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Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

She said POC. Multiple posters assumed she is a “wealthy white woman” (incorrect on two counts) and implied that her opinion therefore doesn’t count and that it is entitled of her to expect her IB school to provide her child with an appropriately challenging education.

Incorrect on two counts? She literally described hers as a "high-SES family" but now that she's said she's POC your brain made her poor. DCUM classic after DCUM classic in this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, Sah Brown is a tall, dark skinned black man. That may be informing the perceived lack of deference that was shown to the IB Mommy who wanted to have her ass kissed and some of the unease at having a black man from a school with poor kids taking over JR. The subtext here is "Can a black man really understand the UMC needs of our JR population?"

Stop your angry, twisted race-baiting. It belongs in a century gone by.

The mom asked for stats the principal would have had in his head. How do requests for stats comprise ass kissing? The true subtext is, DCPS, up your game to make neighborhood schools just that, schools most neighborhood families embrace with confidence. Enough Easterns already. This candidate doesn't impress through and through. His race is immaterial to reasonable, thoughtful ed stakeholders in the District (read the great majority of said stakeholders).

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No kidding. It's as though huge swaths of DC residents *want* their kids to be illiterate and innumerate, or at least prefer that to having a school system address the "special needs" of people who aren't low SES and well below grade level.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, Sah Brown is a tall, dark skinned black man. That may be informing the perceived lack of deference that was shown to the IB Mommy who wanted to have her ass kissed and some of the unease at having a black man from a school with poor kids taking over JR. The subtext here is "Can a black man really understand the UMC needs of our JR population?"

Stop your angry, twisted race-baiting. It belongs in a century gone by.

The mom asked for stats the principal would have had in his head. How do requests for stats comprise ass kissing? The true subtext is, DCPS, up your game to make neighborhood schools just that, schools most neighborhood families embrace with confidence. Enough Easterns already. This candidate doesn't impress through and through. His race is immaterial to reasonable, thoughtful ed stakeholders in the District (read the great majority of said stakeholders).

n

No kidding. It's as though huge swaths of DC residents *want* their kids to be illiterate and innumerate, or at least prefer that to having a school system address the "special needs" of people who aren't low SES and well below grade level.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, Sah Brown is a tall, dark skinned black man. That may be informing the perceived lack of deference that was shown to the IB Mommy who wanted to have her ass kissed and some of the unease at having a black man from a school with poor kids taking over JR. The subtext here is "Can a black man really understand the UMC needs of our JR population?"

Stop your angry, twisted race-baiting. It belongs in a century gone by.

The mom asked for stats the principal would have had in his head. How do requests for stats comprise ass kissing? The true subtext is, DCPS, up your game to make neighborhood schools just that, schools most neighborhood families embrace with confidence. Enough Easterns already. This candidate doesn't impress through and through. His race is immaterial to reasonable, thoughtful ed stakeholders in the District (read the great majority of said stakeholders).

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

She said POC. Multiple posters assumed she is a “wealthy white woman” (incorrect on two counts) and implied that her opinion therefore doesn’t count and that it is entitled of her to expect her IB school to provide her child with an appropriately challenging education.

Incorrect on two counts? She literally described hers as a "high-SES family" but now that she's said she's POC your brain made her poor. DCUM classic after DCUM classic in this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

She said POC. Multiple posters assumed she is a “wealthy white woman” (incorrect on two counts) and implied that her opinion therefore doesn’t count and that it is entitled of her to expect her IB school to provide her child with an appropriately challenging education.

Incorrect on two counts? She literally described hers as a "high-SES family" but now that she's said she's POC your brain made her poor. DCUM classic after DCUM classic in this thread.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

She said POC. Multiple posters assumed she is a “wealthy white woman” (incorrect on two counts) and implied that her opinion therefore doesn’t count and that it is entitled of her to expect her IB school to provide her child with an appropriately challenging education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

She said POC. Multiple posters assumed she is a “wealthy white woman” (incorrect on two counts) and implied that her opinion therefore doesn’t count and that it is entitled of her to expect her IB school to provide her child with an appropriately challenging education.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

PP didn't say she was black. The reference was to person of color...maybe biracial, Latino, Native American or Asian. The message I take from her story is, if you're IB for Eastern and UMC, don't bother looking into the IBD there, whatever color you may be. Not just a waste of time, but an invitation to a cynical experience, regardless of who's responsible for Eastern's catastrophic academics and IB enrollment.

The many nasty and presumptuous posts on this thread in defense of yet another choice of Wilson/Jackson-Reed principal that can't possibly sit well with most IB families is yet another pointed reminder of how Mayoral control of schools has outstayed its welcome in the District.

Are you suggesting that an elected DC school board would be more sympathetic to the priorities of UMC Ward 3 parents...?

Anonymous wrote:For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, Sah Brown is a tall, dark skinned black man. That may be informing the perceived lack of deference that was shown to the IB Mommy who wanted to have her ass kissed and some of the unease at having a black man from a school with poor kids taking over JR. The subtext here is "Can a black man really understand the UMC needs of our JR population?"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

PP didn't say she was black. The reference was to person of color...maybe biracial, Latino, Native American or Asian. The message I take from her story is, if you're IB for Eastern and UMC, don't bother looking into the IBD there, whatever color you may be. Not just a waste of time, but an invitation to a cynical experience, regardless of who's responsible for Eastern's catastrophic academics and IB enrollment.

The many nasty and presumptuous posts on this thread in defense of yet another choice of Wilson/Jackson-Reed principal that can't possibly sit well with most IB families is yet another pointed reminder of how Mayoral control of schools has outstayed its welcome in the District.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!

Did she say she is black or POC?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That principal?!

We live on Capitol Hill. My spouse and I met with Brown when when we were looking into the IB Diploma program at Eastern for our oldest in early 2020, before the pandemic began.

Brown seemed clueless about what it would take to attract high SES in-boundary families like ours to Eastern, without any real interest in doing so. He claimed that the program offered "real rigor and challenge to all" repeatedly, and wouldn't answer our questions about Eastern's average IBD points totals. He also wouldn't talk about how many of the "full Diploma" students at Eastern actually earn the Diploma.

Later on, we learned that Eastern's average points total has been mired in the mid 20s, on a 24-45 points pass scale, since the program's inception a decade ago. We also learned that most of the Eastern students who try to earn the Diploma have failed since the get go. We left the meeting unimpressed with Brown and Eastern's IBD program and didn't enroll our child.

So, let me get this right. You walked into this man’s office with your white hood on, took it off, handed it to him and asked him to put it on. He rebuffed your offer and you decided you didn’t like him. Eastern HS kids test poorly due to various reasons (poverty, trauma, inequality, etc). He does not have to explain any of that to you. Your child could have obtained a good education there, but your classism and racism prevented you from entertaining the thought of your child in that school.

ha ha, normally I dislike this kind of invective, but seems to hit the mark.

PP who talked to Brown. My spouse and I are people of color who come from working-class backgrounds. We attended college on full Pell Grants.

We wouldn't have bothered going to Eastern to speak to Brown if we hadn't been trying to keep an open mind. What are you posters slamming us celebrating? Brown's able leadership at Eastern?

BOOM! There it is. Never fails that when an entitled DCUM snowflake gets called out they magically turn black.

I thought the exact same thing! LOL!

It amazes me that you think OP is lying when she says that she is black. If that’s your best response to her post is actually denying what she is saying, you have got a whole lot disappointment coming. LOL!