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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s not how government/school HR works. If this was in reaction to something that was going on right now, or very recently, he would have been put on leave, he would not have been fired. HR stuff takes a long time to play out in government - especially for a tenured principal. This is more likely the final stage of a process that began a while ago. I doubt this is COVID related at all - and certainly not due to immediate safety concerns.[/quote]

I worked in Central Office. While what you say makes sense in theory, you are truly naive if you assume that egos, perceptions of being in control, and perceptions of allegiance are not stronger than reason.

If the SWW Principal was outspoken about not trusting the plan to reopen schools, and especially if he publicly raised actual specific concerns, you are fooling yourself if you think that a Chancellor and/or a Mayor wouldn't fire him out of a sense of making an example of him for what happens if you openly challenge a plan like this.  EVEN IF ITS THE PRINCIPAL OF ONE OF *THE* MOST SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR DCPS SCHOOLS.

I do not have inside info as I don't work there anymore, but I'm sure if I call around I'll hear exactly what I've said.

Also to you PP, another thing you're wrong about is the idea that if a longer term personnel issue was working its way through the process and ultimately ended in a decision to fire a principal, in most cases and definitely in the case of SWW there would be far more car put to timing and how it was communicated.  DCPS has known they were going to fire plenty of Principals early in the school year but waited at least until the end of a term but even until the end of the school year to notify the Principal and announce it to staff and then parents.

This was sudden, and for some reason urgent for Chancellor & Mayor to do quickly. That screams "spin control".  If there was a "good reason" or a legitimate safety or personnel process decision, there would be hints or direct statements about why.  This messaging... is because there is no good reason.[/quote]

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