Superintendent Taylor

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Start another discussion about MVA or hybrid or whatever idea it is that is being floated elsewhere. Re: Taylor he decided to entertain idea of mva again.

He’s not doing anything. He’s trying to stop the advocacy. The new proposed program has no funding. And it’s not adequate.

How so? If it gets funding, kids with legitimate medical needs could use it. But kids that can go to school would need to still go to school.

Are you the parent that sent her daughter to MVA so she wouldn't get into "fashion"?

You clearly don't understand the difference between physical and mental health and you only see physical health as a necessary reason for not attending traditional school. Step out of 1950 and evolve with the rest of us. Your little "fashion" tirade is so boring and tired. A singular parent listed that as a concern and you chose to lock onto that for an argument as if your life depended on it. *Yawn*

No one said physical health but you. Of course mental health needs should be considered. But it should be limited to the mental health needs of the child, not of their parents.

It shouldn't be limited at all. Lots of reasons to do virtual and no one needs to justify it to you. Far more kids are being abused who are in person in MCPS than virtually, just due to numbers. A home visit is a joke as people can hide things very well for a 30 minute visit. You don't get how it works. But, I'd be all for home visits. Lets start at your house first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Start another discussion about MVA or hybrid or whatever idea it is that is being floated elsewhere. Re: Taylor he decided to entertain idea of mva again.

He’s not doing anything. He’s trying to stop the advocacy. The new proposed program has no funding. And it’s not adequate.

How so? If it gets funding, kids with legitimate medical needs could use it. But kids that can go to school would need to still go to school.

Are you the parent that sent her daughter to MVA so she wouldn't get into "fashion"?

You clearly don't understand the difference between physical and mental health and you only see physical health as a necessary reason for not attending traditional school. Step out of 1950 and evolve with the rest of us. Your little "fashion" tirade is so boring and tired. A singular parent listed that as a concern and you chose to lock onto that for an argument as if your life depended on it. *Yawn*

No one said physical health but you. Of course mental health needs should be considered. But it should be limited to the mental health needs of the child, not of their parents.

Read all of your posts (and Twitter bs)...Stop trying to call out parent mental health because they want their kids to be safe during school hours. That's been your playbook for years and it's tired. Ever imagine that some parents actually do what is best for their children? Even if YOU don't agree with it? Probably not because your world view is so narrow.

Don't be so melodramatic. Your kids are safe at school. Your fear of your kids hanging out with the wrong crowd/color doesn't entitle you to a school format of your choice at taxpayer expense. Do what the rest of the Karens in the county do in that situation: move to Potomac or Chevy Chase, send your kid to private school, or homeschool.

Not all kids are safe in school, not everyone can move to a wealthy area or send their kid to private and homeschooling is not adequate in less you are an experienced teacher or truly able to understand all material. If people homeschooled, you'd comment about that too and the reality is many of the MVA families are going toward that route.

And, lots of issues at the richer schools too. Lets not pretend incidents are isolated to just certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Start another discussion about MVA or hybrid or whatever idea it is that is being floated elsewhere. Re: Taylor he decided to entertain idea of mva again.

He’s not doing anything. He’s trying to stop the advocacy. The new proposed program has no funding. And it’s not adequate.

How so? If it gets funding, kids with legitimate medical needs could use it. But kids that can go to school would need to still go to school.

Are you the parent that sent her daughter to MVA so she wouldn't get into "fashion"?

You clearly don't understand the difference between physical and mental health and you only see physical health as a necessary reason for not attending traditional school. Step out of 1950 and evolve with the rest of us. Your little "fashion" tirade is so boring and tired. A singular parent listed that as a concern and you chose to lock onto that for an argument as if your life depended on it. *Yawn*

No one said physical health but you. Of course mental health needs should be considered. But it should be limited to the mental health needs of the child, not of their parents.

Read all of your posts (and Twitter bs)...Stop trying to call out parent mental health because they want their kids to be safe during school hours. That's been your playbook for years and it's tired. Ever imagine that some parents actually do what is best for their children? Even if YOU don't agree with it? Probably not because your world view is so narrow.

Some kids with mental health issues do better in virtual as they don't have the same issues in person as they do virtually and it frees up time for therapy and other appointmetns.

[Anonymous]

And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Start another discussion about MVA or hybrid or whatever idea it is that is being floated elsewhere. Re: Taylor he decided to entertain idea of mva again.

He’s not doing anything. He’s trying to stop the advocacy. The new proposed program has no funding. And it’s not adequate.

How so? If it gets funding, kids with legitimate medical needs could use it. But kids that can go to school would need to still go to school.

Are you the parent that sent her daughter to MVA so she wouldn't get into "fashion"?

You clearly don't understand the difference between physical and mental health and you only see physical health as a necessary reason for not attending traditional school. Step out of 1950 and evolve with the rest of us. Your little "fashion" tirade is so boring and tired. A singular parent listed that as a concern and you chose to lock onto that for an argument as if your life depended on it. *Yawn*

No one said physical health but you. Of course mental health needs should be considered. But it should be limited to the mental health needs of the child, not of their parents.

Read all of your posts (and Twitter bs)...Stop trying to call out parent mental health because they want their kids to be safe during school hours. That's been your playbook for years and it's tired. Ever imagine that some parents actually do what is best for their children? Even if YOU don't agree with it? Probably not because your world view is so narrow.

Don't be so melodramatic. Your kids are safe at school. Your fear of your kids hanging out with the wrong crowd/color doesn't entitle you to a school format of your choice at taxpayer expense. Do what the rest of the Karens in the county do in that situation: move to Potomac or Chevy Chase, send your kid to private school, or homeschool.

Not all kids are safe in school, not everyone can move to a wealthy area or send their kid to private and homeschooling is not adequate in less you are an experienced teacher or truly able to understand all material. If people homeschooled, you'd comment about that too and the reality is many of the MVA families are going toward that route.

And, lots of issues at the richer schools too. Lets not pretend incidents are isolated to just certain schools.

It doesn't bode well for you that you apparently struggle with the high school curriculum. Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that you don't understand what are and aren't legitimate safety concerns in schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

Yes, that's what dual enrollment is.

And sure, it might be cheaper. Similarly, as you've suggested before, we could save a lot of money by closing all the schools. But that wouldn't be good for anyone in the county except the 800 former MVA parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

Yes, that's what dual enrollment is.

And sure, it might be cheaper. Similarly, as you've suggested before, we could save a lot of money by closing all the schools. But that wouldn't be good for anyone in the county except the 800 former MVA parents.

No, MCPS has several ways to do classes at MC. Pay attention. Yes, maybe you are right and we should move all kids to virtual to save money since MCPS has a huge shortage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

Yes, that's what dual enrollment is.

And sure, it might be cheaper. Similarly, as you've suggested before, we could save a lot of money by closing all the schools. But that wouldn't be good for anyone in the county except the 800 former MVA parents.

No, MCPS has several ways to do classes at MC. Pay attention. Yes, maybe you are right and we should move all kids to virtual to save money since MCPS has a huge shortage.

There you go. Why stop at other proposal- closing Cabin Branch Elementary- when we could close the whole district? Propose that to Taylor. Brilliant strategy to reinstate MVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

Yes, that's what dual enrollment is.

And sure, it might be cheaper. Similarly, as you've suggested before, we could save a lot of money by closing all the schools. But that wouldn't be good for anyone in the county except the 800 former MVA parents.

No, MCPS has several ways to do classes at MC. Pay attention. Yes, maybe you are right and we should move all kids to virtual to save money since MCPS has a huge shortage.

There you go. Why stop at other proposal- closing Cabin Branch Elementary- when we could close the whole district? Propose that to Taylor. Brilliant strategy to reinstate MVA.

Brilliant idea. Why are we opening up a new school when we don't have the budget for it and to do that, we are sacrificing another school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And, either way, this proposal if you read the letter requires BOE approval and County Council funding, neither of which they have and if they did they would have continued the MVA. The BOE doesn't want the MVA as they prefer to pay MC for HS students to go there for virtual and in person classes as several of them are connected to MC. Its a huge conflict of interest.

Dual enrollment is part of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future and certainly isn't a new idea. Far more students in MCPS do dual enrollment than were enrolled in MVA. So yes, if your proposal for bringing virtual school back is to kill dual enrollment, then it probably isn't going to go anywhere.

MCPS could save a lot of money by offering more advanced classes through the MVA vs. paying to outsource. Dual enrollment is a separate program. MCPS allows any student to take classes at MC and they pay for it.

Yes, that's what dual enrollment is.

And sure, it might be cheaper. Similarly, as you've suggested before, we could save a lot of money by closing all the schools. But that wouldn't be good for anyone in the county except the 800 former MVA parents.

No, MCPS has several ways to do classes at MC. Pay attention. Yes, maybe you are right and we should move all kids to virtual to save money since MCPS has a huge shortage.

There you go. Why stop at other proposal- closing Cabin Branch Elementary- when we could close the whole district? Propose that to Taylor. Brilliant strategy to reinstate MVA.

Brilliant idea. Why are we opening up a new school when we don't have the budget for it and to do that, we are sacrificing another school?

If only you were able to gather up enough courage to propose these brilliant ideas to the BoE!

[Anonymous]

What other initiatives has he taken this summer since starting? Yes yes we know he just started but maybe there are items he has made priorities. Who is leading HR these days and does that person report directly to Taylor?

[Anonymous]

We'll probably hear from him at the BoE meeting on the 20th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What other initiatives has he taken this summer since starting? Yes yes we know he just started but maybe there are items he has made priorities. Who is leading HR these days and does that person report directly to Taylor?

April Key is still HR chief and reports to Taylor now.