New Superintendent to be named on February 8th

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Finally, some common sense on this thread! Why would any superintendent want this job seeing half of the comments on this thread? Not every situation has some one-sided narrative that sticks and spreads. Although a reason why there may only be 12 applicants is that people were scared away by the interim title, as most of those candidates end up getting the job. Having a year-plus head start and knowing the system is very hard to beat.

Are you saying we're stuck with McKnight because all the good applicants refused the job?

I'm saying that applicants probably didn't reply because the DC area has a reputation of over-involved stakeholders (especially parents - for example, we know how wacky W school parents can get). People also probably refrained from applying because it's hard to beat out an incumbent/interim.

I’d add i,n the fact Maryland has 8 counties of smaller size looking for a Super doesn’t help, two of which are neighboring. Neither does the fact that Fairfax is looking for a Super and its similarly sized and-demographics and also neighboring. Not to mention all that went down in DCPS last year. As PP said, the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult, stressful, political, and a burnout. Add in a Pandemic and also an area with a high number of competitive private schools, its not as attractive a position as some of ya’ll might think.

What a very MCPS-centric view of the world that everything is not their fault.

And this type of feedback/snark is exactly what I’m talking about. We didn’t mention anything about fault. We mentioned why the job is not as attractive in the open market as some seem to believe it is. But like always if it doesn’t align with your sentiments then it can’t possibly be reality…

I’m not sure how you can read a phrase like “the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult,” and then object to someone pointing out that this looks like finger pointing.

Yes, the hyper-privileged parents from MCPS who think the school system should cater to them are very difficult to deal with since no matter what the super does it will never be sufficient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was unanimously voted in.

I hope every single one of the BOE gets unanimously voted out. This is unreal.

+10000000000000000000000000

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Finally, some common sense on this thread! Why would any superintendent want this job seeing half of the comments on this thread? Not every situation has some one-sided narrative that sticks and spreads. Although a reason why there may only be 12 applicants is that people were scared away by the interim title, as most of those candidates end up getting the job. Having a year-plus head start and knowing the system is very hard to beat.

Are you saying we're stuck with McKnight because all the good applicants refused the job?

I'm saying that applicants probably didn't reply because the DC area has a reputation of over-involved stakeholders (especially parents - for example, we know how wacky W school parents can get). People also probably refrained from applying because it's hard to beat out an incumbent/interim.

I’d add i,n the fact Maryland has 8 counties of smaller size looking for a Super doesn’t help, two of which are neighboring. Neither does the fact that Fairfax is looking for a Super and its similarly sized and-demographics and also neighboring. Not to mention all that went down in DCPS last year. As PP said, the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult, stressful, political, and a burnout. Add in a Pandemic and also an area with a high number of competitive private schools, its not as attractive a position as some of ya’ll might think.

What a very MCPS-centric view of the world that everything is not their fault.

And this type of feedback/snark is exactly what I’m talking about. We didn’t mention anything about fault. We mentioned why the job is not as attractive in the open market as some seem to believe it is. But like always if it doesn’t align with your sentiments then it can’t possibly be reality…

I’m not sure how you can read a phrase like “the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult,” and then object to someone pointing out that this looks like finger pointing.

Yes, the hyper-privileged parents from MCPS who think the school system should cater to them are very difficult to deal with since no matter what the super does it will never be sufficient.

Yeah- behold my privilege about wanting a superintendent who will do something about black children being beaten up and gunned down at school!

[Anonymous]

So the state superintendent has to approve as well? Does that mean we can advocate to him since the BOE isn’t listening? Here’s his contact info:

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/13sdoe/html/msa18304.html

[Anonymous]

McKnight was announced to be our new superintendent in a staff email this morning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the state superintendent has to approve as well? Does that mean we can advocate to him since the BOE isn’t listening? Here’s his contact info:

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/13sdoe/html/msa18304.html

I’m sure he’ll approve her. It’s just another sham formality.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the hyper-privileged parents from MCPS who think the school system should cater to them are very difficult to deal with since no matter what the super does it will never be sufficient.


Disingenuous nonsense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the state superintendent has to approve as well? Does that mean we can advocate to him since the BOE isn’t listening? Here’s his contact info:

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/13sdoe/html/msa18304.html

This is why no one wants the job.

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Finally, some common sense on this thread! Why would any superintendent want this job seeing half of the comments on this thread? Not every situation has some one-sided narrative that sticks and spreads. Although a reason why there may only be 12 applicants is that people were scared away by the interim title, as most of those candidates end up getting the job. Having a year-plus head start and knowing the system is very hard to beat.

Are you saying we're stuck with McKnight because all the good applicants refused the job?

I'm saying that applicants probably didn't reply because the DC area has a reputation of over-involved stakeholders (especially parents - for example, we know how wacky W school parents can get). People also probably refrained from applying because it's hard to beat out an incumbent/interim.

I’d add i,n the fact Maryland has 8 counties of smaller size looking for a Super doesn’t help, two of which are neighboring. Neither does the fact that Fairfax is looking for a Super and its similarly sized and-demographics and also neighboring. Not to mention all that went down in DCPS last year. As PP said, the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult, stressful, political, and a burnout. Add in a Pandemic and also an area with a high number of competitive private schools, its not as attractive a position as some of ya’ll might think.

What a very MCPS-centric view of the world that everything is not their fault.

And this type of feedback/snark is exactly what I’m talking about. We didn’t mention anything about fault. We mentioned why the job is not as attractive in the open market as some seem to believe it is. But like always if it doesn’t align with your sentiments then it can’t possibly be reality…

I’m not sure how you can read a phrase like “the region is developing a reputation for being notoriously difficult,” and then object to someone pointing out that this looks like finger pointing.

Yes, the hyper-privileged parents from MCPS who think the school system should cater to them are very difficult to deal with since no matter what the super does it will never be sufficient.

Yeah- behold my privilege about wanting a superintendent who will do something about black children being beaten up and gunned down at school!

You don't even know a black or brown child.

[Anonymous]

McKnight named. Expected but horrible choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McKnight named. Expected but horrible choice.

. Please explain why she is a horrible choice with facts.

[Anonymous]

Well, she's not good, but to be honest, I'm not sure anybody would have handled this period any better.


So, as usual, we take what we can, the least worse, hopefully.

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Anonymous wrote:McKnight named. Expected but horrible choice.

. Please explain why she is a horrible choice with facts.

How she has handled snow day closure and Covid closure this year. Her slow response to the Magruder shooting. Do we need more?

[Anonymous]

mcps is going down

[Anonymous]

They just want to make history and nobody really cares about the students!