Board wants Monifa to step down

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Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

That’s on me - I’m the OP. I’ve never posted anything about her before(and don’t tend to follow this level of MCPS politics very closely) but thought this was huge news and was interested in some insight. I meant to include her full name but momentarily blanked on her last name, went to remind myself from the article and hit submit before I updated.

There are perennial posters on here doing it. And within MCPS. It happens even in a quote in the Robbins article:

“ ‘Monifa is taking the stand she didn’t know about Beidleman,’ said a former longtime central office leader who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by McKnight.”

That’s a direct quote from a central
Office employee- one who probably calls her by her first name. That is her name. It is not sexist to use it- people have used the first name of all of the superintendents. It seems like you’re trying to change the narrative of this VERY concerning case.

Nope. You are wrong. I’m horrified by the allegations and would not be sad to see her - and probably many others - go. But I’d like people to be more aware of their biases or - even just appearances thereof. In that very quote, the person switches to last name for the man.

I don't know. It's reasonable to call someone you work with by their first name, and someone who you don't know as well by their last name.

Read the studies about how much more this done to women. This isn’t about one poster or one quote. Now, let’s move on.

I’m a female and I think you are obsessed with the wrong thing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Holy crap. So Beidleman lit the match that burned McKnight to the ground. His memo of complaints basically called Monifa out for being a hypocrite. Daaaamn!

Why did he not respond to the OIG's questions?

Probably cause his mission was accomplished. His whole purpose in filing the complaints was to point out that he wasn’t the only one doing sexy time shenanigans and he succeeded in bringing others down with him.

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There is an incredible poetic justice to McKnight and MCPS being brought to its knees by a substitute teacher for the system.

Talk about a David and Goliath story!

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Did Monifa ever actually end up moving to MontCo?

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Anonymous wrote:Did Monifa ever actually end up moving to MontCo?

No. I think she saw the writing on the wall before she even started.

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Wow, this is a mess. Was this what she was really like as a principal and as a central office leader?

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The biggest mistake, as always, was trying to cover it up. Honestly will always win out and Lying will always burn you down

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest mistake, as always, was trying to cover it up. Honestly will always win out and Lying will always burn you down

So was Monifa the one evading questions on that report? Real question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest mistake, as always, was trying to cover it up. Honestly will always win out and Lying will always burn you down

So was Monifa the one evading questions on that report? Real question.

Seems like it. There was a poster on DCUM who said this weeks ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's rude to call her or an educator by their first name, however, our principal signs everything with their first name only. I think its really unprofessional.

Why? I’m a teacher and I prefer using my first name as much as possible even though I have a doctorate. I wish the students could use first names of staff as well like some private schools do. Respect has nothing to do with what you are called.

Because the kids are not your friends or peers. Most of us prefer our first names but in a professional setting of a public school last name is proper.

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Yay! Hate her. Loser Who has done nothing but bring MCPS down and wasted so much time, energy and resources on equity, racism, blah blah blah. Focus on education. That’s your job! MCPS has fallen so far. Get rid of her, PLEASE!

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Anonymous wrote:I'd like to know how much the board knew about all the issues and why haven't they done anything sooner if they knew and how could they not know?

Building their case. Giving plenty of rope (although, given the race of the protagonists, I apologize for the unintended innuendo).
It looks like they have additional information on the Beidleman case.

It certainly wasn’t unintended when you decided to write it out and hit submit.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's rude to call her or an educator by their first name, however, our principal signs everything with their first name only. I think its really unprofessional.

Josh Starr insisted he be called Josh

Oddly, however, DCUM did not refer to him as Josh. It was "Damn you, Joshua Starr!1111111111!!!!!!!!!!1111" - his full first name plus his last name.

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Anonymous wrote:The Board has known for months that McKnight withheld information from them. What have they been doing all this time?

Gotta be careful when trying to break a contract. Very careful. Unless you want a 7 figure judgment against you.

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Anonymous wrote:The Board has known for months that McKnight withheld information from them. What have they been doing all this time?

Gotta be careful when trying to break a contract. Very careful. Unless you want a 7 figure judgment against you.

Realistically, MCPS is going to have to pay out the rest of the contract. The only way they could get into trouble is if they start making accusations against her (either out of spite or to try to argue for firing for cause).