Anonymous
Post 07/27/2022 10:27     Subject: Re:Whittle
As an outside observer to both Whittle and Maret, but a seasoned professional in global education, I want to share an objective opinion on both situations. Whittle School was a dream unrealized and having personally witnessed it’s diverse student body, gave a global private education to students from all around this city. Something no other independent school can say. Maret, having struggled with supporting it’s students of color most likely chose Dennis Bisgaard due to his strength in diversity and his Whittle track record actually supports him in this regard. Bisgaard founded a leadership institute mentoring educators of color and carried that experience to Whittle, developing an extremely diverse founding faculty and founding student body. Clearly the Maret selection committee can see tremendous value in Dennis and likely hopes he supports diversity in their community too.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2022 10:04     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Insider here. It's hilarious how deluded so many of the posts in this thread are. Last generation had "The Young and the Restless", this one has DCUM...

Unfortunately the real situation is much less exciting than the fantasies of our beloved Whittle soap opera aficionados. Nobody in the admin or parent committee was skimming anything. What was there to skim exactly? The school had been dead broke since December 2021. The admin was mostly going without pay, with lower level managers receiving partial salary. The reason Dennis left was because the school was literally furloughing large amounts of staff and cutting leadership/admin salaries in half. There was no "big payout". And lastly, the wealthy parents on the funding committee are the only reason the school was able to limp across the finish line. They paid teacher salaries, security, and insurance so their kids could graduate, helping the rest of the student body finish out the year by happenstance.

One final thing about Dennis... He's not some corrupt mastermind hell bent on running schools into the ground. He's a nice enough guy, but ultimately a diversity hire nincompoop. That's why Maret hired him!


No. They misled and used the parents of “the rest of the student body” so that their kids could graduate and move on to college without a hiccup. They were supposedly seeing and reviewing the mythical documents regarding new funding, that would enable the school to continue. That was the false premise they used to mislead and plead with other parents to pay extra and hang in there while Whittle got his new deal completed.


Can you point me to your source for this? Would love to see the facts of how they managed to pull this off. Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2022 08:13     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:Insider here. It's hilarious how deluded so many of the posts in this thread are. Last generation had "The Young and the Restless", this one has DCUM...

Unfortunately the real situation is much less exciting than the fantasies of our beloved Whittle soap opera aficionados. Nobody in the admin or parent committee was skimming anything. What was there to skim exactly? The school had been dead broke since December 2021. The admin was mostly going without pay, with lower level managers receiving partial salary. The reason Dennis left was because the school was literally furloughing large amounts of staff and cutting leadership/admin salaries in half. There was no "big payout". And lastly, the wealthy parents on the funding committee are the only reason the school was able to limp across the finish line. They paid teacher salaries, security, and insurance so their kids could graduate, helping the rest of the student body finish out the year by happenstance.

One final thing about Dennis... He's not some corrupt mastermind hell bent on running schools into the ground. He's a nice enough guy, but ultimately a diversity hire nincompoop. That's why Maret hired him!


No. They misled and used the parents of “the rest of the student body” so that their kids could graduate and move on to college without a hiccup. They were supposedly seeing and reviewing the mythical documents regarding new funding, that would enable the school to continue. That was the false premise they used to mislead and plead with other parents to pay extra and hang in there while Whittle got his new deal completed.
Anonymous
Post 07/27/2022 06:56     Subject: Whittle
Maret unfortunately seems to be stuck with a turd in the punch bowl now.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 23:46     Subject: Whittle
He's not dumb, he's just playing the game that wins in the super liberal education bubble (DC especially) - Play up your minority status and watch virtue signaling white liberals trip over themselves to give you whatever you want. Don't hate the player, hate the game!
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 22:31     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:And exactly what is his race?


Ambiguous? But Ive heard him liken himself and his wife to Barack and Michelle.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 22:15     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:

So what exactly does this guy do, think, say to make people think he’s not smart?



He left a good job to go work for a well-known swindler at a school that plenty of people knew was going to fail. I work in education and have watched Chris Whittle hoodwink people and companies out of thousands of dollars for decades- yes, decades (google the Vanity Fair article it is very illuminating).

The fact that ANYONE would not do their homework then go work for this huckster is clearly not that bright, and that has zero to do with race (though I agree, Maret probably did hire him bc he is a minority and that is not a good reason in and of itself)




So we shouldn't feel bad at all for any of the families who sent their kids there, right? Because the parents should have known Whittle is a swindler and they should have done their homework, right? Anyone willing to send their kids to this huckster's school is also clearly not that bright, right?
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 22:00     Subject: Re:Whittle
And exactly what is his race?
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 21:50     Subject: Re:Whittle


So what exactly does this guy do, think, say to make people think he’s not smart?



He left a good job to go work for a well-known swindler at a school that plenty of people knew was going to fail. I work in education and have watched Chris Whittle hoodwink people and companies out of thousands of dollars for decades- yes, decades (google the Vanity Fair article it is very illuminating).

The fact that ANYONE would not do their homework then go work for this huckster is clearly not that bright, and that has zero to do with race (though I agree, Maret probably did hire him bc he is a minority and that is not a good reason in and of itself)


Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 21:06     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Insider here. It's hilarious how deluded so many of the posts in this thread are. Last generation had "The Young and the Restless", this one has DCUM...

Unfortunately the real situation is much less exciting than the fantasies of our beloved Whittle soap opera aficionados. Nobody in the admin or parent committee was skimming anything. What was there to skim exactly? The school had been dead broke since December 2021. The admin was mostly going without pay, with lower level managers receiving partial salary. The reason Dennis left was because the school was literally furloughing large amounts of staff and cutting leadership/admin salaries in half. There was no "big payout". And lastly, the wealthy parents on the funding committee are the only reason the school was able to limp across the finish line. They paid teacher salaries, security, and insurance so their kids could graduate, helping the rest of the student body finish out the year by happenstance.

One final thing about Dennis... He's not some corrupt mastermind hell bent on running schools into the ground. He's a nice enough guy, but ultimately a diversity hire nincompoop. That's why Maret hired him!


So what makes him a diversity hire? Just because a he’s a minority or his Masters from Ivy league? The racism in DCUM never ceases to amaze me.


I know plenty white idiots from Ivy schools.


So what exactly does this guy do, think, say to make people think he’s not smart?
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 20:17     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Insider here. It's hilarious how deluded so many of the posts in this thread are. Last generation had "The Young and the Restless", this one has DCUM...

Unfortunately the real situation is much less exciting than the fantasies of our beloved Whittle soap opera aficionados. Nobody in the admin or parent committee was skimming anything. What was there to skim exactly? The school had been dead broke since December 2021. The admin was mostly going without pay, with lower level managers receiving partial salary. The reason Dennis left was because the school was literally furloughing large amounts of staff and cutting leadership/admin salaries in half. There was no "big payout". And lastly, the wealthy parents on the funding committee are the only reason the school was able to limp across the finish line. They paid teacher salaries, security, and insurance so their kids could graduate, helping the rest of the student body finish out the year by happenstance.

One final thing about Dennis... He's not some corrupt mastermind hell bent on running schools into the ground. He's a nice enough guy, but ultimately a diversity hire nincompoop. That's why Maret hired him!


So what makes him a diversity hire? Just because a he’s a minority or his Masters from Ivy league? The racism in DCUM never ceases to amaze me.


I know plenty white idiots from Ivy schools.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 20:11     Subject: Re:Whittle
Anonymous wrote:It was weird how much he mentioned her, I agree. I've heard she was extremely involved at the school in CT, too... As for her part in the Whittle debacle, that's just plain embarrassing.


I didn't think it was weird at all, and I've heard she was pretty much nonexistent at the school in CT.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 19:29     Subject: Re:Whittle
It was weird how much he mentioned her, I agree. I've heard she was extremely involved at the school in CT, too... As for her part in the Whittle debacle, that's just plain embarrassing.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 18:52     Subject: Whittle
Anonymous wrote:Was his wife involved in the interview process?


During his talk/presentation to parents, he mentioned his wife many times. It was odd and inappropriate at the time since he was the candidate, not his wife. Now it makes Maret look even worse for selecting him as the HOS given what's come out about her.
Anonymous
Post 07/26/2022 18:43     Subject: Whittle
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How come no investugative journalists are nosing around? Seems like a juicy story and has potential for the Netflix treatment


I still think it was all a front for Chinese either for VISAs and/or the setting high on a crest of a hill for signals intercept

Why ?

Because maybe you can fool some DC area parents, but Chinese investors - far less so. The millions that they were willing to spend ( lose) on a rental property is the tell tale and I always thought the FBI should be investigating

" he is a con man" is very useful cover


Whittle selected the school’s site right next door to the Chinese embassy.