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[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]

Where is the grace? Is this not his first year as a principal? Are you saying that the first year or the first time you performed a duty you knocked it out of the park? It is so easy to throw stones in a glass house. To call for his resignation in his first year is extreme and atypical as such. I wonder what the real reason you want him to be removed...hmmm[/quote]

It is extreme and it is warranted because his stewardship of Hardy this year has been extremely bad. Those who have worked with him intensely to fix the issues that have arisen under his stewardship see no reason to believe that things will be any better next year. These are people who have worked for years to make Hardy one of the best middle schools in the city. They wanted nothing more than to help him succeed, but have arrived at the unfortunate realization that it is not just going to happen. To imply that this action is somehow motivated by ulterior motivations is both disgusting and stupid.[/quote]

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