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D.C. schools chancellor Kaya Henderson isn’t going to New York, despite having chatted with the city’s mayor-elect Bill de Blasio.

In a letter to Central Office employees, first reported on by WAMU, Henderson says, while she was “flattered” by de Blasio’s call, she won’t take the job as “nothing can compare to the opportunities and responsibilities that we have here in Washington, D.C.”

“We have helped take our students so far in the past few years and I can’t possibly leave before I see how much farther they can go,” Henderson continued. “Our ambitious Capital Commitment goals for 2017 are now well within reach and I am excited to continue to work with you as we achieve them. I love this city. I love our students. I love working with all of you, and I am not about to leave when our students have so much riding on the work we do every day.”

Henderson’s name was thrown around in the press as a possible candidate for New York City’s next schools chancellor. In the letter, Henderson sees the interest as recognition that DCPC is a “leader in high-quality urban education.”

Mayor Vincent Gray appointed Henderson shortly after he was elected in 2010. At a recent mayoral forum hosted by the Washington Teachers’ Union, Gray defended his chancellor as “somebody who understands how to work with people” and “somebody who is flexible enough to move in the direction we need to move in.” The crowd, however, seemed decidedly against her.