Meet Jennifer Schroeder

On May 5th, 2025 Schroeder, was assaulted while working as Principal at Randolph Middle School. Her suspension on May 20 and subsequent resignation may or not have been a result of the 5/5 incident, we will never know. Parents were not notified of her suspension until it was shown on the news 3 weeks after the event in the office. The delay led to parents circulating a petition calling for better communication from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. 

According to an affidavit, Mariah Hector and multiple other family members went to the school after her daughter called her to say she was involved in a fight. According to another news story, the daughter reports being bullied days prior to the incident. 

So, the unnamed daughter used her phone after being removed from a physical altercation with another student to talk to her mom, Mariah Hector. 

Mariah Hector, then brought herself and “other family members” with her to address the situation.

My Posse’s on Water Oak Road

WCNC reports “several” family members came along, and one staff member asked Hector to leave after she became “very argumentative” with school administrators. Hector, failed to comply and instead pushed passed the staff member. Upon reaching Principal Schroeder, Hector shoved her with both hands on her shoulders forcing Schroeder into a wall. 

Hector then allegedly grabbed area assistant superintendent Jennifer Dean around the neck and attempted to choke her according to the police report. Dean, the assistant superintendent, had visible neck injuries, and struggled to breathe, after school staff was able to intervene and separate everyone. 

The school entered a brief lockdown, and Mariah Hector, and her family member, Trinity Nixon were charged as shown below. 

This BTW, was the same Mariah Hector who was arrested for vandalizing an East Charlotte home in 2018. Hector, was under the influence of drugs. She had ecstasy pills and marijuana in her possession. https://www.charlottealertsnews.com/news/woman-high-on-ecstasy-and-marijuana-trashes-house/

Now, is as good a time as any, to mention that Jennifer Schroeder wasn’t the first principal to be suspended for no apparent reason in the month of May 2025 in her district. 

Jamie Brooks was suspended, with pay on May 2, just 4 days before the bizarre riot involving Jennifer Schroeder at her school. Much like with Schroeder, there was no district to parent communication about the leadership change until weeks after it was done. Neither principals had previous disciplinary actions on their records, neither of them were supplied a reason for the suspension, and both retired from their jobs on June 1. 

Principal Brooks however was named as a defendant in a case in 2024 where, during an unsupervised track practice, a student was seriously injured. The case was dropped. The NAACP of Mecklenburg pressed for hate crime charges, but the police department declined. Read more about this melee here. It sounds like there is nearly enough there for it’s very own blog, but it’s the closest thing anyone can find to put into Brooks' vest, even if it is a grand stretch to get it there.

When Brooks announced retirement, some on staff saw right through it, and showed up at the school board meeting. Meeting footage People in attendance yelled at the superintendent and board, who predictably, couldn't give a dusty damn what anyone thought about anything.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Brooks, and Schroeder both work for “Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools”, CMS, for short.

Who is in charge of this circus? Meet now, Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill. 

Dr. Crystal Hill was hired after serving as interim superintendent following the interesting April 2022 firing of Earnest Winston. Winston, was fired for convenience, and would continue to be paid for 24 months according to his contract. Firing for convenience is a go-to-move when you want someone out of your way, and you're playing with house money, also known as tax payer money, which is also known as money supposed to be used to educate children.

Having dealt Winston, procedures mean appointing an interim superintendent. Dr. Hill was ready to step in!

With an interim, now the "national search" song and dance can take place.

The board wrestled and wrangled over which search firm to choose. Yeah- sure they did.

Of the 4 search firms considered, one firm received a unanimous vote, BWP Associates.

Video link of BWP being announced on the news https://www.yahoo.com/news/cms-selects-search-firm-superintendent-171621079.html

I'd like to reflect on how difficult it is to get 9 people to all agree on the same one of 4 choices. Imagine asking yourself and your spouse which of 4 choices you want for dinner. If you're lucky you picked the same thing, if your 7 kids also picked the same thing, someone was clearly running a behind the scenes campaign. How does that usually work when compared to North Carolina Open Meeting Law?

Search firms

Superintendent search firms are not what the public thinks they are. It's a gimmick to fool the public into thinking a candidate has prevailed.

Dr. Ian Roberts (Des Moines Public Schools) prevailed in his superintendent search through the firm JG Consulting. It was later learned that Roberts wasn't even legally allowed to have employment in the United States. Instead of preventing Roberts from getting the job, they helped him secure it. Des Moines Schools is now suing JG Consulting.

JG Consulting is a mere drug dealer to Council of Great City Schools cartel. JG did business in Des Moines for CGCS, and JG wanted to be the firm selected when CCSD hired Jesus Jara. Both Roberts, and Jara are associated with CGCS, and AJ Crabill, Director of Governance for CGCS.

So, by all means, Des Moines, sue JG Consulting; but, you know, and so do I, that JG is just the middle man delivering the product in a midnight alley.

Great City Schools Cartel

AJ Crabill is an easy link between "Dr." Ian Roberts and Dr. Crystal Hill. Crabill had already been in town for two years before Dr. Hill won the superintendent's job with a 6-3 vote. Here

After the vote, Dr. Hill offered the following train-wreck of sentences: "It doesn't bother me," she said. "You know, would I have loved a 9-0 vote? Who wouldn't, right? (But) I know that I was at the top and in order to get to the top, that means that they all nine had a level of, of confidence."

How does she know? Maybe it's just confidence. You decide. What I do know is, CPS has been following "Student Outcomes Focused Governance", Crabill's product, for quite a while. Crabill is Director of Governance for Council of Great City Schools. Des Moines, and CMS are both member districts of CGCS.

An important feature of SOFG is for the board to hand over power to the superintendent, and relegate board members to looking a spreadsheets of "outcomes", while staying out of the superintendent's way. Crabill marginalizes board members, and the public, right out of public education. School closures have a way of following him as well.

Someone who coaches the board how to operate, and does so by putting all important matters on the superintendent, might have fingerprints on the superintendent selection don't ya think? The funny thing with CMS (and obviously Crabill) choosing Hill, a local and interim candidate, in Des Moines, Crabill was jumping up and down telling that board how they need to look externally to find someone who will promote equity and the usual talking points. It's never about geography for Crabill, though he brings it into the discussion, its about doing what he wants.

It's the Outcome$, man.

If it were about "outcomes" we'd be talking about Jennifer Schroeder's report card with Randolph Middle. View Randolph Middle Schools Report Card

In it, there are very few negative indicators, none of which are strong enough to support a forced resignation. So, as an outcomes focused board, what is really wrong with Schroeder's performance? I see a low number for "academic growth", but that score is unattached, or otherwise supported, by anything in this important report. Is it completely fabricated?

Math, reading, and science performance for 2024 are ahead of the districts totals and far ahead of state totals. Schroeder has much less chronic absenteeism than her peers district and state-wide, and gets all of this done with less per-pupil funding than others use. Outcomes. Gimme a break.

Schroeder has fewer short-term, and in-school suspensions, than her peers. That's fairly tricky, given her faculty has less experience, and her class sizes are a bit larger, than they are for colleagues in her district.

It was a Great City Set-Up

People like Jennifer, don't stand a chance against Crabill and Dr. Hill. Crabill and his ridiculous race-flavored policies stirred into board governance, while helping pick superintendent's who will carry water for Great City Schools, who btw promote charter schools. Crabill has a body count of Caucasian administrators, and explicit goals baked into board policies for black students. The deeper you dig, the more it stinks.

The January to May superintendent search was quick, and complete BS, considering the selected winner was already in office. It was an open search, meaning outside interested candidates would be telling their boards they have intention to leave. On top of that, an outside superintendent isn't likely to challenge a sitting interim superintendent. The "search" was a coronation costing WELL into 5 figures.

Next time there's a fight on campus, don't let the kid call their mom to the school, do it yourself. It may not provide insight onto if the parent has been arrested for vandalizing a house recently, but you might be able tell over the phone if they're strung out on ecstasy.

I guess, either way, they're going to fill up a station wagon full of people, and roll you in front of your staff anyway, which will surely result in your resignation, regardless of how belligerent the parent is in your office. For Principal Brooks, it was over as soon as the NAACP picked up the phone, following some idiot fight, at a practice, which she had no way of knowing was taking place.