MCPS has Plans!

[Anonymous]

MCPS always has plans. New person in charge means new plans. unfortunately, since Weast left, the plans are all useless, and they don't actually achieve anything.

[Anonymous]

I think of the Curriculum 2.0 video in 2011 and all of the pap surrounding that launch. This is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.

But, even if they know something about systemic racism, it will not do them or anyone else any good if they can’t articulate what they know, especially in coherent written English, and form persuasive, organized arguments to support their beliefs. Schools should be very focused on training students to understand and make good arguments and much less focused on what to fill those arguments with. Content is important and some examination of what that content is might be helpful, but MCPS isn’t balancing it very well with a strong program in skills development right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.

But, even if they know something about systemic racism, it will not do them or anyone else any good if they can’t articulate what they know, especially in coherent written English, and form persuasive, organized arguments to support their beliefs. Schools should be very focused on training students to understand and make good arguments and much less focused on what to fill those arguments with. Content is important and some examination of what that content is might be helpful, but MCPS isn’t balancing it very well with a strong program in skills development right now.

The students may know systemic racism in the US well but they cannot balance a check book, budget their monthly expanse, find a job that pays rent and meals.

[Anonymous]

God this is #WeRAISE all over again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.

But, even if they know something about systemic racism, it will not do them or anyone else any good if they can’t articulate what they know, especially in coherent written English, and form persuasive, organized arguments to support their beliefs. Schools should be very focused on training students to understand and make good arguments and much less focused on what to fill those arguments with. Content is important and some examination of what that content is might be helpful, but MCPS isn’t balancing it very well with a strong program in skills development right now.

The students may know systemic racism in the US well but they cannot balance a check book, budget their monthly expanse, find a job that pays rent and meals.

How about: If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn as much as possible from a strong, well-rounded, content-based curriculum - including an in-depth study of history (among other subjects) so that they could learn lessons from the past, including mistakes like state sponsored, systemic racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS always has plans. New person in charge means new plans. unfortunately, since Weast left, the plans are all useless, and they don't actually achieve anything.

Weast established the MCPS Brand of putting out plans and meaningless, made up acronyms. He showed that Montgomery County parents would fall for PR over results time and time again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

This is nice and everything but really wish they'd focus on academics.

That has proven to be too difficult. MCPS has not been able to close the Achievement Gap at all, so it is giving up on academics. Instead, my MS kid gets to read Stamped and talk about the ideals of the BLM movement. All while she didn’t even have to take the end of the year Algebra exam - because MCPS didn’t have enough time to teach the entire class. Yet somehow, plenty of time for Kendi.

It’s much easier to make a big show of focusing on Equity than it is to ensure than kids learn Algebra.

With a parent like you, your kid needs to read Stamped.

What does that even mean? What kind of parent am I?

Let me answer that for you. I would like the school system to offer ALL kids a strong, solid education with a proven curriculum. THAT would be equitable. Give kids from all backgrounds a strong foundation in Language Arts and Math. Bonus points for Science and History and any other subjects.

Skip the politics.

And hold kids accountable. Don’t just skip tests because kids aren’t performing well on them. Offer supports and make sure all our kids learn the material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS always has plans. New person in charge means new plans. unfortunately, since Weast left, the plans are all useless, and they don't actually achieve anything.

Weast established the MCPS Brand of putting out plans and meaningless, made up acronyms. He showed that Montgomery County parents would fall for PR over results time and time again.

Yes to this.

Pay no attention to the abysmal test scores. Ignore the fact that the number of kids performing at or above grade level continues to decline. MCPS kids not performing well on a particular test? Get rid of it. Don’t address the root cause of the poor performance.

Talk about ‘equity initiatives’ and implement a bogus and unproven SEL curriculum to make parents and the media feel as if MCPS is doing something virtuous and ‘progressive’.

Meanwhile, kids of all races in the County were pretty much left behind last year. While the rest of the country had its kids back in school, our kids were off on Wednesdays and some of our kids got a grand total of 16 in person school days over 17 months. Ridiculous, MCPS, just ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

And I hope you pick DL virtual academy all smug and realize your kid will never catch up socially or academically once it’s too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 2.5 year strategic plan:

Prosper 100
P-Putting Students First
R-Renewing Relationships
O-Opening 5 Days a Week for In-Person Instruction
S-Supporting Staff to Meet Student Needs
P-Preparing for Our Future
E-Educating for Equity
R-Reestablishing the Culture of Respect

And a new Org Chart

They have me enthused! Or something...

How is Central Office being reorganized? Are there more positions, less, or just reshuffle of the same?

Rebranding does not help students catch up after online learning. Rebranding seems like another way to waste money. Parents don’t believe much MCPS wants to spin after this past year. Keep politics out of the classroom and get back to teaching the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 2.5 year strategic plan:

Prosper 100
P-Putting Students First
R-Renewing Relationships
O-Opening 5 Days a Week for In-Person Instruction
S-Supporting Staff to Meet Student Needs
P-Preparing for Our Future
E-Educating for Equity
R-Reestablishing the Culture of Respect

And a new Org Chart

They have me enthused! Or something...

How is Central Office being reorganized? Are there more positions, less, or just reshuffle of the same?

Rebranding does not help students catch up after online learning. Rebranding seems like another way to waste money. Parents don’t believe much MCPS wants to spin after this past year. Keep politics out of the classroom and get back to teaching the curriculum.

Wasting money is an MCPS specialty.

LOL @ their 2.5 year plan.

[Anonymous]

I have to laugh at the name - 2.5 Year Project plan. Looks like Curriculum 2.0. They couldn’t do a 3 year or heaven really far out planning, a 5 year plan?

Perhaps MCPS thinks it will take 2.5 years to find a new Superintendent and therefore this plan will get the boot for the new Superintendent’s agenda. Keep the pendulum that is education in MCPS swinging. The people in Central Office need to justify their big paychecks while students struggle to catch up after online learning. Here’s a thought - hire more teachers and decrease class sizes.

[Anonymous]

FY2021
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/MCPS-Organization-FY2020.pdf


FY2022
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/FY_2022_MCPS_StrategicOrgLeadershipStructure_OrgChart%20FINAL.pdf

[Anonymous]

FY2021
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/MCPS-Organization-FY2020.pdf

There was a Deputy Superintendent (Monifa McKnight).
The Equity Initiatives Unit was directly under the Dep. Superintendent
3 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Engagement, Innovation, and Operation, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
11 " Associate Superintendent of ....."


FY2022
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/FY_2022_MCPS_StrategicOrgLeadershipStructure_OrgChart%20FINAL.pdf

No Deputy Superintendent.
The Equity Initiatives is under Chief of Strategic Initiatives.
6 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Chief of Districtwide Services and Supports, Chief of Finance and Operations, Chief of Human Resources and Development, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
2 "Assistant Chief of......"
10 "Associate Superintendent of ...."