Board wants Monifa to step down

[Anonymous]

*grabs popcorn*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She should have resigned after the Beidleman scandal

Absolutely. Every email she sends out about making MCPS a safe place to work is so much hogwash after that. Stepping down is the only dignified, professional thing to do.

[Anonymous]

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It will be even harder to find a superintendent if they railroad McKnight out of here. I agree with you. Announce they aren't renewing her contract and let the search begin. It's going to take a while.

If you think things suck around here now, wait until you see how they suck during two years of lame duck McKnight superintendency. No thank you.

[Anonymous]

Glad JB is bringing the receipts. Same for Walker. Clearly they had something on higher-ups in order to stay in their positions so long. Thank you Alex Robbins for bringing the truth to light.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if you actually sit and look at the PR messes in MCPS over the last 20 years, you'll find that McKnight hasn't actually done a worse job of anything. If you ask an average teacher, they'd agree. The only difference is that COVID happened and it was unprecedented, she did what was suggested to her by her advisors. What happened with JB was very public but that alone doesn't implicate her in anything. I think many of you dislike her based on your difficulties with COVID virtual learning, but that wasn't unique to MCPS, and the fact that she's a black woman.

Seems like theres plenty to implicate her…

https://moco360.media/2024/01/22/what-did-mcps-mcknight-know-about-harassment-scandal-and-when-did-she-know-it/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McKnight releasing a statement to the press and accusing the board of impropriety is a PR move on her part. We don't know what Silvestre and Harris actually said to her, nor what they may have been communicating to her all along.

Very crafty of her to go right to the press. MCPS does not need a cat fight right now

The BOE cannot speak publicly at this time, because it is a personnel issue. She's out, she knows it, and this is her process for trying to get the best deal.

But making the board look bad, when they likely have the latest IG report in hand, and possibly have this, and possibly other cause, for termination, may not serve McKnight well in the end. If she still had friends on the board, she may not after this move.

Very true.

And I want everyone out who dismissed Beidleman's victims and had a hand in his promotion. Not just McKnight.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That’s a direct quote from a central
Office employee- one who probably calls her by her first name. That is her name. It is not sexist to use it- people have used the first name of all of the superintendents. It seems like you’re trying to change the narrative of this VERY concerning case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That really bothered me too, but then I assumed the OP was being glib. However, the former longtime central office leader probably knows her and calls her Monifa.

[Anonymous]

Everyone defending McKnight and Beidleman, what are your thoughts on the newest Robbins article? https://moco360.media/2024/01/22/what-did-mcps-mcknight-know-about-harassment-scandal-and-when-did-she-know-it/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That’s a direct quote from a central
Office employee- one who probably calls her by her first name. That is her name. It is not sexist to use it- people have used the first name of all of the superintendents. It seems like you’re trying to change the narrative of this VERY concerning case.

According to this report they would all be on a first name basis getting drunk and trying to take their clothes off, etc. just another day as an MCPS principal apparently

[Anonymous]

I think it's rude to call her or an educator by their first name, however, our principal signs everything with their first name only. I think its really unprofessional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That’s a direct quote from a central
Office employee- one who probably calls her by her first name. That is her name. It is not sexist to use it- people have used the first name of all of the superintendents. It seems like you’re trying to change the narrative of this VERY concerning case.

Nope. You are wrong. I’m horrified by the allegations and would not be sad to see her - and probably many others - go. But I’d like people to be more aware of their biases or - even just appearances thereof. In that very quote, the person switches to last name for the man.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That’s a direct quote from a central
Office employee- one who probably calls her by her first name. That is her name. It is not sexist to use it- people have used the first name of all of the superintendents. It seems like you’re trying to change the narrative of this VERY concerning case.

Nope. You are wrong. I’m horrified by the allegations and would not be sad to see her - and probably many others - go. But I’d like people to be more aware of their biases or - even just appearances thereof. In that very quote, the person switches to last name for the man.

I don't know. It's reasonable to call someone you work with by their first name, and someone who you don't know as well by their last name.