BOE hires firm to identify candidates for the superintendent job that works on higher education leadership appointments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They did this for Monifa too. It's just pretense.

No, for McKnight's search they hired HYA. Same firm that handled Smith's and Starr's. This is a different firm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

+1000

Right.

Paying 3 times as much as they have in the past for a firm that they hired behind closed doors. If that's what makes you happy, then applaud!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm pleasantly surprised they didn't use HYA again.

Me too. This seems like a good thing. Using a different vendor me yield a better outcome, and I'm not really bothered by that fact that they typically focus on higher education given how different MCPS is from most other K through 12 districts.

I'm also someone who has criticized the BOE pretty vociferously on this board, but one of the current board members working in education with someone who was hired through a search run by this firm in the past does not feel like a conflict of interest to me despite what the OP is suggesting.

Basically, this feels good, or at least better, and I'm not going to throw stones at what at least appears to be an attempt at transparency and change.

What about this was transparent? They did a behind closed doors selection instead of an open, public RFP process.

Oh, you are just the smob posting here. You are clueless as to what an open, public procurement process would actually look like. Enjoy your college scholarship.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

Are you the same person who incorrectly predicted the board would hire HYA again?

[Anonymous]

News coverage of the superintendent searches:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-county-school-board-begins-search-for-superintendent/3582394/

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/town-hall-montgomery-county-schools-searches-for-a-new-superintendent/65-a911b6e4-6661-4099-b94c-34b0d14a2027

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

While I don't put this past the BOE, I really hope this isn't the case. I have not been impressed with her at all.

She's not bad, but she's just there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

+1000

Right.

Paying 3 times as much as they have in the past for a firm that they hired behind closed doors. If that's what makes you happy, then applaud!

Seems like a smart move I mean look how the recommendations of the last firm turned out...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

While I don't put this past the BOE, I really hope this isn't the case. I have not been impressed with her at all.

She's not bad, but she's just there.

I know she's all into this student code of conduct and improving safety and discipline in schools. That's so inequitable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

Are you the same person who incorrectly predicted the board would hire HYA again?

You're not supposed to remind the predict-y posters about the incorrectness of their previous predictions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

+1000

Right.

Paying 3 times as much as they have in the past for a firm that they hired behind closed doors. If that's what makes you happy, then applaud!

When they are screaming that they don’t have enough money and making cutbacks that hurt students and staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why even bother with this when they're just going to give the job to Felder?

This is a signal that they are not planning to do that.

They are going through the motions. Felder is it.

While I don't put this past the BOE, I really hope this isn't the case. I have not been impressed with her at all.

She's not bad, but she's just there.

I know she's all into this student code of conduct and improving safety and discipline in schools. That's so inequitable.

I actually wish she WAS into those things. I've yet to see her take any meaningful action that would make me think she's serious about improving in those areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

+1000

Right.

Paying 3 times as much as they have in the past for a firm that they hired behind closed doors. If that's what makes you happy, then applaud!

When they are screaming that they don’t have enough money and making cutbacks that hurt students and staff.

So you don't want an inside hire, you don't want to pay the previous cheaper search firm for an outside hire, and you also don't want to pay this less cheap search firm for an outside hire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are people who are going to complain about everything, either because they are just disillusioned, or because it reinforces their priors, or because it is politically advantageous to undermine faith in public education.

I'd encourage my fellow parents to resist those voices. If Central Office or BoE messes up, call them on it. But if they do something good, let's not just fall into cynical patterns because it's fun to be snarky on the internet.

This is our kids' education we are talking about - and if the BoE has decided to take more responsibility and break out of old, bad, passive, patterns, that's good.

The BOE's primary job function is to hire, supervise, and as needed, fire a superintendent. I would prefer that the BOE utilize competitive and open procurement practices and utilize a search firm that has connections into the potential pool of superintendent candidates, instead of a firm that was a quick hire through a bridge contract that has NO experience hiring superintendents into school districts.

There may be some good individuals on this board, but as a group, sorry, they are a fail. This is our kids' educations we are talking about.