new thread: Taylor

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

LOL

TAYOR HIRED BACK ESSIE MCGUIRE.

Did you see her lies yesterday?
Taylor is not changing anything. He loves the corruption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

LOL

TAYOR HIRED BACK ESSIE MCGUIRE.

Did you see her lies yesterday?
Taylor is not changing anything. He loves the corruption.

Essie was an a mess. If she was part of the team that did the original EV bus deal, how come Dana lied and said no one from that original team was still on staff??? Friedson asked directly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

LOL

TAYOR HIRED BACK ESSIE MCGUIRE.

Did you see her lies yesterday?
Taylor is not changing anything. He loves the corruption.

Essie was an a mess. If she was part of the team that did the original EV bus deal, how come Dana lied and said no one from that original team was still on staff??? Friedson asked directly.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

[Anonymous]

I would like to remind everyone that Dana Edwards was the MCPS employee was evasive and non-responsive to the OIG in the Beidleman report. So her "surprising" the OIG Limarzi with the $1.5 million invoice the day of the hearing was not an accident. It's a pattern of behavior she has exhibited. Dana thinks she's smarter than everybody and that the rules don't apply to her.

And Taylor regularly brings her up to BOE meetings to lie, gaslight and dance for him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

Then the GC should have shown up with them. Better yet they should have sent notice to the council asking to move the meeting to end of October given sensitive negotiations and provided them an update.

[Anonymous]

The Parents Coalition has more damning evidence of Essie's involvement in the original deal: https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2024/08/county-council-staffer-essie-mcguire.html

This is damning. Dana Edwards lied to Friedson, and Essie sat there and acted like she had nothing to do with the original deal when she knows what she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

Then the GC should have shown up with them. Better yet they should have sent notice to the council asking to move the meeting to end of October given sensitive negotiations and provided them an update.

I wonder who General Counsel reports to now that the system doesn't have a COO or a Deputy Superintendent.

[Anonymous]

Rules only apply to teachers. Not students, not admin, not parents, only teacher and we get blamed and shamed if we follow them or not. Actually we get in trouble if we follow them in a system that prides and promotes coverups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Parents Coalition has more damning evidence of Essie's involvement in the original deal: https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2024/08/county-council-staffer-essie-mcguire.html

This is damning. Dana Edwards lied to Friedson, and Essie sat there and acted like she had nothing to do with the original deal when she knows what she did.

In addition to Essie McGuire, Eugenia Dawson, who is named in the paperwork here, also still works for MCPS. She is now in the OSSI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

Then the GC should have shown up with them. Better yet they should have sent notice to the council asking to move the meeting to end of October given sensitive negotiations and provided them an update.

I wonder who General Counsel reports to now that the system doesn't have a COO or a Deputy Superintendent.

She reports directly to Taylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

The whole thing was disgraceful. How is it possible that Dana Edwards has maintained her iron grip on power and Essie McGuire has rejoined MCPS leadership?! 😣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He lives here now.

His kids are older.

He is implementing changes. Some aren’t very visible but they are being felt.

Example—downloadable sortable data shared with the board and public in BoardDocs..

Downloadable data is nice. But not a significant enough change to clap for him as some kind of change agent.

Where was Taylor today when Council wanted answers?

He let Dana Edwards fall flat on her face. Maybe it was intentional.

+1 He inherited a team that included folks like Edwards who had previously been removed from her position for corruption and cronyism. The optics of a full-scale house cleaning are bad, so he needs to give each of them a chance to succeed, and then document when they do not.

This is what a transition period looks like, particularly when someone is actually interested in making changes. Most MCPS parents haven't seen it before because McKnight came up from inside with all of the connections and loyalties inherent therein.

Edwards wasn’t the only one who came out foolish. I was stunned at how awkward and foolish Essie McGuire, Taylor’s chief of staff, was. I thought the whole point of grabbing her from the council was so that MCPS wouldn’t so easily be made the fool again future Council hearings. She could respond confidently or persuasively to any of the questions that she should have anticipated given her familiarity with the Council. She just repeating lawyerly phrases about acknowledging the failing and hoping to move forward.

👆. MCPS looked a mess and liked they hadn’t thought through what next after having received the reports from the IG. Admitting mistakes is welcomed. Learning and progressing from them is better.

For the PP who thinks this looks like transition, what I will say is it doesn’t look positive. His leadership team has once again showed up to BOE meetings and now County Council meeting seemingly unprepared with answers to questions folks should have seen coming a mile away. That says to me that your Leadership team hasn’t briefed you about what is going to be delivered and if they did you didn’t ask the key questions so they would know to be prepared to address.

But again, I cannot understand how or why Essie McGuire, who LITERALLY was a Council Analyst, decided to show up unprepared and answered the way that she did.

I think it was advice from General Counsel to admit to as little as possible and attempt to deflect and reframe that MCPS is focused on improving in the future. It was sad.

Then the GC should have shown up with them. Better yet they should have sent notice to the council asking to move the meeting to end of October given sensitive negotiations and provided them an update.

I wonder who General Counsel reports to now that the system doesn't have a COO or a Deputy Superintendent.

She reports directly to Taylor.

I see. Mrs. Stephanie Williams: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/directory/directory_Boxoffice.aspx?processlevel=20612