And she hasn't been officially sworn in yet

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

She's doing a great job. She's setting priorities and following through. Teachers are quitting because they're burnt out after dealing the pandemic and some very unpleasant parents who demand the private school treatment.

You keep telling yourself that because it makes you feel better about being so wrong about the school closures.

But that's not what the teachers on this thread, or in social media, or in real life are saying. They are quitting bc of the in-class experiences they are having. Disruptive children. Unable to punish. Unsupportive principals/central office.

Listen to the teachers, instead of trying to believe something that just validates your own perspective

I know! She's running MCPS into the ground by buying bocce ball for disabled kids and recruiting at an HBCU! LOL

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

She's doing a great job. She's setting priorities and following through. Teachers are quitting because they're burnt out after dealing the pandemic and some very unpleasant parents who demand the private school treatment.

You keep telling yourself that because it makes you feel better about being so wrong about the school closures.

But that's not what the teachers on this thread, or in social media, or in real life are saying. They are quitting bc of the in-class experiences they are having. Disruptive children. Unable to punish. Unsupportive principals/central office.

Listen to the teachers, instead of trying to believe something that just validates your own perspective

It's so obvious you're a parent that is part of the problem so YOU are the one projecting here. If you DID listen to teachers, you'd hear most of them saying parents are one of the main reasons they are leaving. You all spent the last year belittling us, berating us, and treating us like garbage because of decisions that were made that had nothing to do with us. It was disgusting and vile. Some of you are even running for office now and pretending to care about teachers in order to gain our votes. Not gonna happen. You may have won the hearts of some teachers, but the majority of us will never forget the things you all said and did the last two years. It is absolutely, without a doubt a HUGE reason teachers are leaving. I should know. I'm one of them...along with many of my peers. We all share the same sentiments. Please don't speak for us when you are the problem.

I work at Stonegate Elementary. The person being referenced above says all teachers that know her support her. I just.....I'm not going to add anything other than the only word that comes to mind when we read that: delusional.

To be clear, I don't mean the teacher that posted before me. That poster is right on the money. I am referring to the person who is running for office who thinks she has teacher support.

Another teacher here. Parents have been great. The problems are exactly as the other TEACHERS have stated. No teachers at my school support Dr. McKnight. Full stop.

The teachers I know all say it's the COVID Karens driving them mad demanding the private school treatment not the super.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

She's doing a great job. She's setting priorities and following through. Teachers are quitting because they're burnt out after dealing the pandemic and some very unpleasant parents who demand the private school treatment.

You keep telling yourself that because it makes you feel better about being so wrong about the school closures.

But that's not what the teachers on this thread, or in social media, or in real life are saying. They are quitting bc of the in-class experiences they are having. Disruptive children. Unable to punish. Unsupportive principals/central office.

Listen to the teachers, instead of trying to believe something that just validates your own perspective

It's so obvious you're a parent that is part of the problem so YOU are the one projecting here. If you DID listen to teachers, you'd hear most of them saying parents are one of the main reasons they are leaving. You all spent the last year belittling us, berating us, and treating us like garbage because of decisions that were made that had nothing to do with us. It was disgusting and vile. Some of you are even running for office now and pretending to care about teachers in order to gain our votes. Not gonna happen. You may have won the hearts of some teachers, but the majority of us will never forget the things you all said and did the last two years. It is absolutely, without a doubt a HUGE reason teachers are leaving. I should know. I'm one of them...along with many of my peers. We all share the same sentiments. Please don't speak for us when you are the problem.

I work at Stonegate Elementary. The person being referenced above says all teachers that know her support her. I just.....I'm not going to add anything other than the only word that comes to mind when we read that: delusional.

To be clear, I don't mean the teacher that posted before me. That poster is right on the money. I am referring to the person who is running for office who thinks she has teacher support.

Another teacher here. Parents have been great. The problems are exactly as the other TEACHERS have stated. No teachers at my school support Dr. McKnight. Full stop.

Anecdotally, I haven’t heard any teachers bring up McKnight one way or the other at my school. Same for any of the previous sup’s. They are typically just too far removed from a classroom and teaching staff for us to have an opinion typically. When I taught at McKnights former school admin position, people said she was a good administrator though which is rare to hear sometimes.

I am against McKnight because I feel that it will just be a continuation of poor policies that don’t support teachers or are not well communicated.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

No, they are quitting because of parents like you. Ask me how I know.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

There was a black man served as Superintendent at MCPS in the 80s or early 90s. Do you mean mean people in moCo became more racist after 20-30 years? I assume we can criticize anyone in leadership position in public office based on their performance. Did Jerry West, Joshua Start, or Jack Smith never receive any critics?

Are you blind to the word "woman"?
And yes, some of the new transplants moving to MoCo are racists.

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I work at one of the schools with very few active parents. The majority of my parents are very friendly and appreciative but speak very little English. For other students, I have no contact with their parents.

There are not many schools in the county with very active parents- though those parents are way more likely to be on DCUM and friends with those on DCUM. I can see those parents being frustrating, but that is just not my reality or the reality of anyone who works in my cluster (Seneca Valley). However, that doesn't represent the majority of county schools.

Like a PP, we don't actually talk about the superintendent much, but we do talk over and over again about how far Montgomery county has fallen. How there are no academic expectations. How there are no behavioral expectations. How the schools aren't safe. How there are no substitutes. How we feel like we can't teach anymore. How we are all miserable.

Although these are themes we are seeing around the country, we had hoped that a new superintendent would come in with suggestions. I think that is the part that is so hard. All we are hearing is how it will get worse before it gets better. We already know that there will be more unfilled teacher openings. We are also not hearing that there will be any plan to make discipline in schools a priority. Things like that.

I think that is why there is so much negativity. Everyone wants hope and currently there is no hope in the county.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

No, they are quitting because of parents like you. Ask me how I know.

Not PP, but what from that short response gave you so much insight into what kind of parent they are, so much so that you are quitting because of it?

[Anonymous]

Lol. Anyone who doesn't like her is a racist? Yeah, that's a non-starter. Honey, respect has to be earned.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

Teachers are resigning all over the country. It's not just an MCPS thing.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of bitter, entitled parents in this thread. No one is forcing you to send you snowflake to MCPS. Take you money and go somewhere else and leave MCPS to the immigrants you so openly dislike.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

No, they are quitting because of parents like you. Ask me how I know.

Not PP, but what from that short response gave you so much insight into what kind of parent they are, so much so that you are quitting because of it?

I felt I knew exactly what they meant.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s like MCPS PR contracts were hired to constantly post to deflect any criticism of Dr. McKnight on DCUM. Great use of tax dollars.

I agree with this. Either the person is paid to defend McKnight or the person has not been in a school this year or spoken to a teacher and/or principal. The defender seems so out of touch with the reality in the schools right now. I’d be okay if they mentioned that she was trying and shared some examples while actually also mentioning the flip side.

At the school I work at, 1/3 of the IEP case managers were never hired leaving the others with ridiculous caseloads. We never get substitutes and are pulled for coverage all day. The principal does not have permission to suspend students (that is correct- a principal needs permission!) so the disruptive students just run in the halls all day scaring the younger kids. There are full on fights in the halls and at recess but no extra staff to deal with it so the kids are just left to continue to disrupt and scare. Very few kids are at grade level, so teaching the grade-level curriculum is inappropriate so we have tears from students who actually want to learn. Teachers talk about quitting daily. It’s a mess. That’s the reality of MCPS right now.

I feel the exact opposite. I'm so tired of the same posters reshashing the same weak issues day after day in a new thread. They're so persistent and it's like a broken record. It's pretty clear they're obsessed with McKnight or simply paid to sew grievance with schools as they did in VA to serve their political ends.

What, you don't want to hear the truth? Many parents I know are saying this about in person with the fightings and behavior in MS and HS, especially.

Many kids are behind as they didn't participate last year and did the absolute minimum. They reduced the class time, took away homework and little accountability. Of course, many kids didn't learn as much last year.

Dr. McKnight needs to step up her game. She needs to hold students and parents accountable for the students behavior and hold school staff accountable for theirs. They need to bring homework back, especially in core classes, they need to bring back textbooks as some kids are visual learners, they need to fail kids who don't attend or do the work, etc.

The truth seems to be some posters can't accept that AA woman is running the school system.

This exactly. No matter how much they deny it or try to hide it.

Or the truth is that she doesn’t have the skills to run a large school system. That’s why 800 teachers are resigning.

Teachers are resigning all over the country. It's not just an MCPS thing.

But it's so much fun to pretend that it has to do with McKnight or the BOE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of bitter, entitled parents in this thread. No one is forcing you to send you snowflake to MCPS. Take you money and go somewhere else and leave MCPS to the immigrants you so openly dislike.

Whenever I read this board, I can't help but feel bad for the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a lot of bitter, entitled parents in this thread. No one is forcing you to send you snowflake to MCPS. Take you money and go somewhere else and leave MCPS to the immigrants you so openly dislike.

Not all of us are like you and have the money or flexibility to just up and move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work at one of the schools with very few active parents. The majority of my parents are very friendly and appreciative but speak very little English. For other students, I have no contact with their parents.

There are not many schools in the county with very active parents- though those parents are way more likely to be on DCUM and friends with those on DCUM. I can see those parents being frustrating, but that is just not my reality or the reality of anyone who works in my cluster (Seneca Valley). However, that doesn't represent the majority of county schools.

Like a PP, we don't actually talk about the superintendent much, but we do talk over and over again about how far Montgomery county has fallen. How there are no academic expectations. How there are no behavioral expectations. How the schools aren't safe. How there are no substitutes. How we feel like we can't teach anymore. How we are all miserable.

Although these are themes we are seeing around the country, we had hoped that a new superintendent would come in with suggestions. I think that is the part that is so hard. All we are hearing is how it will get worse before it gets better. We already know that there will be more unfilled teacher openings. We are also not hearing that there will be any plan to make discipline in schools a priority. Things like that.

I think that is why there is so much negativity. Everyone wants hope and currently there is no hope in the county.

We very much want to be active but our PTA president is the ultimate mean girl along with her friends and either doesn’t respond or refuses help so no good way to participate. MCCPTA and the school admin are equally cliquey and supports her behavior. Tired of people complaining about the lack of volunteers when some of us try and get shut out.