"Hail to the Chief"

DATELINE: WASHINGTON, D.C.
The jury will be out for several years as to the success or failure of Ms. Rhee as DC Chancellor, but to attack the bureaucracy in any metro school system is a plus in every parents book.

The layer upon layer of do-nothing bureaucrats has been based on nepotism and cronyism for decades and has made DC Schools a poster child for what never to do. Despite unbelievable sums of money the system performs far under what is needed to justify its existence to the community much less its service to the student body.

In the hunting community the old phrase applies. "Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you". Ms. Rhee must battle entrenched politicians who have rewarded constituents and friends with plum jobs in the school system. If she stands her ground and is supported by Mr. Fenty she will shake the halls of education not only in DC but in the surrounding jurisdictions as well. All of our systems are plagued by social engineers who have not a clue what to do. Until the teachers are again allowed to run the classrooms and the principals the schools we will have graduation not education. The end result is failure. If Mr. Fenty cuts and runs it will be a wasted effort for all.