MCPS Hires Nancy Navarro to Clean Up Its Messes and Fix Its Relationship Problems

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Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

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Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

OK, so she's a part-time temp. No board approval necessary.

Unless she gets over $25k in a year.

No. Temp appointments aren't voted on by the board.

Unless she gets over $25,000 a year.

The board never votes on temporary or acting appointments.

They do when payments are over $25,000.

Nope. They don't.

It's the law. You can hate it, but it is still the law. Over $25K needs a vote of the BOE.

Source?

The law.

Fact: MCPS has hundreds of TPT staff who make over $25K per year. Most of them are in schools. The BOE is NOT approving all of those people. They never have.

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Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

OK, so she's a part-time temp. No board approval necessary.

Unless she gets over $25k in a year.

No. Temp appointments aren't voted on by the board.

Unless she gets over $25,000 a year.

The board never votes on temporary or acting appointments.

They do when payments are over $25,000.

Nope. They don't.

It's the law. You can hate it, but it is still the law. Over $25K needs a vote of the BOE.

Source?

The law.

Weak dodge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

They do an excellent job on these things. I find the communication is greater than what is necessary. Sure, there are some cranks who post here that will never be happy with anything they do so not like I'd take them too seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

OK, so she's a part-time temp. No board approval necessary.

Unless she gets over $25k in a year.

No. Temp appointments aren't voted on by the board.

Unless she gets over $25,000 a year.

The board never votes on temporary or acting appointments.

They do when payments are over $25,000.

Nope. They don't.

It's the law. You can hate it, but it is still the law. Over $25K needs a vote of the BOE.

Source?

The law.

Fact: MCPS has hundreds of TPT staff who make over $25K per year. Most of them are in schools. The BOE is NOT approving all of those people. They never have.

They approve all those positions. They always do. It is what is called the budget.

Nancy Navarro’s “position” is brand new and was not in the budget. The BOE has to approve the expenditure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

They do an excellent job on these things. I find the communication is greater than what is necessary. Sure, there are some cranks who post here that will never be happy with anything they do so not like I'd take them too seriously.

Come on man.

[Anonymous]

They focus there efforts and waste fraud and abuse and cover-up of said wfa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

They do an excellent job on these things. I find the communication is greater than what is necessary. Sure, there are some cranks who post here that will never be happy with anything they do so not like I'd take them too seriously.

+1000

[Anonymous]

So, I'm the PP who initially said that I could see this being above board, but the decision to structure this as a TPT hire rather than a vendor services contract does appear to be an attempt to avoid the normal competitive process related to hiring a vendor.

In general, a TPT employee has clearly defined tasks and a written job description. They aren't union employees, but they might do some of the same tasks if the school has identified a short term need.

A role like this one (advising the Superintendent) is unusual, and I would argue should have been put to a competitive bid. Choosing to do this as a TPT position isn't unheard of, but it's not a decision I would have advised given the level of scrutiny here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I'm the PP who initially said that I could see this being above board, but the decision to structure this as a TPT hire rather than a vendor services contract does appear to be an attempt to avoid the normal competitive process related to hiring a vendor.

In general, a TPT employee has clearly defined tasks and a written job description. They aren't union employees, but they might do some of the same tasks if the school has identified a short term need.

A role like this one (advising the Superintendent) is unusual, and I would argue should have been put to a competitive bid. Choosing to do this as a TPT position isn't unheard of, but it's not a decision I would have advised given the level of scrutiny here.

It's also not a position in the approved budget. It fails no matter how you want to spin it.

The BOE needs to approve vendors and positions. The BOE approves how to spend $$$. Either way, the BOE has to approve this expenditure of money. That's their job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

They do an excellent job on these things. I find the communication is greater than what is necessary. Sure, there are some cranks who post here that will never be happy with anything they do so not like I'd take them too seriously.

Transparency is required by law, regardless of your opinion that it's greater than necessary.

As far as MCPS' willingness to be transparent, check the average time it takes for MCPS to conduct relatively simple MPIA requests (that should normally take only a few hours to do). Foot-dragging time-sensitive requests, charge-back for a simple request, "misunderstandings" of requests, misleading or unresponsive replies are what I'm most familiar with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So, I'm the PP who initially said that I could see this being above board, but the decision to structure this as a TPT hire rather than a vendor services contract does appear to be an attempt to avoid the normal competitive process related to hiring a vendor.

In general, a TPT employee has clearly defined tasks and a written job description. They aren't union employees, but they might do some of the same tasks if the school has identified a short term need.

A role like this one (advising the Superintendent) is unusual, and I would argue should have been put to a competitive bid. Choosing to do this as a TPT position isn't unheard of, but it's not a decision I would have advised given the level of scrutiny here.

It's also not a position in the approved budget. It fails no matter how you want to spin it.

The BOE needs to approve vendors and positions. The BOE approves how to spend $$$. Either way, the BOE has to approve this expenditure of money. That's their job.

+1000

Can McKnight spend 100K without any accountability to the Public or oversight by the BOE?

What if she had ten of these positions? The claim of McKnight being able to spend taxpayer funds with zero accountability or oversight doesn't hold water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Her hourly salary is $96.62. That means if she works 20 hours a week, her annual compensation would be $100,485. Since MCPS states that her position has no written job description and “the scope of her duties would be determined by the superintendent,” her hours worked and therefore her total compensation presumably depends on the superintendent’s wishes.
https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

That's a "personal services" contract. Ethics anyone?

It's a three-month temporary position.

https://moco360.media/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-pay-released-three-months-96-62-per-hour/

Seems by the book and completely above board. I just don't get how these posters always see everything as some conspiracy.

Are you saying MCPS is known for their transparency, truthfulness, and clear communication? Come on man.

They do an excellent job on these things. I find the communication is greater than what is necessary. Sure, there are some cranks who post here that will never be happy with anything they do so not like I'd take them too seriously.

Agree and this is obviously fine but some of the posters here have an axe to grind and will never be happy with anything.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/12/22/navarros-mcps-salary-revealed/

OK, so she's a part-time temp. No board approval necessary.

Unless she gets over $25k in a year.

No. Temp appointments aren't voted on by the board.

Unless she gets over $25,000 a year.

The board never votes on temporary or acting appointments.

They do when payments are over $25,000.

Nope. They don't.

It's the law. You can hate it, but it is still the law. Over $25K needs a vote of the BOE.

Source?

The law.

Fact: MCPS has hundreds of TPT staff who make over $25K per year. Most of them are in schools. The BOE is NOT approving all of those people. They never have.

They approve all those positions. They always do. It is what is called the budget.

Nancy Navarro’s “position” is brand new and was not in the budget. The BOE has to approve the expenditure.

unless it's below 25k then there's no need