Anonymous wrote:Free vacation. I think this shows just how out of touch the mayor and chancellor are with the financial realities in DC.

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Free vacation, completely unrelated to DC, at taxpayer expense.

Shouldn't the Mayor and the Chancellor, at the very least, report this junket as in-kind compensation and pay their fair share of taxes for it?

I just can't believe Kaya Henderson would leave during a school week when school budgets are getting dropped and some schools getting bad news about funding getting cut, arts programs getting cut, renovations being slashed or put on hold and also when we are approaching spring testing, when a new all-male high school is being planned, when Roosevelt HS needs focus, when the fledging reopened MacFarland needs planning, etc, etc, etc. She is piece of work.

Anonymous wrote:You know, because of our HUGE Cuban population here in Miami. Oh, wait. We're not in Miami...

Maybe she wants to show support/respect for Cuban Americans like Rubio and Cruz?

From the Post article:

In a news release announcing the trip, the chamber said that the delegation would include D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and that the group would visit primary and secondary schools there to learn “how literacy, graduation and retention rates .?.?. remain consistently high.”

links:
http://www.gwhcc.org/news/2016/02/17/chamber-news/washington-regional-leaders-to-join-hispanic-chamber-on-exploratory-mission-to-cuba/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-maryland-and-virginia-officials-are-headed-to-cuba--together/2016/02/17/f8825da6-d596-11e5-be55-2cc3c1e4b76b_story.html

Free vacation. I think this shows just how out of touch the mayor and chancellor are with the financial realities in DC.

Anonymous wrote:I don't care so much that the Mayor goes, but I care a ton that Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson is going. Why the hell is she going when budgets are getting released and they keep dropping bombs on school communities like Murch's renovation shortfall (yes, I know DGS is also part of it) and now I'm hearing that Central Office is going to try and shudder Fillmore Arts Center which several schools depend upon for arts education. And those schools are all so oversubscribed that there is NO SPACE to add an art department or music department. But she'll prioritize an all-boys school that will cost tens of millions. Ridiculous that she is going to Cuba. She needs to mind her own freaking house.

No way on earth Kaya is going there. Link?

Sorry, pp here...shutter not shudder. Knew that looked werid.

You know, because of our HUGE Cuban population here in Miami. Oh, wait. We're not in Miami...

What a waste of money. Maybe we should use that money for more police on the metro.

Wish there would be a huge snowstorm while the mayor is away and she can't get back. Kiss of death for any elected official.

I don't care so much that the Mayor goes, but I care a ton that Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson is going. Why the hell is she going when budgets are getting released and they keep dropping bombs on school communities like Murch's renovation shortfall (yes, I know DGS is also part of it) and now I'm hearing that Central Office is going to try and shudder Fillmore Arts Center which several schools depend upon for arts education. And those schools are all so oversubscribed that there is NO SPACE to add an art department or music department. But she'll prioritize an all-boys school that will cost tens of millions. Ridiculous that she is going to Cuba. She needs to mind her own freaking house.

To spend all the excess DC taxpayer wealth, of course!

Can you possibly think of something this city needs more right now than to send our mayor on a vacation to Cuba?!!?

Anonymous wrote:What could DC possibly get out of a trip to Cuba?

Artisanal cigars? Small batch Rum?

Does she just need a free vacation? What could DC possibly get out of a trip to Cuba?