New Interim Superintendent Monique Felder

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

She's very political. And not in a way that impresses me. Hopefully she fares better than McKnight but....

The job is 50% politics plus trying to please a number of special interest groups that think they know better than a trained professional. Education is the only Field that everyone thinks that they know best. However, few want the job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

Worrisome info on her past…

Ah the good Ole "accepting 'consulting fees' from vendors in direct conflict of interest and then failing to disclose the payments even when required to list all sources of income" rigamarole. She should fit right in. Bucke up for curriculum 3 point oh.

[Anonymous]

Amazing and comprehensive student journalism…much better research on Felder’s background than what BOE did.

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2024/02/06/mcps-appoints-interim-superintendent/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazing and comprehensive student journalism…much better research on Felder’s background than what BOE did.

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2024/02/06/mcps-appoints-interim-superintendent/

Great article. Now I hope they break how much McKnight was paid out.

[Anonymous]

Oh my. Any article that has this: "a more moderate Board of Education elected in May 2022 denied Felder another contract extension" instead of using the word "conservative" preceding BoE gets side-eye from me. It's nothing more than a poorly researched hit piece.

[Anonymous]

So, which board member is she friends with to be hired this quickly without a search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, which board member is she friends with to be hired this quickly without a search.

Neither she nor Silvestre answered a reporter’s question today about this. The lack of follow up by the press was pretty disappointing. Flat out asked precisely when was she contacted by the BOE about the opening - Silvestre dodged completely and didn’t answer the question at all while Felder said “it was recent” which apparently was good enough for the reporter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, which board member is she friends with to be hired this quickly without a search.

Neither she nor Silvestre answered a reporter’s question today about this. The lack of follow up by the press was pretty disappointing. Flat out asked precisely when was she contacted by the BOE about the opening - Silvestre dodged completely and didn’t answer the question at all while Felder said “it was recent” which apparently was good enough for the reporter.

Cram took the mic away from reporters and said only 4 questions. Nicole Asbury had a two part question and he pulled the mic so she couldn’t ask the second part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, which board member is she friends with to be hired this quickly without a search.

She used to work woth Brian Hull.

[Anonymous]

This article from a student paper has a lot of information

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2024/02/06/mcps-appoints-interim-superintendent/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This article from a student paper has a lot of information

https://www.wjpitch.com/top-stories/2024/02/06/mcps-appoints-interim-superintendent/

The more you read the more you understand the board is the problem.

[Anonymous]

The article is a real mess, with no real investigative research, just pulling stuff from all over the internet, with very few citations or even follow-up. This is journalism?

[Anonymous]

As someone who edits for a living for over twenty years, there are quite a few issues with this piece of “journalism,” boiling down to selective bias, contextual issues, and just poor construction, never mind the lack of proper citations or any follow-up investigative work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is a real mess, with no real investigative research, just pulling stuff from all over the internet, with very few citations or even follow-up. This is journalism?

It's a high school newspaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As someone who edits for a living for over twenty years, there are quite a few issues with this piece of “journalism,” boiling down to selective bias, contextual issues, and just poor construction, never mind the lack of proper citations or any follow-up investigative work.

I mean, it's student journalism. I made the same mistakes as a 16-year-old student reporter, even at high school paper that routinely won national awards. The good news is that my mistakes didn't become a matter of public commentary because adults didn't go around using my articles as source material on message boards.