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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused. I read DCUM and I thought the prevailing narrative was that charters were bad because "they aren't accountable" to anyone but a private board. Seems like the parents have been making noise about persistent failures of the principal at Hardy and DCPS Central has ignored those entreaties. That is shocking since I was led to believe that parents had a direct voice in leadership hiring and retention at DCPS schools.

Sincerely,
SHOCKED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT[/quote]

Well, we’re about to find out . . .[/quote]

The broader question (my sarcasm aside) is how is it any different to lobby DCPS Central than the Board of a charter school? Answer: It isn't. The idea of "accountability" is laughable. DCPS Central is insulated from all criticism and accountability. The IS forced out, discriminated against cost the city $$$$ in a lawsuit at JOW and the solution was...move JOW out of her division. Hundreds of millions in improper contracting dollars are spent and the answer is some low level, unnamed people are disciplined. No report and no higher ups lose their jobs.[/quote]

Sure, but [b]the stakes for Ferrebee are high on this one[/b]. They are pouring tens of millions into a new HS to relieve J-R that will be fed by Hardy. That new HS will never get anywhere if Hardy continues to go down the shitter. A good chunk of the high-performing ESs could go too. We don’t need to get into the fallout from any future security incidents. And a letter that strong, drafted by the entire parent engagement team for all three grades, is not an everyday event.[/quote]

You think that because it impacts your school and your community and you think W3 schools and your community are the most important. You would be wrong. But points for being as self centered as the W3 cliche would suggest.[/quote]

Where is the self centered-ness? Any principal who has overseen such a dramatic deterioration in school performance and safety - which can be directly attributed to their incompetence - should be out of a job. That should happen in Ward 8 just as it should happen in Ward 3. No parent in this city should be silent when school leadership is failing to perform their most basic duties. You can do what you do to promote silly stereotypes and sow ethnic division, but I’m damn glad that there are parent volunteers in this city doing what needs to be done to ensure that DCPS doesn’t fall any father than it has already.[/quote]

The self-centeredness is thinking that [b]THIS[/b] is the matter for which the stakes are high for Ferrebee. As if Hardy's issues are unique in a post-Covid world or that one W3 school the the thing that could bring him down. [/quote]

The relevance of the new high school opening has been explained.  But, sure, if you think it's fine for DCPS to overpay by millions for a dated, poorly-located property and then not worry about whether anyone shows up, then yay.  I think your expectations for DC's use of tax dollars are regrettably low.[/quote]

Are you the same poster below who thinks they are super slick and can reframe the issue with no one noticing? Or are there two of you firing away at the same time?

You are introducing points no one raised and/or disagreed with. No one said it was ok to overpay (bonus points for the Fox News type flourish of inserting an opinion based conclusion as fact as if declaring it an overpayment makes it so). No one said people showing up (or not) doesn't matter. The point if my reply is that you and your W3 buddies are laughably self-centered and out of touch if you think Hardy is what will sink Ferrebee. DCPS has lots more pressing issues than this my self involved friend.  [/quote]

That you can't seem to grasp how these points are relevant to the discussion - and to rebutting your stupid stereotyping - is kinda embarrassing. I've read your crap before and it's a pox unto this site. You have no interest in any reasoned discourse, only trolling. Please get lost.[/quote]

Riddle solved! It is the same poster trying in two different posts to shift the goalposts.

Pro-tip: If you want to post multiple replies and pretend it is different people, don't misuse words basic words like "stereotype" in back to back posts.[/quote]

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