Jerry Weast is back...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems as though MM has brought back Jerry Weast, as well as other highly paid consultants who worked in the district years ago, rather than hired critical positions in schools and central. Anyone else hearing this?

What is MM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It seems as though MM has brought back Jerry Weast, as well as other highly paid consultants who worked in the district years ago, rather than hired critical positions in schools and central. Anyone else hearing this?

What is MM?

Guessing they mean Dr. McKnight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems as though MM has brought back Jerry Weast, as well as other highly paid consultants who worked in the district years ago, rather than hired critical positions in schools and central. Anyone else hearing this?

Source???

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

I don't know if I'd buy that. Those kids are already on the ground level in terms of performance. No amount of money bring them up. I guess one good news is they can't go down any lower.

Really? My kids are getting an amazing education. Like they say you can lead a horse to water...

Objectively, this probably isn't true, but I am sure that they are getting good grades.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

This! Weast got it done when we were primarily white. I've been in MCPS for almost 25 years. Weast wouldn't know what the hell to do with our majority BIPOC community. I've seen some other retired folks McKnight has brought back and I just shake my head. I remember sitting in meetings thinking they were out to lunch 5 to 10 years ago. Can't imagine how out of touch they've become in the years since they retired. What a waste of money to make it seem like this brain trust is going to solve all of our problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Do you have citations to research showing that's true for MCPS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

I don't know if I'd buy that. Those kids are already on the ground level in terms of performance. No amount of money bring them up. I guess one good news is they can't go down any lower.

Really? My kids are getting an amazing education. Like they say you can lead a horse to water...

Mine too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

This! Weast got it done when we were primarily white. I've been in MCPS for almost 25 years. Weast wouldn't know what the hell to do with our majority BIPOC community. I've seen some other retired folks McKnight has brought back and I just shake my head. I remember sitting in meetings thinking they were out to lunch 5 to 10 years ago. Can't imagine how out of touch they've become in the years since they retired. What a waste of money to make it seem like this brain trust is going to solve all of our problems.

That aren't the greatest generation for nothin'!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

No worries. Mcps does not discriminate like you think. They serve very few well and put very little focus on white kids and failed them too.

Not if you look at outcomes by race. Wealthy POC students do worse than poor White kids. Research shows schools treat POC different than White students. This is the schools' fault.

Umm…it’s not just the school’s fault - what about negative peer pressure? Other kids calling them “not black enough.” This is a problem.

White students have negative peer pressure too. There is clear research showing that teachers expect less of Black students and subject then to worse punishments for the same behavior compared with White students. I wouldn't be very motivated under those circumstances either.

I'm curious about how "clear" this "research" is that you're citing and whether it has been done for MCPS, but in my experience, MCPS bends over backwards to accommodate BIPOC students.

If you were that "curious" you would look it up. It's not hard. Not gonna waste my time on someone who actively chooses to be ignorant and then claims to be "curious". GTFOOH.

But I don't have access to research that only exists in your imagination!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Weast got nothing done and was fired when he was caught getting payoffs from Pearson.
He was all about faking PR to sucker you in.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Complain all you want, be Weast got it done. MCPS was tops in the state and the nation when he was Sup. Ever since he has left, MCPS has been in a rapid decline (in the state and the nation)

Totally with you. It has been a rapid, ugly decline.

I'm SO, SO happy my youngest is graduating this year.

MCPS is in decline because they have no earthly idea how to serve students of color, which is where all the growth is. They are all talk and no action on equity, which does absolutely nothing but piss off the White parents.

This! Weast got it done when we were primarily white. I've been in MCPS for almost 25 years. Weast wouldn't know what the hell to do with our majority BIPOC community. I've seen some other retired folks McKnight has brought back and I just shake my head. I remember sitting in meetings thinking they were out to lunch 5 to 10 years ago. Can't imagine how out of touch they've become in the years since they retired. What a waste of money to make it seem like this brain trust is going to solve all of our problems.

That aren't the greatest generation for nothin'!!

Weast is 95? He is really old.