
Teachers can enforce deadlines. My kids have plenty of teachers doing exactly that. You many need to speak to your child’s teachers/APs and Principal. Umm what Super do you think has been ushering in the Science of Reading, added in RGR and Dibels??? |
You keep putting the focus on holding people wanting Monifa to prevent bad things from happening. No, that's obviously not realistic. Again, she's being judged for how she responds, or fails to respond to things, as they happen. Since you picked the antiracism audit, let's dig into that. Even the black community, who is arguably the stakeholder group most invested and engaged in this work, was wildly underwhelmed with the audit and its action plan. The audit itself was not groundbreaking. It confirmed what most already knew, but fine. We had fresh numbers to put against those assumptions. Where Monifa really flopped was in the antiracist action plan, which was SUPPOSED to transform MCPS. Though into what and how remained unclear. LINK: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/antiracist/action-plan/ This document, which is written in vague, bureaucratic ed-speak. The average black parent today has no idea how the antiracism audit and action plan are improving things for their kids today or tomorrow. The most optimistic view is that once all of these policy reviews, committees and workgroups complete their work that something good will come of it. But what that specifically will be and when it will be done is unclear. The more realistic or pessimistic view is that this was a massive waste of time, money and energy and nothing meaningful will come from all this work. So once again, Monifa's failure to connect her actions with impact, even in an area where she has support such as antiracism, is another example of her failed leadership. Ask any black parent how they feel about the antircaism audit and action plan and I guarantee you you'll get eye rolls and deep sighs. |
Do you really not understand why kids continue to behave so badly? It's because there are zero consequences. Do you have teenagers? I swear the people who come up with shLt like RJ have absolutely no clue about how teenagers minds work. It starts from the top. She sets the tone for the entire school district. Teachers are the ones down in the trenches, and they had lost confidence in her a while ago. There have been more and more negative news surrounding MCPS since she's taken over. It's time to get someone new in. |
Is a black woman's attempt at protecting a black man who is sexually harrassing women, some who may be black, her version of "anti-racist"? |
+1 |
I'm not my principal's or my teacher's boss. I can't force them to enforce deadlines. The Super can do that. |
Too much man for MCPS and it's whiny culture. Too concerned with optics vs reality. Dr. McKnight did this to herself and has no one else to blame. The Board should suck it up and ask Jerry Weast to come in on an interim basis. Who knew he'd be so difficult to replace. |
Let's look at what life in LAUSD is like post-removal of metal detectors. Oh, look! Multiple stabbing incidents: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/5-teens-sought-in-connection-with-stabbing-of-16-year-old-at-valley-glen-high-school/3241504/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/kcal-investigates-stabbing-that-went-unreported-for-hoursraises-concerns-about-school-safety/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/bell-gardens-high-school-social-media-threat-arrests/3118211/ Doesn't look like the alternative is producing better results. |
That refutes the moron who got high on West Wing and said "the superintendent serves at the pleasure of the Board". |
Why the fuss about weapons detectors? My DS’s DCPS middle school has better security than TSA. It keeps everyone safe. |
RJ works. What MCPS and most school districts do is not RJ. A bureaucracy can ruin any good idea. |
Because white liberals think it's racist and creates a "prison-like culture" that hurts black people. Even though that's not all or even most black parents feel. Black parents overwhelmingly want their kids to be safe. You know they don't end up shot at graduation like this student from Richmond Public Schools: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/01/20/huguenot-high-school-graduation-shooting-report/ |
She should have made the easy, obvious voice of ending the Joel mess as soon as she started. But she didn't. I'm not saying anyone else MCPS could get could be better (who would want this job?) but she failed at the slow-pitch softball, practically a T-ball. |
She did the whole stupid Anti-Racist Audit which was a farce from the start and ended with a whole lot of nothing. |