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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To everyone who voted for Bowser over Catania:

I hate to say well told you so, but we told you so.[/quote]

as much as I preferred Catania to Bowser I'm not naïve enough to think the schools were going to get a dramatic overhaul under Catania.  There are competing entrenched interests that go well beyond the Mayor's office[/quote]

Had Catania been elected it would have been total gridlock, similar to Obama vs. the Congressional Republicans. 
The fault lines would have been race and it would have been all about "ensuring Catania is a one-term mayor." It really would have torn this city apart, probably with lots of public employee strikes.[/quote]

that's a muddled analogy.  Catania was far more engaged with school communities at the grassroots level than any other mayoral candidate, more so than even current Education Committee chair Grosso.  His vision was more rationalized vertical integration to balance DCPS and charter paths which largely run amok around middle school.  Given the feeder pattern update completed under Gray anyone assuming office was going to be hamstrung by this change.

The other thing I really respect about Catania - he fought hard for wrap around funding for at risk students.  He wasn't just pushing the agenda of the most connected school communities.  He was also willing to address inequities.  He provided a comprehensive and thoughtful plan for improving public education -- no one else in DC government has offering such a vision.  [/quote]

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