Thoughts on Dr Taylor’s school closure video

[Anonymous]

And all the teachers I know have been doing work on the snow days and will still be working on required the make-up days. MCPS just got 4 free days of work out of their school based staff. They aren’t dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your thoughts on the video that Dr Taylor put out today to announce the closures for tomorrow and Tuesday?

Also, are you an employee, parent, or both?

parent
This is an offensive video. What about all the parents who are not getting paid because they cannot go to work because schools and daycare center that work out of the schools are closed. He gets paid and teachers get paid on snow days. What about the single mother who works as a nurses aide and does not get paid if she/he does not show up for work. This Dr. Taylor is the reason Montgomery County graduates are not prepared for jobs or college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are your thoughts on the video that Dr Taylor put out today to announce the closures for tomorrow and Tuesday?

Also, are you an employee, parent, or both?

parent
This is an offensive video. What about all the parents who are not getting paid because they cannot go to work because schools and daycare center that work out of the schools are closed. He gets paid and teachers get paid on snow days. What about the single mother who works as a nurses aide and does not get paid if she/he does not show up for work. This Dr. Taylor is the reason Montgomery County graduates are not prepared for jobs or college.

I assure you a few days out of 182 days of learning is not your reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or is he trying to look like a drug dealer in these videos?

He's attempting to mimic what he thinks are the mannerisms and speech of a Black rapper. It's embarrassing and insulting. But most people don't think it's that deep so they overlook it.

+1000 and the mini-video today with the giant MCPS gold chain. Microaggressions, tone deaf and clearly not a model for over 50% of the districts student population.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t we lucky! We got another video to announce the closures for tomorrow and Thursday. Perhaps Dr T could have helped with the snow removal process instead of being in his warm, cushy office making videos.

Kudos to our custodial and maintenance crew who are putting in the real work this week.

(And kudos to all the teachers who are not getting paid to getting caught up but will still have at least 4 days to make up)

I thought teachers are getting paid on snow days. I know they are working anyway.

We don’t get paid on the added days when the school year inevitably gets extended because we were paid on the snow days.

What are teachers working on? The marking period ended Friday. Grades were supposed to be due Monday. Unless teachers are dragging it out they shouldn’t be working on these code red days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it just me or is he trying to look like a drug dealer in these videos?

He's attempting to mimic what he thinks are the mannerisms and speech of a Black rapper. It's embarrassing and insulting. But most people don't think it's that deep so they overlook it.

Maybe he's imitating Eminem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm thoroughly fed up with him. Maybe instead of wasting time making shticky videos he could spend that time learning information to help him make thoughtful decisions and understand what the programs and staff in his school system actually do. Because the current plan seems to be to just learn a couple of bullet points and then haphazardly break things with a characteristically flippant attitude and then claim you didn't mean that or it was someone else's fault when it ends up actually being a problem. The stupidity with the autism programs and the PPWs is emblematic.

He can't be gone soon enough. The videos are corny and stupid and would be tolerable if he were a good superintendent but he's not.

+1,000. I hope that board members who are running now are playing out the timeline on getting rid of him. The holdouts to keep McKnight gave the board precious little time to recruit and consider candidates, and as a result, we have a problematic leader now that will need to be fired at some point - guessing Fall 2027.

[Anonymous]

Keep watching the Taylor video and I’m sure it will help the sting of school being closed all week go away. /s

[Anonymous]

My senior who is generally very cynical
loves them.

[Anonymous]

Michael Scott vibes? “Prison Mike” anyone?

[Anonymous]

I despise this man with every fiber of my being

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm thoroughly fed up with him. Maybe instead of wasting time making shticky videos he could spend that time learning information to help him make thoughtful decisions and understand what the programs and staff in his school system actually do. Because the current plan seems to be to just learn a couple of bullet points and then haphazardly break things with a characteristically flippant attitude and then claim you didn't mean that or it was someone else's fault when it ends up actually being a problem. The stupidity with the autism programs and the PPWs is emblematic.

He can't be gone soon enough. The videos are corny and stupid and would be tolerable if he were a good superintendent but he's not.

He'll be gone by his own volition before school starts in Fall 2027, to avoid the fallout when his HS regional program plan causes a widespread transportation fail.

[Anonymous]

My guess is they took a couple of hours at some point to make a bunch of snow day videos using MCPS-TV staff/equipment. He's wearing the same clothes, using the same props.

I am fine with them - I think they're funny though dorky.

I'm just as white as Thomas Taylor is, so I'll defer to folks who are Black to say whether it's a microaggression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t we lucky! We got another video to announce the closures for tomorrow and Thursday. Perhaps Dr T could have helped with the snow removal process instead of being in his warm, cushy office making videos.

Kudos to our custodial and maintenance crew who are putting in the real work this week.

(And kudos to all the teachers who are not getting paid to getting caught up but will still have at least 4 days to make up)

I thought teachers are getting paid on snow days. I know they are working anyway.

We don’t get paid on the added days when the school year inevitably gets extended because we were paid on the snow days.

What are teachers working on? The marking period ended Friday. Grades were supposed to be due Monday. Unless teachers are dragging it out they shouldn’t be working on these code red days.

Not all teachers are classroom based. There are many teachers, therapists, psychologists, etc that work year round and don’t follow the traditional calendar but are still employees of MCPS.