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John Hayden Johnson Middle School Credit: Darrow Montgomery
Denied leave requests. Required evening and weekend work. Demoralized educators. More than 20 staff members at John Hayden Johnson Middle School met with DC Public Schools Chancellor
Lewis Ferebee, Cluster IX Instructional Superintendent
David Pinder, and Ward 8 Councilmember
Trayon White on Oct. 9, 2020, to share these grievances about their new principal,
Dwan Jordon.
“It’s time for him to go,” a staff member said near the end of the three-hour meeting. (All staff members mentioned in this story requested anonymity for fear of personal or professional retaliation from Jordon. Some feared they’d be branded as troublemakers.) “Right now, Johnson is not what Johnson used to be, or what Johnson is known to be.”