DeKalb County Schools have an exceptional HR department. Year over year, no matter who the Superintendent, regardless of BOE or SACS oversight, our schools seem unstoppable in seeking out, hiring and defending some of the baddest apples in the teacher barrel. While Carl Hudson Jr. is the latest holding DCSD HR's Medal of Dishonor, he is merely the latest [known] in a long chain of bum hires. Recency is the disturbing issue primarily because his hiring comes after personnel and process changes meant to shut down this septic pipeline of bad hires. And yet a simple Google search of the candidate's name reveals the past drug arrest:
He resigned shortly after being called out by an internet-savvy public, something he is apparently quite good at. In the face of this epic fail, the District expressed the utmost, almost Trumpian, confidence in their hiring process. We're doing great! But this isn't the worst part. Other than self-congratulatory praise all DCSD will say on the matter is that his meth arrest would not eliminate him [or presumably any other candidate] from consideration. Is it possible that DCSD considers drug arrests a good way to improve teaching staff? Or is this an admission that DCSD considers itself a pipeline to prison? Or maybe street drugs are another of Dr. Green's wraparound services since unreliable access to meth clearly undermines learning.
He resigned shortly after being called out by an internet-savvy public, something he is apparently quite good at. In the face of this epic fail, the District expressed the utmost, almost Trumpian, confidence in their hiring process. We're doing great! But this isn't the worst part. Other than self-congratulatory praise all DCSD will say on the matter is that his meth arrest would not eliminate him [or presumably any other candidate] from consideration. Is it possible that DCSD considers drug arrests a good way to improve teaching staff? Or is this an admission that DCSD considers itself a pipeline to prison? Or maybe street drugs are another of Dr. Green's wraparound services since unreliable access to meth clearly undermines learning.
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