Michelle Rhee reported to the DC City Council on Tuesday that she knew in February that there were surplus funds available.  However, she did not report that information to the Council.  This revelation comes on the heels of the contention that Ms. Rhee knew very well that teachers would have to be laid off (266 were laid off)  to accurate her hiring of 900 new teachers. Michelle Rhee has shown contempt for honesty and transparency. 

In November 2007, ULTRA Teen Choice, the nonprofit that I co-founded, was told to stop our programs at DC Public Schools  because "there is a moratorium on all outside health providers".  It turned out that there was no such moratorium.  I attempted to ring the alarm bell about an administrator who subverts rules and due process to suit her own agenda.  It turned out that Ms. Rhee was upset that I did not support new health standards that begin teaching that same sex relationships are normal in 6th grade.    This spring, I found out that Ms. Rhee, instead of following DC Law, which specifies that after school providers that work with DCPS do not have to have their own liability insurance, forces provides to carry $1,000,0000 in liability insurance.  When I brought up the point that DC Code does not require this insurance, the out of school time office simply said that those were the rules that the Chancellor was applying, law or no law. 

Ms. Rhee has repeatedly shown contempt for oversight, transparency, due process, parental rights, and teachers rights.  In the name of supposed reform, she has created distrust among administrators and teachers.  She has blocked many community organizations that want to help youth in DC Public Schools from working in the schools.  at Ludlow Taylor elementary school, she met with parents who didn't have children in DCPS while ignoring parents whose children were currently enrolled there.

Ms. Rhee has accused teachers in DC Public schools of sexual misconduct, while covering up for her finacee, Kevin Johnson, who was accused of making sexual advances on AmeriCorps students under his supervision.

It is time for Michelle Rhee to call it quits, and for DC Public Schools to be returned to the control of an elected school board.