clownboy
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Once more, the "quick to outrage" community is beaten back by more information and facts. It's amazing how people still take the word of the parents without ever considering what the school might say. Considering how often the parents who go to the media lie about what actually happened, it simply boggles my mind people don't wait for more information.
If you read those links you'd see the Chancellor is lying and the original story is accurate. The Chancellor is simply trying to excuse the district's behavior.
Petula Dvorak responded to DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson's statements yesterday claiming that her original column "[presents] a false representation of DCPS" and the case of student piano prodigy Avery Gagliano.
In her new column, Dvorak defends herself from Henderson's statements, writing that "Avery’s mom, Ying Lam, stands by her account. And I stand by mine." Dvorak says that Avery's parent's decision to withdraw her from Alice Deal Middle School and homeschool her came after a barrage of emails, phone calls, and letters warning of her truancy. Though they were told to "ignore the truancy notices," they were never told that Avery's absences were excused.
Though Henderson and DCPS say they want to work with Avery's family to find a solution, Lam says that's not the solution they're looking for. "[That’s not the solution Lam was hoping for," Dvorak writes. "She wanted the school system to revisit its blanket policy and treat students as individuals. She wanted a system that doesn’t say one thing, then do another."