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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just spoke with a friend who worked with him in DC. They said he is still corrupt and has a friend, Melissa Kim, who held a high title in KIPP and now that friend has a higher title in DCPS. That friend looks out for him when he is in need of employment. Jerry also leaves jobs before he is fired so it will not go on record.

Under his leadership, 2 assistant principals were removed for inappropriate conduct with staff members, HR complaints were filed against him many times over the last few years and teachers kept a running list and recordings of his unethical actions including stealing from the school. It got so bad, the workers in operations would not sign off on his puchases without sending them to THEIR supervisors. They did not want to be associated with his puchases. According to my friend, Jerry is all about the data and the data does lie. He forced teachers to give passing grades to students, even those who didn't do their work. There was a no discipline system which he called restorative justice. There was no restoration. KIPP has a network wide system of logging behaviors. In order to keep behaviors out of the system, he and his leadership team would delete the negative behaviors or mark them as resolved even though they weren't. He would then brag about the data in staff meetings. My friend gave me an earful and has recordings. According to them,  many staff members recorded conversations and meetings with him because he was so inappropriate and often threatened their jobs. Especially if you were a teacher who spoke up. This last year, music, art or language weren't offered to students. Instead, he invested in a game room which students rarely used. 
 
Talk to him if you want, he is wordy but those words will mean nothing. My friend said he WAS removed as principal of WILL and placed in a different position within the KIPP network so he wouldn't be in a school setting before accepting the DCPS job. They also said in the announcement he made about leaving the school as principal, he stated he need to be closer to his family who is still in Jersey and he called his 12 year old daughter a bitch which they found weird and unsettling.

Parents should be upset and fight this. He has no business being in the business of our children. Fact is, he can't get a job closer to home because of his reputation. And there is no Melissa Kim in the other districts to hire him. [/quote]

Ugh.  DCPS just shoots itself in the foot over and over.  [/quote]

I am laughing because Melissa Kim, before taking on a leadership role at KIPP’s DC schools, was the beloved Deal principal who brought IB to the schools. Her arrival marked the beginning of Deal being a highly desirable school for IB parents. [/quote]

Sorry I dont get it, what is funny?[/quote]

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