

Why this is about race— white schools and white administrators and white teachers not held to the same standards. The Hardy community  and DCPS selected a first year young Black principal. They knew this was his first rodeo. The way he was treated by this group of terrorist is unacceptable. Only the kids will be impacted on Monday. Congratulation to the rabid PTO groups for pushing this man out of his job, destabilizing the school community even further, and reminding the entire city how race really works in chocolate city. Also congratulation on the new principal. Hopefully he will bow his head, not look you all in the eye and address you all as sir and mam. [/quote]

This entire post sounds like someone asked chat GPT, "Give me a couple of paragraphs of cliché "white privilege" stuff complete with name calling using 'Karen'. Include whataboutism and also include deflection with references to other schools, even though I have no evidence that the same things happened at those other schools."

If you think white parents are going to stop advocating for their kids' education because you call them names, you badly misread your audience.[/quote]

No one believes that the racist will stop being racist. No one believes the privileged will give up their privilege. This is why we continue to mobilize and fight racism. Stay tuned. [/quote]

This actually sounds like someone who is fed up with the privilege and race games that are played in upper north west. Advocating for your child is very different than being a bully. [/quote]

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