Give Taylor's CIP recommendations a chance

[Anonymous]

Our schools are a complete mess. For the first time, we have a Superintendent interested in shining a light in dark places and actively working for transparency while trying to make the schools better. Let's give him a chance.

[Anonymous]

There is no money for all this. I'm sorry. The money doesn't just appear out of thin air.

[Anonymous]

He is NOT working for better transparency. If he was, he would be presenting policies recommended in the OLO 2026-2 report requested by Councilmember Luedtke. Goals are NOT policies. He continues to let principals game the system however they want so MCPS is a “system of schools” instead of a school system.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2026_Reports/OLOReport%202026-2.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no money for all this. I'm sorry. The money doesn't just appear out of thin air.

There is money, but it just needs to be reprioritized. Dr. Taylor could also borrow a page from the private sector and really focus on measurable ROI. The problem with MCPS, like any school entity, is that it ultimately answers to the voters through the BOE. Politics and cronyism outweigh ROI every time. Sweetheart government contracts, political favors, competing interests, etc…. That said, Dr. Taylor has his own political agenda, which complicates matters even further.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is NOT working for better transparency. If he was, he would be presenting policies recommended in the OLO 2026-2 report requested by Councilmember Luedtke. Goals are NOT policies. He continues to let principals game the system however they want so MCPS is a “system of schools” instead of a school system.

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2026_Reports/OLOReport%202026-2.pdf

This would never fly in the private sector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no money for all this. I'm sorry. The money doesn't just appear out of thin air.

There is money, but it just needs to be reprioritized. Dr. Taylor could also borrow a page from the private sector and really focus on measurable ROI. The problem with MCPS, like any school entity, is that it ultimately answers to the voters through the BOE. Politics and cronyism outweigh ROI every time. Sweetheart government contracts, political favors, competing interests, etc…. That said, Dr. Taylor has his own political agenda, which complicates matters even further.

The notion we can come up with billions by reducing waste, fraud and abuse is a fantasy. I am all for making data based decisions and getting rid of all the waste but what is saved will always be dwarfed by the simple costs of salaries, pensions and healthcare.

[Anonymous]

This will make it a bigger mess and really hurt dcc and other students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no money for all this. I'm sorry. The money doesn't just appear out of thin air.

There is money, but it just needs to be reprioritized. Dr. Taylor could also borrow a page from the private sector and really focus on measurable ROI. The problem with MCPS, like any school entity, is that it ultimately answers to the voters through the BOE. Politics and cronyism outweigh ROI every time. Sweetheart government contracts, political favors, competing interests, etc…. That said, Dr. Taylor has his own political agenda, which complicates matters even further.

The notion we can come up with billions by reducing waste, fraud and abuse is a fantasy. I am all for making data based decisions and getting rid of all the waste but what is saved will always be dwarfed by the simple costs of salaries, pensions and healthcare.

Billions over decades, not immediate. There are always projects on which MCPS can spend money. That doesn’t ran their priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no money for all this. I'm sorry. The money doesn't just appear out of thin air.

There is money, but it just needs to be reprioritized. Dr. Taylor could also borrow a page from the private sector and really focus on measurable ROI. The problem with MCPS, like any school entity, is that it ultimately answers to the voters through the BOE. Politics and cronyism outweigh ROI every time. Sweetheart government contracts, political favors, competing interests, etc…. That said, Dr. Taylor has his own political agenda, which complicates matters even further.

The notion we can come up with billions by reducing waste, fraud and abuse is a fantasy. I am all for making data based decisions and getting rid of all the waste but what is saved will always be dwarfed by the simple costs of salaries, pensions and healthcare.

Billions over decades, not immediate. There are always projects on which MCPS can spend money. That doesn’t ran their priorities.

$2.78 billion over 6 years. Less than a decade.

[Anonymous]

Agree, OP. He is trying and we should give it a chance. MCPS employee and MCPS parent here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. He is trying and we should give it a chance. MCPS employee and MCPS parent here.

He should try being honest. He hasn't tried that yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. He is trying and we should give it a chance. MCPS employee and MCPS parent here.

+1. He's not been perfect by any means, but he's overall been a change for the better from the previous regime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. He is trying and we should give it a chance. MCPS employee and MCPS parent here.

+1. He's not been perfect by any means, but he's overall been a change for the better from the previous regime.

Not saying much. He needs to be extra transparent to make up for the previous regime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree, OP. He is trying and we should give it a chance. MCPS employee and MCPS parent here.

+1. He's not been perfect by any means, but he's overall been a change for the better from the previous regime.

Thanks to extensive coverups.

[Anonymous]

Hell no. He and his plan of "let's throw it all up on the wall and see what sticks" needs to be tossed out with thr trash. Or, watch what was once the gem of Montgomery County slide into a despair it will not recover from for many decades