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[quote=Anonymous]Agree. There is a collaborative spirit in California that just doesn't exist in DCPS. IMPACT has created a culture that is a cross between Mean Girls, Survivor, Lord of the Flies, and The Apprentice. Everyone is so competitive for the wrong reasons.  [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are teachers request to visit homes that are inhabitable or unclean when they see certain children everyday who aren't well kept? Wouldn't the families in these conditions object to homevisits for fear of embarrassment? I'd be afraid to visit a home of a student who was unkempt (dirty clothing, headline, etc.)[/quote]

This has got to be a joke. Afraid of an unclean environment? I work in a SCHOOL. Kids are dirty; they rub snot on their sleeves and hands. Our janitorial staff is a joke and we're lucky if the trash gets taken out. I'm pretty sure a filthy house is nothing to be afraid of.

I did the burbs to DC thing (sort of). I worked in a low-income, majority minority school in CA before moving to DC. I thought I was experienced at dealing with dysfunction,  but DCPS had new types of dysfunction I hadn't anticipated. My school in CA was constantly out of everything (paper, books, whiteboard markers, desks, toilet paper, classroom space...), but everyone in the building was trying to do the right thing. I knew I could count on the other teachers in the building. The admins and counselors were stretched beyond belief, but I never felt like they were adversaries. In DCPS I never had trouble getting paper or whiteboard markers, but it felt like every man for himself. I would literally go in my classroom and lock the door from the inside (to keep out the random students who were roaming in the hall) and hope the admins would just leave me alone to teach. [/quote][/quote]

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