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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I guess we know why no one on the SB blinked when it was revealed that Hutchings sends his kid to private.

Or the residents in the city. If they cared, none of these people would be here, and ACPS wouldn't have the reputation it does. Clearly it is acceptable to people.

This has been posted about before.

His daughter was being bullied. Both he and staff at the original school went to great lengths to resolve the situation. Those efforts were unsuccessful because, as most people understand, bullying and relational aggression are learned behaviors, and generally the nexus and support is in the home environment. [b]He made the only decision a good dad could,[/b] which was to remove his daughter from that environment.

I have a lot of respect for someone who will jeopardize his work reputation and open himself to public criticism when he is making the best choice he can for his daughter and not for himself. A bad dad would have forced his daughter to continue in an environment that was bad for her but good for him[/quote]

I agree that this made me have respect for him as a dad, however, other actions he has taken and statements that he has made cause me to lack respect for him as a superintendent.  [/quote]

You're right.  He made a decision about what was best for his daughter.  But when other parents were making decisions about what was best for their kids, he called them "privileged" and told them they were responsible for the learning gap in ACPS.  And he never acknowledged that or apologized for it.  That's the problem I have with it.

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