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[quote=Anonymous]Pope was in fact run out of Hardy by parents and Michelle Rhee. Long story but I was at the very crazy meeting at Hardy when Rhee announced that Pope lwas eaving to oversee the creation of a new DCPS middle school for the performing arts but everyone knew that was bs, and of course there is still no such middle school. It seemd that Pope ran Hardy outside of the typical DCPS parameters (it was really the wild west when it came to running schools in those days). He had an application (for a neighborhood school), intensive music instruction, single sex lunch periods, the uniforms, all kinds of policies that he felt were right for the school. Rhee didn't like that he just did what he wanted and had for years and years. It was mostly out of boundary kids in those days and the neighborhood people said they felt unwelcomed by Pope and wanted "their school back". I heard all of these comments and details with my own ears. Rhee seemed to agree with the neighborhood families and the shit really hit the fan when she tried to control him.
I had a rising 6th grader at the time (she is now a 23 years old). I chose not to send her to Hardy because it was all way too chaotic. Anyway, there was so much chaos, animosity, mis-information, name calling, etc. all very much orchestrated by Michelle Rhee who was in conversation with the neighborhood families-she met with them in their homes-she reported that at the meeting, she was proud of meeting people in small groups in their houses but of course, out of boundary families were not invited to those intimate meetings. It was a mess and the negativity seems to have lingered over al these years. So yes, lots of history that should have nothing to do with today, but this dark cloud just will not blow over.
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