Out of control
Once the elite high school in Washington, D.C., Dunbar High is out of control, reports the Washington Post.
Nearly half the senior class is not on track to graduate, more than 100 students are taking courses they’ve already passed and the campus is growing increasingly unsafe.
A private contractor hired to turn around the school two years ago was fired by Kaya Henderson, the interim schools chancellor.
“In general, the building seems to be in turmoil at all times,” Henderson wrote in a termination letter made public this week. “Well after the school day begins, many students are wandering around the