Is it possible to get rid of Jack Smith?
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Anonymous
It might not lead to any revolutionary changes, but at least it will document what has been hidden in plain sight for far too long. As a (mostly) black person with (mostly) black children who teaches in a predominantly black and brown school, I’m ready for the sunshine and will help direct the mirrors into the corners that need it the most. I’ve been complaining about some colleagues since 2001. One finally was removed for abusing a child with SN, but it didn’t surface that he hates people of color. The child’s disability just made him a soft target for a man who was too afraid of able-bodied black boys to try it with them. I consider it money well spent to collect data about systemic racism in MCPS. Even if no policy emerges, people can’t claim the system isn’t rigged. |
Anonymous
The audit will show data that we already have and the system already has access to. It will then lead to more studies, focus groups, and surveys. None of which will actually help improve the educational opportunities for black and brown students. Jack could implement support systems for students, extra help on weekends or after school, hire more teachers in students with high percentages of minority students, create a county wide magnet system or any other action that would actually help students. That half a million could go a long way toward helping students but why help students when you can hire someone to dig deep into the data that you already have. |
Anonymous
We need more speech pathologists, reading specialists, OT's and other but not just for students of color but all kids. We have tutoring on weekends at the Saturday school. Some school, like our middle school, has an after school program as weak (though not during COVID). You clearly don't know what's available. |
Anonymous
There’s a lot of official data we don’t have such as how high achieving Black and Latino students in MCPS are still treated by staff and peers as if they don’t deserve to be in advanced classes or should not take a class that is a bit of a stretch. We don’t have the official data on how often the advice of teachers of color and even administrators is disregarded when white staff is struggling with our kids. |
Anonymous
So anecdotal data from student/parent surveys? That can be helpful but the giant bureaucracy at central office should be able to handle that in house and should not require a half a million to hire an outside entity. If we need to hire outside help for this than there's no reason to have the giant equity team in central office. Eliminate their positions and then go audit away. |
Anonymous
| Parents will love Jack Smith now that the deadline is the last day of the quarter and 50% replaces zero for no work submitted. |
Anonymous
He's so awesome! |
Anonymous
| He and his team just never seem to have a plan for anything. It's just throw up their hands and say I dunno. For all the money being spent on bureaucratic leadership in central office, you think they would have better ideas. If the budget is in such a dire situation, fire everyone at central office and use that money to actually help students. |
Anonymous
Really? Their reopening plan was well thought out and measured. Do you only complain because you want free daycare regardless of the human cost? |
Anonymous
It was also 6 months overdue |
Anonymous
Give him a raise, please. |
Anonymous
| mcps blows |
Anonymous
blows me away with how good they are |
Anonymous
That was really bad lady. Put down the martini's, it's only 1 PM. |
Anonymous
It's ok that it was 6 months overdue. Jack will still get a 50% on it according to MCPS grading policy. |