The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions
While I agree with Michelle Rhee’s vision for DC Public Schools, I don’t agree with her methodology. Her overall lack of communication with certain populations of the city, mainly minority, has me thinking that she has another agenda.
The fact that she says that she wants to make improvements is a rather empty statement. Who goes into a job saying that they want to do poorly? No too many. However, she is doing a poor job–union-busting, alienating Black parents, and catering to the Georgetown crowd.
Bax was part of a standing-room-only crowd of parents, teachers and students infuriated by Rhee’s decision to change leadership at the school, home to a highly regarded arts and instrumental music program that draws a predominantly African American student body from all wards of the city.
But in a tense and often angry two-hour session in the school cafeteria, punctuated by calls of “liar” and “no BS,” Rhee was confronted by accusations that she wanted to squeeze minority students out of Hardy to make it more palatable for white families from neighborhood “feeder” schools. Some said the neighborhood wants to “take back” Hardy now that a $48 million renovation is complete.
Rhee, who has held meetings over the past year with parents at nearby elementary schools such as Key, said they have long been confused by Hardy’s application process, which she said left the misimpression that it was not a neighborhood school open to all within its attendance area.
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