Taylor: “What’s the Worst That Could Happen? They Fire Me?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Many people in the community genuinely have negative opinions and perceptions of Taylor based on their interactions with him or decisions he has made. It is most certainly not them positing in this thread.

But please do tell us more about how Essie and Peter actually hate Dr. Taylor and want to sabotage him? That's insider information that we haven't heard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Fake news. Essie could not be a superintendent even if she wanted to be one. She doesn't have an educational background or the required certification. Peter doesn't want the job, nobody does. Not even Taylor apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:I really dislike Taylor and disagree with most of the decisions he's been making and the way he's been approaching things.

But this email does not bother me.

The email itself doesn’t bother me. But it does hint to him being overwhelmed with the job and not giving two Fs anymore.

Nah, I think he's just being jokey. You gotta say something casual to lighten the mood after you say your "I'm gonna do what I think is right even if they fire me" thing.

My God. The Taylor apologists are capable of the most ridiculous mental gymnastics I've ever seen.

Dr. McKnight would have been nailed at the stake if she said this. But Taylor? Oh, he's just joking. Incredible.

You do understand that Communications Director Chris Cram is personally posting on this thread to make his boss look better.

Proof please?

(and no, I’m female, don’t work for the school district in any capacity and my name is not Chris, so don’t be an imbecile and say “hi Chris!”

Karen isn't going to provide any proof. She's just a Mad Mommy of MoCo who is Big Mad. Always. It should be the easiest thing in the world to link to the court documents she says proves MCPS employees post anonymously, but notice how she hasn't done so. Because she's also a lying liar who lies and a terrible person. I bet she yells at her kids a lot. Maybe they should removed from her custody by CPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Fake news. Essie could not be a superintendent even if she wanted to be one. She doesn't have an educational background or the required certification. Peter doesn't want the job, nobody does. Not even Taylor apparently.

Huh? Essie was an associate superintendent with MCPS. How does she not have an educational background?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Fake news. Essie could not be a superintendent even if she wanted to be one. She doesn't have an educational background or the required certification. Peter doesn't want the job, nobody does. Not even Taylor apparently.

How would anyone other than Essie or Peter know this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

You seriously need mental help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

You seriously need mental help.

+1
Must be a conspiracy-theory nutcase, or maybe the Moran lurker who always pops up to bash him!

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Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

Taylor sent a few kids and staff to China to play pickleball.
Air fare alone was $500K.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

Taylor sent a few kids and staff to China to play pickleball.
Air fare alone was $500K.

I don’t believe this. Pickleball is a corollary sport in mcps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

How is he good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Fake news. Essie could not be a superintendent even if she wanted to be one. She doesn't have an educational background or the required certification. Peter doesn't want the job, nobody does. Not even Taylor apparently.

Huh? Essie was an associate superintendent with MCPS. How does she not have an educational background?

Associate of Operations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is so creative. Essie McGuire and/or Peter Moran is responsible for the posts attacking Taylor, with the hopes of pushing Taylor out and assuming his role.

Both have participated in professional coups de’tat, and this is what they’re doing. She/he (they?) are using this board as a data point to support their mutiny.

While this is absolutely pathetic, it’s not surprising to anyone who knows any of the parties. These are the idiots in charge of our once cherished school system.

Get your popcorn ready.

Fake news. Essie could not be a superintendent even if she wanted to be one. She doesn't have an educational background or the required certification. Peter doesn't want the job, nobody does. Not even Taylor apparently.

How would anyone other than Essie or Peter know this?

Because it is all public info.

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Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

Taylor sent a few kids and staff to China to play pickleball.
Air fare alone was $500K.

I don’t believe this. Pickleball is a corollary sport in mcps.

Believe it. It's all over the mcps sports social media. They have been to china twice this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco posted an email that was forwarded to him from a community member who engaged with Taylor after Md. State Senator Cheryl Kagan criticized MCPS and Taylor for their decisions on Wootton. The response to the community member was quite revealing and Pagnucco reprinted it since he felt it revealed something about Taylor's character and/or his state of mind.

SOURCE: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/02/23/taylor-whats-the-worst-that-could-happen-they-fire-me/

Taylor’s email to the reader is printed below.

*****

This really means a lot. The data is what the data is – I can’t change it. Politicians who chest-thump is nothing new in Montgomery County. I work for politicians, but I am not one and I also don’t wobble when they fuss (this makes them uncomfortable). Been doing this a long time…what’s the worst that could happen? They fire me? …great! Maybe I’ll get a full night’s sleep for once. 🙂

In all seriousness, the state has no role in this, especially individual legislators. We’ll get through this. And yes – Magruder finally has a clear path! They will be in the next CIP…I just wish it didn’t take so dang long to get stuff done around here.

Again, thanks for reaching out. Onward…!

All my best,

Thomas

Oh, I like him now.
I didn’t really have an opinion of him before, but now...

How is it that all the I love Taylor posts haven't been able to name one thing they like about him except this one email?

The thing they like about him is that he is anti-parent. The people who love Taylor hate the parents and students they're supposed to serve.

I'd give Taylor a mixed review. He's made choices or proposals I support, choices I don't, and choices I have no feeling about because they don't concern me. I think you've nailed his supporters here, at least, with this comment. Look at the person posting in every thread with comments about "Mad Mommies," as if it's inherently insulting to be a parent who has opinions about the schools.

I'm not sold that Taylor himself has this attitude, but the email does give me pause. He talks about the opinions of politicians who "fuss," but the criticism of closing Wootton is coming from politicians because it's how their constituents feel. I don't care about Wootton in particular, but the Superintendent should be responsive to the concerns of parents when making a big change like that. It doesn't necessarily mean making a different choice, but I don't love how it seems like he's thinking about the response to the proposal.

Correct.

In Montgomery County, every decision will have supporters and detractors. That's a given. But Taylor and MCPS typically run afoul by not being transparent, honest and consistent with their own rules and policies.

Taylor is signaling here that he doesn't care about being fair or consistent and believes that he alone knows what's best for everyone.

The politicians are doing their job of advocating on behalf of their constituents. That he doesn't respect the political process and roles and responsibilities of the public and elected officials is troubling.

A sign of a dictator is when they attack politicians for doing their job. Beware of Taylor.

From working in MCPS and hearing stories of how he is in meetings with supervisors who have tried to present data and explain why the changes he's making are a bad idea, this fits exactly. I've been told he has no curiosity for understanding how/why things are the way they are, which could help him pinpoint the actual issues that need changing. Instead, the philosophy is that he knows best and you are gaslit if you say, for example "it's harder to do X job because you cut X positions last year" and the response is just "no, I actually gave more support to X area." Just blatantly false statements that can be debunked by his own budget. However TT and his minions are great at doublespeak and are very insistent that the natural consequences of his choices just haven't happened or couldn't possibly happen. This is why so many people have fled central office positions. Not just people whose positions were cut but people in the mid level who keep the system afloat with their institutional knowledge are over the incompetency. You now have people running things who literally know nothing about their area/programs. I think TT and co see this as a positive to "root out" the naysayers. It's all going to come crashing down eventually when you wind up with no one with any expertise!

Agreed. He is an arrogant narcissist who hammers at staff and thinks he has all the answers. We can’t fire him fast enough.

Lol. I'm a TT fan except for the electric bus part. Other than that he's good. I haven't seen the 'bocce ball millionaire' or 'kids museum' ghost schools issues popping up lately? Hopefully he'll stay a while.

Taylor sent a few kids and staff to China to play pickleball.
Air fare alone was $500K.

I don’t believe this. Pickleball is a corollary sport in mcps.

Believe it. It's all over the mcps sports social media. They have been to china twice this year.

Okay. Now I'm 180'ing on TT. Exchanges scheduled for 2026?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/news/mcps-news/2025/09/pickleball-diplomacy/#:~:text=Pickleball%20Diplomacy:%20Welcoming%20Students%20from%20China&text=Continuing%20our%20cultural%20exchange%2C%20MCPS,brought%20students%20together%20across%20borders.

If TT didn't personally authorize it, he needs to have a chat with Dr. Jeffrey Sullivan or this WILL get him fired! How can MCPS waste money like this?