Is it possible to get rid of Jack Smith?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith is awesome. He deserves a medal for putting up with all the looney DCUM parents.

+1000

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He gets $315,000/year for that. I'll happily do it for $200,000.

Offer it up to the BOE, see if they take you up on it. If so we can revisit in 2yrs and see if you still think the salary is worth it. Especially in comparison to your counterparts.

He has crazy-pants Potomac mom's screaming for his head on a pike because he refuses send teachers and students to their deaths in a pandemic.

Really? They would all die? Each and every student? Well, that's different from what I heard...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith is awesome. He deserves a medal for putting up with all the looney DCUM parents.

+1000

-1000000

He gets $315,000/year for that. I'll happily do it for $200,000.

Offer it up to the BOE, see if they take you up on it. If so we can revisit in 2yrs and see if you still think the salary is worth it. Especially in comparison to your counterparts.

He has crazy-pants Potomac mom's screaming for his head on a pike because he refuses send teachers and students to their deaths in a pandemic.

Really? They would all die? Each and every student? Well, that's different from what I heard...

fire jack smith!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith is awesome. He deserves a medal for putting up with all the looney DCUM parents.

+1000

-1000000

He gets $315,000/year for that. I'll happily do it for $200,000.

Offer it up to the BOE, see if they take you up on it. If so we can revisit in 2yrs and see if you still think the salary is worth it. Especially in comparison to your counterparts.

He has crazy-pants Potomac mom's screaming for his head on a pike because he refuses send teachers and students to their deaths in a pandemic.

They cannot afford child care after spending $1.5 million on their house, plus their luxury vehicles and vacations. You really don't expect them to take care of their kids all day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith is awesome. He deserves a medal for putting up with all the looney DCUM parents.

+1000

-1000000

He gets $315,000/year for that. I'll happily do it for $200,000.

Offer it up to the BOE, see if they take you up on it. If so we can revisit in 2yrs and see if you still think the salary is worth it. Especially in comparison to your counterparts.

He has crazy-pants Potomac mom's screaming for his head on a pike because he refuses send teachers and students to their deaths in a pandemic.

Really? They would all die? Each and every student? Well, that's different from what I heard...

fire jack smith!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jack Smith is awesome. He deserves a medal for putting up with all the looney DCUM parents.

+1000

-1000000

He gets $315,000/year for that. I'll happily do it for $200,000.

Offer it up to the BOE, see if they take you up on it. If so we can revisit in 2yrs and see if you still think the salary is worth it. Especially in comparison to your counterparts.

He has crazy-pants Potomac mom's screaming for his head on a pike because he refuses send teachers and students to their deaths in a pandemic.

Really? They would all die? Each and every student? Well, that's different from what I heard...

fire jack smith!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1

+100

[Anonymous]

I'm very happy with Jack Smith about the Covid response. I am not happy with his actions as an Administrator. As long as they replace him with someone who keeps DL in place, it's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very happy with Jack Smith about the Covid response. I am not happy with his actions as an Administrator. As long as they replace him with someone who keeps DL in place, it's fine.

I'm personally fine with him on all counts. I think he's done a lot to correct the mess that his predecessor created. He's also shown a lot of wisdom with dealing with pandemic which can't be easy especially with all these parents clamoring for their daycare.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What specifically has Jack Smith done wrong? Not sweeping generalizations. I want specifics with evidence.

1. Decline in academic performance on standardized testing at the state level.
2. Rise in sexual assaults from student to student.
3. Rise in sexual assaults from staff to student.
4. Rise in racist incidents.
5. Rise in on campus violence.
6. Wasting money on useless studies that could go to improving academic opportunities or hiring more teachers.
7. Forcing canned curriculum on MCPS meaning one size fits all curriculum without differentiation. (Eureka Math, Benchmark).
8. Refuses to attend public forums where parents, students or staff present questions. He sends staff members instead.
9. No plan for Covoid. No plans to adapt buildings to support eventual return to school.
10. Increased size of central office bureaucracy, wasting money that could be going to actually helping students.
11. Hiring disgraced retreads in central office. Google Janet Wilson Garrett County.
12. Rude to BOE members and treats them as inferiors to him.
13. Implementing a completely disaster of a LMS (Synergy).

That's a few off the top of my head. MCPS used to be a great school district. It is still really good but it has been in decline the past four years. If he serves out the next four years of his contract, it will continue to decline at a rapid rate and likely will not ever reach it's previous status. Families and students are looking and will continue to look at other education options either the private route or moving to adjacent counties like Frederick, Howard, Fairfax.

MCPS should be able to hire better leadership based on the previous status of the county. Not some re-tread from Calvert County like Smith.

I went to MCPS. We had many of the issues 20+ years ago but they were just hidden and no social media. I doubt there are more assaults and incidents as we saw them all the time at school, but it wasn't well publicized or reported. We had a sketchy teacher and we were all heavily discouraged from saying something.

I a completely agree. TheSe are not new issues. When I went to MCPS, we didn’t have a massive population of children who couldn’t speak English and/or who came from difficult economic circumstances. That adds a very different factor to the ongoing problems facing MCPS. This list is a list of opinionated complaints..... where’s the evidence that these things are Smith’s fault?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What specifically has Jack Smith done wrong? Not sweeping generalizations. I want specifics with evidence.

1. Decline in academic performance on standardized testing at the state level.
2. Rise in sexual assaults from student to student.
3. Rise in sexual assaults from staff to student.
4. Rise in racist incidents.
5. Rise in on campus violence.
6. Wasting money on useless studies that could go to improving academic opportunities or hiring more teachers.
7. Forcing canned curriculum on MCPS meaning one size fits all curriculum without differentiation. (Eureka Math, Benchmark).
8. Refuses to attend public forums where parents, students or staff present questions. He sends staff members instead.
9. No plan for Covoid. No plans to adapt buildings to support eventual return to school.
10. Increased size of central office bureaucracy, wasting money that could be going to actually helping students.
11. Hiring disgraced retreads in central office. Google Janet Wilson Garrett County.
12. Rude to BOE members and treats them as inferiors to him.
13. Implementing a completely disaster of a LMS (Synergy).

That's a few off the top of my head. MCPS used to be a great school district. It is still really good but it has been in decline the past four years. If he serves out the next four years of his contract, it will continue to decline at a rapid rate and likely will not ever reach it's previous status. Families and students are looking and will continue to look at other education options either the private route or moving to adjacent counties like Frederick, Howard, Fairfax.

MCPS should be able to hire better leadership based on the previous status of the county. Not some re-tread from Calvert County like Smith.

I went to MCPS. We had many of the issues 20+ years ago but they were just hidden and no social media. I doubt there are more assaults and incidents as we saw them all the time at school, but it wasn't well publicized or reported. We had a sketchy teacher and we were all heavily discouraged from saying something.

I a completely agree. TheSe are not new issues. When I went to MCPS, we didn’t have a massive population of children who couldn’t speak English and/or who came from difficult economic circumstances. That adds a very different factor to the ongoing problems facing MCPS. This list is a list of opinionated complaints..... where’s the evidence that these things are Smith’s fault?

not entirely his fault. please name anything he did that justifies his salary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not entirely his fault. please name anything he did that justifies his salary.

He puts up with all the batshit crazy parents and teachers clamoring for his head on a pike!

Often more politely described as being a lightning rod or in the hot seat.

It's a no-win job, someone has to do it, and that person will catch hell for it regardless of what they do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:not entirely his fault. please name anything he did that justifies his salary.

He puts up with all the batshit crazy parents and teachers clamoring for his head on a pike!

Often more politely described as being a lightning rod or in the hot seat.

It's a no-win job, someone has to do it, and that person will catch hell for it regardless of what they do.

Exactly. He is just a body. All he has been doing is droning on while collecting fat paychecks. So, fire him and give another random body a chance.

[Anonymous]

If you think all a superintendent does is listen to people complain, we are seriously overpaying for the position.

Those who think he is so wonderful, I would like to hear why? Several posters have been specific about what they don't like about what he has (and has not) done. For the othere, why are you so impressed with him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you think all a superintendent does is listen to people complain, we are seriously overpaying for the position.

Those who think he is so wonderful, I would like to hear why? Several posters have been specific about what they don't like about what he has (and has not) done. For the othere, why are you so impressed with him?

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you think all a superintendent does is listen to people complain, we are seriously overpaying for the position.

Those who think he is so wonderful, I would like to hear why? Several posters have been specific about what they don't like about what he has (and has not) done. For the othere, why are you so impressed with him?

chirp chirp chirp

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What specifically has Jack Smith done wrong? Not sweeping generalizations. I want specifics with evidence.

1. Decline in academic performance on standardized testing at the state level.
2. Rise in sexual assaults from student to student.
3. Rise in sexual assaults from staff to student.
4. Rise in racist incidents.
5. Rise in on campus violence.
6. Wasting money on useless studies that could go to improving academic opportunities or hiring more teachers.
7. Forcing canned curriculum on MCPS meaning one size fits all curriculum without differentiation. (Eureka Math, Benchmark).
8. Refuses to attend public forums where parents, students or staff present questions. He sends staff members instead.
9. No plan for Covoid. No plans to adapt buildings to support eventual return to school.
10. Increased size of central office bureaucracy, wasting money that could be going to actually helping students.
11. Hiring disgraced retreads in central office. Google Janet Wilson Garrett County.
12. Rude to BOE members and treats them as inferiors to him.
13. Implementing a completely disaster of a LMS (Synergy).

That's a few off the top of my head. MCPS used to be a great school district. It is still really good but it has been in decline the past four years. If he serves out the next four years of his contract, it will continue to decline at a rapid rate and likely will not ever reach it's previous status. Families and students are looking and will continue to look at other education options either the private route or moving to adjacent counties like Frederick, Howard, Fairfax.

MCPS should be able to hire better leadership based on the previous status of the county. Not some re-tread from Calvert County like Smith.

I went to MCPS. We had many of the issues 20+ years ago but they were just hidden and no social media. I doubt there are more assaults and incidents as we saw them all the time at school, but it wasn't well publicized or reported. We had a sketchy teacher and we were all heavily discouraged from saying something.

I a completely agree. TheSe are not new issues. When I went to MCPS, we didn’t have a massive population of children who couldn’t speak English and/or who came from difficult economic circumstances. That adds a very different factor to the ongoing problems facing MCPS. This list is a list of opinionated complaints..... where’s the evidence that these things are Smith’s fault?

Agree that this factor alone has had a profound impact on MCPS over the past 10-15 years.