Anonymous
Post 06/15/2017 12:19     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Here's the city paper saying some Watkins parents are sooo not happy. This is the school Snowden allegedly used political pull to escape, yes? How do I get some of that too?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/article/20864827/district-line-daily-an-ugly-fight-to-remove-a-school-principal
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2017 13:36     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:Why are folks so uptight? Y'all must be from somewhere else, and just don't get DC.



That's exactly the Barry culture in a nutshell.

Fortunately, the city is gentrifying/improving. Just not fast enough!
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2017 09:14     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Why are folks so uptight? Y'all must be from somewhere else, and just don't get DC.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2017 08:46     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So Grosso wants to investigate special placements since 2014. There's no way that DCPS kept a list anywhere marked "SPECIAL TREATMENT". The only way to do it will be to search all of Kaya's emails. Doubtful that anything will ever come from this, which is disappointing


I think there must be a record of every special placement. I hope it comes to light. Snowden and Rodriguez should suffer all he shame. We need the other names to spread the shame around.


DCPS can barely manage the paperwork it's legally required to maintain. I have a feeling this secret list will never materialize


I am certain that the secret list will never come to light and everything will go back to normal. The kids will stay in their preferred schools and the adults will not be punished.
Bending the rules and special treatment to personal benefit is a big motivator for public office.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2017 06:05     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
If the information was finable for one year, why wouldn't it be findable for others? (And what was the impetus for the IG's report anyway?)
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2017 00:18     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:Problem is, nobody in power much cares in this city of Dem machine politics and deep-rooted racial and social polarization. Case in point: the AG never bothered to investigate the school cheating scandal under Rhee. An epidemic of rule-breaking was shamefully swept under the rug. These days, a handful of DCPS buildings are renovated to the tune of 100 million+ while the highest performing neighborhood high school by a long shot--Wilson--makes do with one college counselor for 450 seniors. Why should we be surprised?

Special treatment and lack of accountability and transparency has become the hallmarks of DCPS, not pernicious problems the Mayor, DC City Council and courts move boldly to address.


+1000

Plus, now we are reaping what we sow. What do folks think happened to all those kids caught up in the cheating scandal? No one ever went back and corrected their grades or retested them - they were passes along until they couldn't be any longer. Now that we have PARCC the scores shows the truth, the results are horrendous even WOTP. Now the narrative even DCPS allows to be unchallenged in the media is that the students at Wilson didn't try their best and many walked out on their tests. So, did DCPS or OSSE send monitors this year to be sure it wasn't happening - NO! So, I guess they don't care about the results only how to spin them. The wheels are already turning.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2017 23:15     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So Grosso wants to investigate special placements since 2014. There's no way that DCPS kept a list anywhere marked "SPECIAL TREATMENT". The only way to do it will be to search all of Kaya's emails. Doubtful that anything will ever come from this, which is disappointing


I think there must be a record of every special placement. I hope it comes to light. Snowden and Rodriguez should suffer all he shame. We need the other names to spread the shame around.


DCPS can barely manage the paperwork it's legally required to maintain. I have a feeling this secret list will never materialize
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2017 08:49     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
I have no real desire to see them terminated but will be furious when (not if but when) toothless Bowser takes no action to send the students back to the schools they would attend if not for a crony deal.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2017 08:49     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:They could be terminated for any reason and Bowser should do so in order to demonstrate her commitment to ensuring an aadministration with the highest ethical standards and a no-tolerance policy for her officials using their positions to curry favors. Otherwise, she might as well join the Trump WH.




At the risk of pointing out the obvious, corruption in DC has nothing to do with Trump. This city's legacy of corruption has BARRY written all over it. Everyone knows it. Don't pretend otherwise. Take your bitterness to another forum.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2017 07:49     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
They could be terminated for any reason and Bowser should do so in order to demonstrate her commitment to ensuring an aadministration with the highest ethical standards and a no-tolerance policy for her officials using their positions to curry favors. Otherwise, she might as well join the Trump WH.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2017 06:43     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:Snowden and and Rodriguez should have to remove their kids from those schools and should be disciplined or terminated.


They did not commit offences that can be disciplined.

However the special placements should absolutely be rescinded.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2017 15:52     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:Not me. I was a registered democrat before moving to dc. I took one look at the clowns running this place and registered as independent. Voted for catania.


Amen. DC local politics still reek of Third World style corruption.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2017 15:24     Subject: Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Snowden and and Rodriguez should have to remove their kids from those schools and should be disciplined or terminated.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2017 14:47     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
Anonymous wrote:So Grosso wants to investigate special placements since 2014. There's no way that DCPS kept a list anywhere marked "SPECIAL TREATMENT". The only way to do it will be to search all of Kaya's emails. Doubtful that anything will ever come from this, which is disappointing


I think there must be a record of every special placement. I hope it comes to light. Snowden and Rodriguez should suffer all he shame. We need the other names to spread the shame around.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2017 20:14     Subject: Re:Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. school lottery
So Grosso wants to investigate special placements since 2014. There's no way that DCPS kept a list anywhere marked "SPECIAL TREATMENT". The only way to do it will be to search all of Kaya's emails. Doubtful that anything will ever come from this, which is disappointing