FCPS is hiring an executive protection agent

[Anonymous]

4.

She may not directly state that bullying, retaliation, and abuse are acceptable, but when she invoked her “kindness” and full confidence in the Hayfield Principal and gratefully allow him, to continue with zero adverse action, she pretty much indirectly means to say that his bullying retaliation, and abuses are acceptable. Her kindness to the worst people is cruelty to the innocent and victims of her arrogance. Her care wasn’t for the Hayfield students who were hazed bullied and physically threatened by the joke of a principal but the care of the job security of that silly principal. She isn’t a student first superintendent, but educator first superintendent. Where educators can do no wrong by the supposed virtue of their job alone. As bad as her public actions have been she is probably doing far worse behind closed doors and where the public scrutiny has not been so attentive

[Anonymous]

I wonder if she ever had real world experience in teaching impoverished kids.

I lean right politically. However, I had years teaching--and that included teaching the poorest of the poor. Very sad cases. The kind where you had to send the social worker out because a kid was not coming to school. Turns out, he had no shoes to wear. Of course, the social worker took him to buy shoes. (Mom was a prostitute. The social worker found him "outside" while she apparently had a client.) He was a precious and bright child and belonged in school.

I very much believe that we do need to give more funds to the less affluent schools--but not ignore the others. I also know--from experience--that the funds get stripped off at every level of the organization. Title I funds are generous, but little reaches the classroom. That is one reason that eliminating the Department of Education should get more money to the classroom--but, it will still be a problem. Do you really think that all those people at Gatehouse come for free? Do you really believe they are helping our kids learn?

Every new initiative in the school system ends up hiring more staff at Gatehouse. Teachers are not stupid. Give them the materials and let them teach without all the unnecessary workshops. Most of them could conduct better training 'in house' than the "experts."

Reid needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Put the funds in the schools. Quit worrying about boundaries which will not change things for the struggling kids at all.

[Anonymous]

The school board needs to perform its oversight duty. They fall all over themselves praising Reid at every turn. They need to think of the needs of the students and the system and see what Reid is doing to it. They need to tell her this is not an acceptable use of money. As the article states, it is not customary for school superintendents to have security. Even much larger school divisions don’t do this. The board has to stop this.

[Anonymous]

She gets a $44k dollar raise. Personal security guard making more than teachers. And cries poor because there isn't enough money to cover the budget.

We get increased property taxes. My kid gets a teacher that's never taught school and no training in education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. She never listens to public opinion. Or thinks she is more moral and righteous than anyone else. She may attend “listening sessions” but if you compare her pre and post meeting plans it always seems that her mind was made up ages ago. Her public meetings are just a formality so she can claim she “listened”. Additionally, when she solicits public opinion via polling and survey they never are binding or heckled even impactful, no matter how decisive a majority. When a landslide 2/3rds didn’t want a renaming of WTW Woodson that would cost a cool million to undertake, she overruled them stating she had the moral high ground? Why even run a large scale survey and take thousands of peoples time if your morality is going to trump the poll results? Arrogance.

2. She never acknowledges the concerns of her opponents and uses sham investigations. Usual company and decision making letters all have some paragraph stating “while some opponents of such plan have argued, point XYZ, and having taken into account point XYZ and how it effects the merit of such plan” , she NEVER EVER does so. All her written explanations just include her vantage point and no one else’s. She never acknowledges differing views. So much for her “diversity focus”. She conducts residency checks by not asking for proof of mortgage or rental contract but via verbal confirmations as in the Hayfield case in which case everyone is free to lie without penalty to avoid scrutiny. She finds nothing wrong or suspect with that or multiple kids claiming homelessness to play football. Instead she has “full confidence”. Full confidence in the Region superintendent and her executive principals and the HR and vows to protect their jobs. Zero accountability. And if you even question the questionable conclusions of her questionable investigation tactics she declares your opinion void and “misinformed” or “uninformed”. She probably does far worse for non public controversies.

I can't speak for the entirety of the quote above, but the first part of the first point is certainly true, which is a big part of the reason why I'm not a fan. In the couple of occasions where I've attended school events where she was present she seemed to have less than zero interest in the opinions of those of us in attendance. I get the feeling that she doesn't need the bodyguard as much for safety as she just wants to keep the riff raff away from her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This $ could pay for 2 starting teachers or even more teacher aides

That was my first thought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4.

She may not directly state that bullying, retaliation, and abuse are acceptable, but when she invoked her “kindness” and full confidence in the Hayfield Principal and gratefully allow him, to continue with zero adverse action, she pretty much indirectly means to say that his bullying retaliation, and abuses are acceptable. Her kindness to the worst people is cruelty to the innocent and victims of her arrogance. Her care wasn’t for the Hayfield students who were hazed bullied and physically threatened by the joke of a principal but the care of the job security of that silly principal. She isn’t a student first superintendent, but educator first superintendent. Where educators can do no wrong by the supposed virtue of their job alone. As bad as her public actions have been she is probably doing far worse behind closed doors and where the public scrutiny has not been so attentive

Strongly disagree with this as a teacher in FCPS. The separation from service numbers and school climate survey results don't lie. I'd say she's more of an administrator first superintendent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This $ could pay for 2 starting teachers or even more teacher aides

That was my first thought.

And had same thought for her 5%. I was floored at over $400k a year she didn’t say she was going to not take the 5% raise for herself so it could be put toward teachers. Did she take the $1000 bonus too? NOT taking those monies is what strong leaders in organizations would do when budget shortfalls to send the right message. When already making over $400k, such an easy thing to not take the $1000 that could mean the world to teachers in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.

She may not directly state that bullying, retaliation, and abuse are acceptable, but when she invoked her “kindness” and full confidence in the Hayfield Principal and gratefully allow him, to continue with zero adverse action, she pretty much indirectly means to say that his bullying retaliation, and abuses are acceptable. Her kindness to the worst people is cruelty to the innocent and victims of her arrogance. Her care wasn’t for the Hayfield students who were hazed bullied and physically threatened by the joke of a principal but the care of the job security of that silly principal. She isn’t a student first superintendent, but educator first superintendent. Where educators can do no wrong by the supposed virtue of their job alone. As bad as her public actions have been she is probably doing far worse behind closed doors and where the public scrutiny has not been so attentive

Strongly disagree with this as a teacher in FCPS. The separation from service numbers and school climate survey results don't lie. I'd say she's more of an administrator first superintendent.

Superintendent first superintendent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.

She may not directly state that bullying, retaliation, and abuse are acceptable, but when she invoked her “kindness” and full confidence in the Hayfield Principal and gratefully allow him, to continue with zero adverse action, she pretty much indirectly means to say that his bullying retaliation, and abuses are acceptable. Her kindness to the worst people is cruelty to the innocent and victims of her arrogance. Her care wasn’t for the Hayfield students who were hazed bullied and physically threatened by the joke of a principal but the care of the job security of that silly principal. She isn’t a student first superintendent, but educator first superintendent. Where educators can do no wrong by the supposed virtue of their job alone. As bad as her public actions have been she is probably doing far worse behind closed doors and where the public scrutiny has not been so attentive

Strongly disagree with this as a teacher in FCPS. The separation from service numbers and school climate survey results don't lie. I'd say she's more of an administrator first superintendent.

Superintendent first superintendent?

Yes, but she will 100% bend over backwards to protect terrible administrators and so will most of the region superintendents.

[Anonymous]

It strikes me as largely performative. Like she needs to be protected from people who’d attack her for her “courageous” positions when mostly people have just concluded she’s an ineffective, bumbling West Coast liberal who is not up to the task of managing a school system this large.

Her mismanagement of the Hayfield situation was bad enough, but when she started talking about turning every middle school in the county into a 6-8 school when it was obvious that was logistically impossible she lost even more people. And her oversight of the boundary review could not be a bigger failure - hiring equally incompetent outside consultants and then getting people upset over what she called “drafty drafts” of boundary changes was a colossal error of judgment. If they weren’t ready for prime time they should have just delayed coming out with proposals, not put out a bunch of garbage for public review.

At this point she needs to be rescued from her own stupidity, not protected from the people she’s supposed to be serving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It strikes me as largely performative. Like she needs to be protected from people who’d attack her for her “courageous” positions when mostly people have just concluded she’s an ineffective, bumbling West Coast liberal who is not up to the task of managing a school system this large.

Her mismanagement of the Hayfield situation was bad enough, but when she started talking about turning every middle school in the county into a 6-8 school when it was obvious that was logistically impossible she lost even more people. And her oversight of the boundary review could not be a bigger failure - hiring equally incompetent outside consultants and then getting people upset over what she called “drafty drafts” of boundary changes was a colossal error of judgment. If they weren’t ready for prime time they should have just delayed coming out with proposals, not put out a bunch of garbage for public review.

At this point she needs to be rescued from her own stupidity, not protected from the people she’s supposed to be serving.

Aren’t there stats more than 70% of all lottery winners spend/lose it all in less than 5 years? Current superintendent reminds me of this-coming from small school district, small budget and with so many less schools and kids and got to FCPS and saw “unlimited funds” and just spends. Really want someone to FOIA to find litigation cost increases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It strikes me as largely performative. Like she needs to be protected from people who’d attack her for her “courageous” positions when mostly people have just concluded she’s an ineffective, bumbling West Coast liberal who is not up to the task of managing a school system this large.

Her mismanagement of the Hayfield situation was bad enough, but when she started talking about turning every middle school in the county into a 6-8 school when it was obvious that was logistically impossible she lost even more people. And her oversight of the boundary review could not be a bigger failure - hiring equally incompetent outside consultants and then getting people upset over what she called “drafty drafts” of boundary changes was a colossal error of judgment. If they weren’t ready for prime time they should have just delayed coming out with proposals, not put out a bunch of garbage for public review.

At this point she needs to be rescued from her own stupidity, not protected from the people she’s supposed to be serving.

Aren’t there stats more than 70% of all lottery winners spend/lose it all in less than 5 years? Current superintendent reminds me of this-coming from small school district, small budget and with so many less schools and kids and got to FCPS and saw “unlimited funds” and just spends. Really want someone to FOIA to find litigation cost increases.

From a DCUM budget thread a while back:

“Look at documents posted by FCPS. Debate whatever else want to about FCpS, but just numbers the answer is yes. 2021 budget was 3 billion. 2026 is 4 billion. 1 billion increase in 5 years.”

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/leadership/budget-finance/budget-documents

[Anonymous]

FCPS budget is larger than about 2 dozen countries on this planet. Not getting great value out of it. Now more spending outside of classroom instruction.

More taxes coming our way to pay for this foolishness.

[Anonymous]

Just hit the national headlines, queen reid!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/queen-reid-embattled-virginia-schools-boss-demands-personal-bodyguard-top-lavish-salary-perks.amp