Board wants Monifa to step down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

This is now school specific. We have no retests on tests and only some homework/classwork can be redone. They don't use the 50% rule and that's still failing any way. The attendance and lack of discipline and rules are the bigger issues. No final exams are ok if classes are having regular exams or quizzes. We have some that have weekly quizzes.

Missing final exams means teaching and learning isn't happening.
There is zero value is spending 36 weeks cramming and forgetting something different every week. Ask Dory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If she never did move to MoCo, she's in breach of contract herself.

she moved to Rockville and her son does attend a MCPS school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why the fuss about weapons detectors? My DS’s DCPS middle school has better security than TSA. It keeps everyone safe.

I don't recall a shooting happening inside of any school that has metal detectors. They are not 100% effective(nothing is). But I'll take something over some "perceived" image argument.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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"?

A common complaint that persecuted people raise is that people in their group gets singled out and punished for wrong behavior while the wrong behavior of the group in power is tolerated.

[Anonymous]

It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty obvious from that start that she wasn’t up to the job

She's done a fine job and this whole mess with Joel was going on for years before she was even super. You people are nuts.

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.

+1 to the bold. I wouldn’t take the MCPS Super gig for a million dollars. The stress, backstabbbing, and constant 2nd guessing is enough to drive someone crazy. I’m waiting to see if the FCPS Super that came all the way from Washington makes it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

This is now school specific. We have no retests on tests and only some homework/classwork can be redone. They don't use the 50% rule and that's still failing any way. The attendance and lack of discipline and rules are the bigger issues. No final exams are ok if classes are having regular exams or quizzes. We have some that have weekly quizzes.

Missing final exams means teaching and learning isn't happening.
There is zero value is spending 36 weeks cramming and forgetting something different every week. Ask Dory.

Hmmm so now all teaching and learning is relegated to the results of one exam??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

My point being that more than the super needs to change/go….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

It certainly isn’t enough for the headache. Anyone that could be named Super could likely go do something else and make either slightly less or more and have less problems/bureaucracy/politics to deal with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

It certainly isn’t enough for the headache. Anyone that could be named Super could likely go do something else and make either slightly less or more and have less problems/bureaucracy/politics to deal with.

I’ve never seen a job that pays in the $300-$500k range that doesn’t come with headaches, politics and pressure.

Reality check: the president of the United States gets paid $400,000 in salary to do his job. That’s just $80,000 more than Monifa. So I don’t think the expectations for her given her title and compensation are unrealistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

It certainly isn’t enough for the headache. Anyone that could be named Super could likely go do something else and make either slightly less or more and have less problems/bureaucracy/politics to deal with.

DH makes that much and sometimes plays video games in the basement during the workday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/01/23/can-the-school-board-fire-mcknight/

That refutes the moron who got high on West Wing and said "the superintendent serves at the pleasure of the Board".

There's a difference between one poster saying that they do serve at the pleasure of the BOE and another saying that, if all BOE oversight/control effectively flows through the Superintendent, then their contract should have them serving at their pleasure.

Or some semblance of that, given state regulations, which also may need adjustment to make government more responsive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

It certainly isn’t enough for the headache. Anyone that could be named Super could likely go do something else and make either slightly less or more and have less problems/bureaucracy/politics to deal with.

I’ve never seen a job that pays in the $300-$500k range that doesn’t come with headaches, politics and pressure.

Reality check: the president of the United States gets paid $400,000 in salary to do his job. That’s just $80,000 more than Monifa. So I don’t think the expectations for her given her title and compensation are unrealistic.

And look what that is delivering in terms of candidates. Further, the Presidency comes with a lot more power and prestige and almost the guarantee of a 7or 8 figure book deal if you survive. Even further, the Presidency greatly ages everyone who takes the job, particularly those who do it well because of the stress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an impossible job. Any superintendent having to deal with this board, this county council, this union, and this gigantic county with such varying and diverse needs - will FAIL. History will repeat itself. Blame the super, hire another one and let the problems continue to spiral.

While I’m critical of Monifa, I do agree it’s a tough job. But that’s also why we pay $320,000 a year to do it. That’s not a small amount of money.

It certainly isn’t enough for the headache. Anyone that could be named Super could likely go do something else and make either slightly less or more and have less problems/bureaucracy/politics to deal with.

I’ve never seen a job that pays in the $300-$500k range that doesn’t come with headaches, politics and pressure.

Reality check: the president of the United States gets paid $400,000 in salary to do his job. That’s just $80,000 more than Monifa. So I don’t think the expectations for her given her title and compensation are unrealistic.

Then you haven’t been looking hard enough. VP roles come with that salary and companies have lots of them.