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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TO be fair to Central, a lot of the disorganization is coming from the top. The Mayor. She didn't want distance learning, she didn't want city money spent on technology, she wanted to find private funding for technology, she wanted to ignore COVID and get people back to work, she wanted to ignore the requests of the teachers union, etc.  The Chancellor, doing what the Mayor told him to do, tells the Board of Education/City Council that DCPS doesn't need money, that the situation is under control, etc.  All roads lead to the Mayor.  The Chancellor, if he wants to keep his job, does whatever she tells him to do. Even if it isn't in the best interest of the schools/children. He is completely worthless- the Mayor's mouthpiece.

Central Office staffers are just as confused as the teachers/schools. They are being told different things on a daily basis.  Their managers do not know any more information.  Everything is changing constantly.  The technology team is worthless... in a time when they are most needed to shine. The good ones are working insane hours, are stressed out of their minds, and doing their best to help the situation- to the detriment of their own physical and mental well being. Burn-out is rampant. It is a mess...all the way up the organization and to the top.

So yes, Central Office is problematic.  But let us lay the blame squarely where it belongs.  The Mayor.[/quote]

The Mayor's plan sounded pretty good to me. A hybrid model if you want it or distance learning if you do not. The blame seems to fall on WTU for preventing the Mayor from staffing schools.[/quote]

The WTU did NOT prevent the Mayor from staffing schools. All they requested was for the district to meet CDC requirements for a safe opening. The Mayor was unable to provide any assurance at all that the opening would be safe. And before anyone mentions other countries, daycares, etc, please note that education has been underfunded for decades and you can’t just scale up what works in a small organization to DCPS. If you really want to go up the chain of command, start with the federal government. Blaming teachers is both ridiculous and cruel. [/quote]

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