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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why everyone assumes she's driven strictly by $$, prestige and/or influence.  Probably some combination of the three come into play, but unless you know her personally you don't really know what motivates her.  Maybe she just likes being DC Chancellor.  Rhee might have stayed had her incoming boss not run on a platform of replacing her.  I also believe Rhee may have stayed in the DC spotlight a la "Our Town" if not for her husband's political career.[/quote]

I do know her and she is not really driven by money.  She is really committed to DC.  I know she does her best and this is not an easy district given the high income and very low income students.  Just dealing with parents is a huge headache before you even get to running the schools.[/quote]

Personally, if someone thinks "dealing with parents is a huge headache" then he or she should not be running a school district. They are your customers, and should be your allies in education. The attitude that parents are a nuisance shows.
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NP, the parents are not her customers. The students are her customers. Just like if a parent  may pay for his child's legal defense, the parent is not the client. The child is the client. [/quote]

I agree that "customer" might be an imperfect word. But the Chancellor stated this week that the greatest measure of her success is not increasing test scores but increasing enrollment. She touted how people are choosing to attend DCPS schools. Students aren't choosing to attend DCPS. Parents are choosing to enroll their children. If DCPS treats parents with contempt or doesn't provide what the parents feel is an adequate education, parents won't continue to enroll their children.[/quote]

You guys love being dramatic. Treat parents with contempt? Even if a few words are twisted so you don't feel special, how is that being "treated" with contempt? [/quote]

Perhaps it comes in a variety of products:  face, feet, skin tanner, etc.[/quote]

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