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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t had a child at Ross, but I know the principal, Holly Hurst. She’s a career educator who has worked in public and private schools. She also once ran a teacher education program. I’ve seen her navigate incredibly tricky situations with warmth and professionalism. While changing demographics certainly help Ross’s testing statistics, it is also true that the school has fantastic leadership.[/quote]

Holly Searl! She has very high standards for the students and the teachers, and everyone rises to meet them. [/quote]

She can also be very punitive and vindictive. She can be jealous when others become successful. I saw it first hand. Just check the teacher turnover. [/quote]

BS.  She has been principal at Ross for 16 years and the school is now ranked the #1 public elementary school in DC:

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-schools/district-of-columbia

Try harder, disaffected troll.[/quote]

She’s racist too. I remember years ago when the art teacher said “those kids” when referring to black students. Holly didn’t say anything to the teacher. I haven’t trusted or liked her since that incident. [/quote]

This story is strange. Also the art teacher is a very lovely Black woman.[/quote] actually my mistake, it's the music teacher who is a lovely black woman, the art teacher left. [/quote]

The art teacher is actually a very lovely man. The former art teacher left several years ago.

The principal does exhibit racist behaviors. I’ve seen it first hand with my student’s friends. Kids receive different consequences and sometimes they’ve been given differently along lines of race. If you have a different experience with her that’s okay but everyone should keep in mind that different people have different experiences based on their identity.

“She’s wonderful” is certainly not everyone’s experience. [/quote]

Thank you! And I love how people love to spout off this nonsense about Dupont Circle being “progressive”. The white folks and the non-black folks who call themselves “progressives” show a lot of microaggressions and prejudiced behavior toward Foundational Black Americans (FBAs) in this neighborhood and this city.[/quote]

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