How did the white guy in PG County turn out?

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Anonymous wrote:He has said DCPS and he knows his predecessor got fired for messing with this. You all can go ferret out the answer, but I'm pretty assured that this isn't the issue to spend your time on.

Why not? The last chancellor got fired for messing around with this. Actually, I'd love a good excuse to get Ferebee fired.

Why?!

Because PP won’t be happy with a chancellor until they’re white.

you hit the nail on the head.

Wait.

You folks think that the fact we've had 3 black superintendents in a row is because they are the most qualified candidates in the land?

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Anonymous wrote:He has said DCPS and he knows his predecessor got fired for messing with this. You all can go ferret out the answer, but I'm pretty assured that this isn't the issue to spend your time on.

Why not? The last chancellor got fired for messing around with this. Actually, I'd love a good excuse to get Ferebee fired.

Why?!

Because PP won’t be happy with a chancellor until they’re white.

you hit the nail on the head.

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Anonymous wrote:Also, if dcps isn't good enough for his kid or other dcps employees they can stop trying convince the rest of the city the schools are good enough for our own kids.

Oh- anyone who works in dcps can & has been telling you all that this school system is a hot mess. You all just-cant hear it.

Oh, I hear it which is why we left our okay IB for a charter that seems a little bit better. It was funny... teachers at our IB telling us they would not keep their kids to the school after K-2nd yet they get mad when you leave...

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing the chancellor has said or done so far has been impressive. He comes across as a big PR machine for DCPS without actually rolling up his sleeves and trying to fix the dysfunction. Nothing major is going to change folks. Just some superficial changes. What I can’t understand is why the mayor doesn’t want schools to improve. Why does she never hire someone with an independent streak? She just wants to run the show and hires people accordingly

Queen Muriel.

X1000.

A lot of people that do not like or agree with her policies or controlling ways will not speak up against her as it is socially unacceptable in many DC circles. If you do speak up against her you are shut out of the city policy conversations, jobs and considered part of the gentrification problem or low class among other things.

Anonymous wrote:Also, if dcps isn't good enough for his kid or other dcps employees they can stop trying convince the rest of the city the schools are good enough for our own kids.

Oh- anyone who works in dcps can & has been telling you all that this school system is a hot mess. You all just-cant hear it.

To add to the above, the deputy mayor clearly backed away from the Wilson debacle and has nothing fresh or new to add. So much for being a McKinsey rockstar. NY Times has been raking McKinsey over the coals for the last few years so I’m not sure there is that much substance there any way.

Anonymous wrote:I’m ready for Mayoral control of the schools to end. Let the school board and City Council have control. Mayors aren’t very good at it.

If a mayor actually knows something about education and how to manage educators, mayoral control per se isn't a bad alternative to dysfunctional elected school boards.

BUT, we do not have such a mayor. Education has always been one of her policy weak points. Remember Deal for All?

Kaya Henderson left before Bowser could demote her. Whether you like her record or not, Kaya was competition. DC local, well-connected nationally, young and black, and a parent of kids in DCPS.

So who did Bowser replace her with? The young, black, woman endorsed by pretty much everybody under the sun? Nope. Clueless Antwan from across the country. No local network. No fancy friends in high places. No clue about the complexities of education in DC and rampant school choice. Everything he did in Oakland had been tried or already done in DC. That went well. Any chance she could recruit a local, young, black woman with just as much experience and more understanding of DC? Nope. Bowser got Antwan Lite from Indiana. Nice guy, but not a boat rocker and will never outshine Muriel.

But the craziest part of mayoral "control" is the Deputy Mayor for Education controlling OSSE. The white male McKinsey consultant DME may be talented, but his kids don't go to DCPS or charter. I know it's personal family choice, but seriously? Did she even ask about his school choice before hiring him?

I honestly hope Ferrebee works out. But until we have a more transparent and efficient education governance system, it's going to be lottery madness and boundary battles for the foreseeable future.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing the chancellor has said or done so far has been impressive. He comes across as a big PR machine for DCPS without actually rolling up his sleeves and trying to fix the dysfunction. Nothing major is going to change folks. Just some superficial changes. What I can’t understand is why the mayor doesn’t want schools to improve. Why does she never hire someone with an independent streak? She just wants to run the show and hires people accordingly

Queen Muriel.

Nothing the chancellor has said or done so far has been impressive. He comes across as a big PR machine for DCPS without actually rolling up his sleeves and trying to fix the dysfunction. Nothing major is going to change folks. Just some superficial changes. What I can’t understand is why the mayor doesn’t want schools to improve. Why does she never hire someone with an independent streak? She just wants to run the show and hires people accordingly

Anonymous wrote:Do we also expect charter leaders to put their kids in the schools?

By “charter leaders” do you mean people who work at the schools or people who run charter organizations or members of the charter schools board?

Do we also expect charter leaders to put their kids in the schools?

I remember an article in December where he stated he would enroll his son in DCPS either by neighborhood school or by lottery.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know where the son enrolled but I hope he is at Wilson. Wilson is a complete mess this year and it would be helpful if the chancellor got some sense of the problems there. Not sure if the school or central is to blame for the disfunction - probably both. Overcrowded classrooms, paper shortage, teachers have no supplies, athletics is a mess, etc. Wilson needs big time help.

Really good point

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Anonymous wrote:He has said DCPS and he knows his predecessor got fired for messing with this. You all can go ferret out the answer, but I'm pretty assured that this isn't the issue to spend your time on.

Why not? The last chancellor got fired for messing around with this. Actually, I'd love a good excuse to get Ferebee fired.

Why?!

Because PP won’t be happy with a chancellor until they’re white.

What if PP is AA?

Could be, but I doubt it.

It’s been a few months and people are already demanding he get fired. What has he done for him to be considered a lap dog? From everything I’ve heard, he sounds very promising.

Oh really? Based on what?

He has the proper skin color of course.