D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson is scheduled to meet with the teachers’ union on Thursday to discuss “exceptions” for teachers fired Friday for poor evaluations, the union chief said.
The school system permitted just four teachers who rated “ineffective” or a second year of “minimally effective” on Impact evaluations to keep their jobs, according to Jason Kamras, chief of human capital for DCPS.
Nathan Saunders, president of the Washington Teachers’ Union, told The Washington Examiner that he is meeting with Henderson to figure out why these exceptions were made, and if more teachers with similar circumstances could apply for the exceptions.
“It’s simply not a resolved matter,” Saunders said.
Kamras said last week that both new and veteran teachers were included in the four exceptions, describing them as “very specialized cases.”
At least one involved a leadership change at the teacher’s school, where the new and former principal disagreed on the teacher, Kamras said.
The Examiner has sought comment from D.C. Public Schools and will update this post if more information becomes available.
