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in response to AubreyO's question about the role of Mothers on the Hill (MOTH), it is a tough question. MOTH was helpful for those of us that wanted to get the word out about our interest in attending local schools. But the flip side of that is that many people would criticize those schools -- and many MOTH founders were/are founders/leaders at Two Rivers. So you can imagine MOTH was actually the setting for more intense disageements than uncritical DCPS boosterism! In addition to tension between Two Rivers supporters and neighborhood DCPS supporters, there was/is tension between the capitol hill cluster and non-cluster DCPS schools like Brent, Maury, Tyler, etc.

It's just complicated. For example, I was one of the persons that pushed Tommy Wells to get pre-K 3 at the neighborhood schools. What gave me this idea? Two Rivers. They were doing it-- "why couldn't the neighborhood schools do it to?" I asked Tommy. Then he got Janey on board. Note, this was a pre-Rhee project, but I give her credit for not shutting it down, even though she was not a fan.

by 20002 on Jul 18, 2012 10:18 am • link • report

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