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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or lets put it this way. Follow me

Catania wins in November. He prevails on the council to delay implementation of DME plan by one year, the lottery is held in December under the current boundaries, rules, etc (don't ask me the mechanics of that)

First thing Mayor Catania does on taking office is work with the council and DCPS and the community to develop a plan for the renovation of McFarland, with details as to cost and capactiy, design parameters, curriculum plan, etc.   And passes the budget to implement that. Something similar, if perhaps less fleshed out, is prepared for the other new middle schools.

Its now summer 2015.   Do you think EVERY high SES family (with choice, IOW) that objected to the DME plan in 2014 will now accept it? Do you think some will still object, and that some of them will say "The new McFarland is not good enough, I bought for Deal, I will move if I am cut out of Deal"?   And what will the logical response at that point be, if not "go, we can live without you"

At some point the only response to threats to leave is to point at the door. [/quote]

I think at that point, if you are an elected official (which Kaya has the luxury not to be), you keep your mouth shut on any of the 'go, I don't care anyway' lines you feel like retorting with and issue a general statement that the new MS is great and many families are happy and we know the neighborhood and city will love it blah blah blah. Politics 101, IMO.[/quote]

so the gaffe here is that she  said what she really thought, what everyone knows anyone in her position would likely really think, but which a good pol would not say. We complain about pols being phoney, and then complain when public officials are not phoney.

Maybe DC where so many are professionals at spin gives us unrealistic expectations. She's the chancellor of a school system of a jurisdiction of less than 700,000 people (not the largest or even second largest in the metro area) not a congressional leader. [/quote]

I think there is a happy medium between phony and rude/dismissive but ultimately, what bothers me more about her statement is that she is incorrect (I am the PP who pointed out upthread that new families aren’t any more likely to stay in bad schools than old ones).

Also, she is a school chancellor. She should not be blithe and dismissive about students leaving her system for any reason, other than graduation. 
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