"Rhee also fired a principal she had hired seven weeks before in Shepherd Elementary, another high-performing school in the upper Northwest neighborhood.Rhee was criticized for closing several D.C. schools without holding public hearings, for not reporting complete budget figures at D.C. council hearings, for not involving parents to a sufficient degree, hiring former supporters to conduct an evaluation of her performance, and for spending considerable time before the national media ("Time", PBS, lecture circuit) instead of visiting schools.