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momanddad:
Yet another audience has concluded that it's a serious mistake to affiliate with Hyde.  Close observers learn that Hyde is a terribly flawed enterprise with a very troubling track record.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "momanddad" ---Yet another audience has concluded that it's a serious mistake to affiliate with Hyde. Close observers learn that Hyde is a terribly flawed enterprise with a very troubling track record.
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I'm not sure just how great an ideological rift this represents. It may be less than it seems. Only time will tell... Perhaps the straw that broke the camel's back was nothing more profound than the yearly $233,000 drain on the school coffers.

At any rate, it's interesting, in retrospect, that it came just half a year after Hyde-DC moved to their new digs. Here's a piece from Malcolm's blog regarding that move:

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Hyde-DC Gets New Home
December 20, 2010 | By Malcolm Gauld | Blogs, Malcolm's Blog

Last Friday (12/17/10) my father and I caught the 6:05 (AM!) AirTran out of Portland for BWI where we rented a car and drove to 1800 Perry Street NE Washington to celebrate the opening of a new home for The Hyde Leadership Public Charter School. What a facility!

Since its founding in 1999, Hyde-DC has grown to enroll nearly 800 students, making it one of the largest, if not the largest, charter schools in The District.  Throughout its existence, the school has labored to make do with an inadequate facility: overcrowded classrooms, sub-standard labs, dungeon-like assembly hall, no athletic fields, tiny gym (the school has never hosted a home basketball game), etc.

The new facility, one of the largest in DC, features 180K square feet of fully renovated space – renovated to the tune of $18M. Once the home of Taft Junior High School, "It looks," as my father noted during his remarks, "like somebody waved a magic wand throughout the whole place." As one DC public school official remarked, "Hyde-DC is now home to perhaps the finest science labs of any public school in Washington." What's more, the sparkling gym will host visiting SEED Charter School for a basketball game after the holiday break.

While I have always subscribed to the notion of "marble teaching in wooden halls," anyone who attended the ceremony could feel the lifting of spirit that the new facility has inspired within the students and faculty. Of course, now it's up to them to act in a manner that is consistent with the upgrade. I'm delighted that they have the chance to show what they can do.

Onward,  Malcolm Gauld


Joe Gauld Cuts The Ribbon at Hyde-DC


© 2011 Hyde Schools

momanddad:
Hyde administrators have turned hypocrisy into a fine art.  Countless times, we've observed Hyde rhetoric about character and virtue belied by Hyde staffers' actions.  Throughout Hyde's complex history, the school has been filled with painful contradictions.  Too often, Hyde administrators and faculty have been caught in a web of ruthless, brutal treatment of students, arrogant paternalism, ethical misconduct, and self-serving verbiage. Yes, Hyde has had some good people in its midst, but they've been stained by the Hyde groupies that have sullied it.  Keen observers see Hyde for what it is.  Sadly, too many desperate and vulnerable parents and students head to Hyde with little knowledge of what awaits them.

Ursus:

--- Quote from: "momanddad" ---Hyde administrators have turned hypocrisy into a fine art.  Countless times, we've observed Hyde rhetoric about character and virtue belied by Hyde staffers' actions.  Throughout Hyde's complex history, the school has been filled with painful contradictions.  Too often, Hyde administrators and faculty have been caught in a web of ruthless, brutal treatment of students, arrogant paternalism, ethical misconduct, and self-serving verbiage. Yes, Hyde has had some good people in its midst, but they've been stained by the Hyde groupies that have sullied it.  Keen observers see Hyde for what it is.  Sadly, too many desperate and vulnerable parents and students head to Hyde with little knowledge of what awaits them.
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I couldn't agree more. People could be making a big mistake ... if they think they can learn anything about character from the self-described "character development experts." Imo, and in my experience, of course! I'm sure that some enthusiasts feel differently.

Differences of opinion aside for the moment... I gotta say... the extraordinary lack of accountability and concern on Hyde's part for the unequivocal abuse and harm done over the years... is a bit surreal. Realistically, just how much, and exactly what, can ya learn about "integrity" ... from folks who can't even step up to the plate on their own accounts, who obfuscate and lie about such things?

I will say this for them, however... Hyde sure does know how to spend a lot of money on marketing and public relations!  :D

Ursus:

* While I have always subscribed to the notion of "marble teaching in wooden halls," anyone who attended the ceremony could feel the lifting of spirit that the new facility has inspired within the students and faculty...Oddly enough, or not, the only folk who appear uplifted or even overtly smiling in the accompanying photo are... the old white farts:


Joe Gauld Cuts The Ribbon at Hyde-DC[/list][/list]
Maybe the DC folk were just trying to get through it all, having already been through... more than enough!



* ...Of course, now it's up to them to act in a manner that is consistent with the upgrade.Geezzz. Although a typically sanctimonious remark by Malcolm, it seems the DC folk did just that: they voted for a people's right to self determination. Amen.

 :cheers:

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