Comments on: Fenty Vexed by School Questions

By: Darlene

Darlene — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:22:32 +0000

I agree with Terry Miller
My family and friends live in DC and we too HATE Adrian The King FENTY.

By: Terry Miller

Terry Miller — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:58:38 +0000

II think Fenty should know that the long term DC residents who have families who have lived here for years, HATE his guts. Those folks, regardless of what ward they live in, will NEVER vote for him again.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:47:23 +0000

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By: candycane1

candycane1 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:01:19 +0000

WEll the other side of this is, if the out of boundry application doesn't seem to apply to elected officials, then turn it around on them. Take your children to the schools of your choice and demand that they be admitted, based on the new rule, " The Fenty Special" Since they make rules as they go along or perform as though they are above the law, then the average citizen has got to keep up and the new rules should apply to everybody. Perhaps the elected officials might stop being so obtuse in their thinking and remember that they get paid too much money as it is and that perks are not in the contract.(baseball tickets, parking spaces, first in line for schools, athletic fields named after them before death, fire cadets hosting xmas parties, showers being built in a councilmember's office and the list goes on) Come on 2010. The citizens need to make new rules. (All jerks must leave office)

By: Downtown Rez

Downtown Rez — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:53:03 +0000

Reid-
You make some assumptions, the first of which is incorrect and the second unsupported.
1) SF cannot simply up their class size at will. There are regulations governing occupancy and other matters apply under zoning. It is a business, and in the business for money. it makes sense to run at capacity (or as close to it as possible) to maximize returns on fixed costs (land, utilities, staff, etc). Probably, they always do.
2) There is no evidence (and published reports to the contrary) that Fenty circumvented standard out of boundary procedures, improperly displacing anyone else.

By: huh?

huh? — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:46:32 +0000

I challenge meathelmet to go into classrooms to see whether things have "improved" based on those test scores. Maybe Mr. or Ms. Meat will be impressed with the new buildings, but I'd bet meathelmet will be disappointed with everything else.

and who the hell cares about taxis? seriously? you're placing a vote based on taxis? i hope that meathelmet is taking taxis a few times a day for this to be an issue!

let me guess...meathelmet's white! maybe works in the fenty administration?

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:54:01 +0000

The answer Downtown Resident us that Sidwell can run whatever unfair admissions process they want, it's a private school. Nobody is being denied aomething by a public entity when they lose out their spot to the Obamas. With Fenty on the other hand, he is denying two children a spot in a public school. If he used his position to do so it would pretty much be the definition of corruption.

By: meathelmet

meathelmet — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:16:00 +0000

as a DC resident, i'm a fenty supporter, if only for 2 reasons:

1) public school improvement through the hiring of rhee, as evidenced in increased test scores
2) having the balls to finally stand up to the taxi driver union and get our city on a system that's not straight out of the third world

By: Downtown Rez

Downtown Rez — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:10:54 +0000

“Q: How did the Obamas get their kids into Sidwell Friends. A: They wrote a check.”
Of course they did. And Sidwell will expect them to do much more than just that, if past is precedent.
But how is it that there were two slots open for their children in the first place? Sidwell is also highly desirable and competitive and, while space may be infinite, space at Sidwell certainly is not.

By: Reid

Reid — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:41:46 +0000

I thought Michelle Rhee could send her kids to Oyster because her ex husband lives within the boundary.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:27:26 +0000

"Great story. You should totally follow up with the Obamas about how they got theirs into Sidwell Friends. LOL"

Maybe you aren't aware that Sidwell Friends is a private school that you have to pay for? "Q: How did the Obamas get their kids into Sidwell Friends. A: They wrote a check."

You too can send your kids to Sidwell Friends, or purchase any other of the vast array of products and services that are available for purchase in this country, if you so choose to spend your money that way!! Wow!

Now, back to the original question of how Fenty got his kids into a PUBLIC, FREE, and HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER school which supposedly every DC resident has the same shot at getting their kids into.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:04:19 +0000

We all know it was politically influenced. For Fenty to divert the questions away like that, we know he's hiding the truth. To appeal the residents of DC, he should've just told the truth and reporters would've stopped asking the same question(s). But his behavior during that press conference is a sign of corruption.

By: DistrictIndependent

DistrictIndependent — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:50:45 +0000

Oh, and to LMAO, I would not be citing that poll if I were you. If it shows anything, it highlights that the public is ready for another option. It also does not include voter-rich Ward 5 (certainly no Fenty bastion of support) or wards 7 and 8 (whose voter total put together is nothing to sneeze at). So, I would not be "lmao" until after September of next year.

By: DistrictIndependent

DistrictIndependent — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:45:31 +0000

This is eerily similar to how he refused to tell the press where he was going when he travels around the country(world) on the taxpayers' (foreign governments') dime. In this case, though, he's got a bigger problem. This is his pet issue, and when it's found out that someone rolled a red carpet out for his kids and circumvented the process, it's going to undermine what he has tried to amass in education accomplishments. For someone who was so adept at public image control, it's shocking how far and how fast he's fallen.

By: Ward 5

Ward 5 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:31:31 +0000

I too am a DC resident and very much anti-Fenty. Along with almost all my friends and family...