BOE Communications Director

[Anonymous]

And the information came from the Staff Employed at School and Central Office Levels Maryland Public Schools October 2021 document. Not sure where the "11,300 non-teaching staff" came from, since the other document is what they reported up to the State?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

[Anonymous]

Well many consultant teachers are groomed for principals who further make teachers lives hell. If the system wasn't so abusive to the troops on the front line teachers wouldn't feel like they were abused on a regular basis by children and adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

The main thing that has to happen is for the public to realize that the teachers union is there to advocate for teachers and not students or families, so we need to vote the opposite way the apple ballot tells us to. I'm not anti-teacher in any way but their union makes student outcomes worse. If you don't believe me, replace "teacher's union" with "police union" and tell me how the police union makes citizens safer. I'm not anti-police, but their union is there to defend them at all cost which harms the public, just like the teachers union. That's what a union does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

The main thing that has to happen is for the public to realize that the teachers union is there to advocate for teachers and not students or families, so we need to vote the opposite way the apple ballot tells us to. I'm not anti-teacher in any way but their union makes student outcomes worse. If you don't believe me, replace "teacher's union" with "police union" and tell me how the police union makes citizens safer. I'm not anti-police, but their union is there to defend them at all cost which harms the public, just like the teachers union. That's what a union does.

Teachers working conditions are students learning conditions. If I lose my planning period because I have no one to protect my rights, your kid suffers. This board really hates teachers and then is the first to cry out when there aren't enough left in schools. We're doing our best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

The main thing that has to happen is for the public to realize that the teachers union is there to advocate for teachers and not students or families, so we need to vote the opposite way the apple ballot tells us to. I'm not anti-teacher in any way but their union makes student outcomes worse. If you don't believe me, replace "teacher's union" with "police union" and tell me how the police union makes citizens safer. I'm not anti-police, but their union is there to defend them at all cost which harms the public, just like the teachers union. That's what a union does.

Teachers working conditions are students learning conditions. If I lose my planning period because I have no one to protect my rights, your kid suffers. This board really hates teachers and then is the first to cry out when there aren't enough left in schools. We're doing our best.

OK, now do how police unions help the public.

[Anonymous]

Someone asked earlier for a breakdown of non-instructional positions?

Admin 1,583.90 TOTAL ADMIN
Admin 1 Superintendents
Admin 1 Deputy Superintendents
Admin 9 Associate and Assistant Superintendents
Admin 47.5 Directors
Admin 60 Coordinators
Admin 51 Supervisors
Admin 25 Other Administrators
Admin 553 Principals, Assistant Principals, and Other School Administrators
Admin 836.4 Secretaries and Clerks
Student Personnel Svc 112.6 TOTAL STUDENT PERSONNEL SERVICES
Student Personnel Svc 1 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Student Personnel Svc 91 Pupil Personnel and School Social Workers
Student Personnel Svc 12.6 Other Professional Personnel - Includes auditors, admission and attendance officers, registrars, etc
Student Personnel Svc 0 Aides
Student Personnel Svc 8 Secretaries and Clerks
Health Svc 0 TOTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Health Svc 0 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Health Svc 0 Physicians and Nurses
Health Svc 0 Other Health Professionals
Health Svc 0 Aides
Health Svc 0 Secretaries and Clerks
Plant Ops 1,693.60 TOTAL PLANT OPS
Plant Ops 1 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Plant Ops 1 Technical Personne
Plant Ops 1,627.10 Service Workers
Plant Ops 42.5 Skilled Personnel and Laborers
Plant Ops 22 Secretaries and Clerks
Plant Maint 213 TOTAL PLANT MAINT
Plant Maint 0 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Plant Maint 0 Technical Personnel
Plant Maint 2.5 Service Workers
Plant Maint 201 Skilled Personnel and Laborers
Plant Maint 9.5 Secretaries and Clerks
Transportation 1,797.60 TOTAL TRANSPORTATION
Transportation 2 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Transportation 157 Service Workers and Skilled Laborers
Transportation 1 Technical Personnel
Transportation 1,604.60 Drivers and Aides
Transportation 33 Secretaries and Clerks
Food Services 473 TOTAL FOOD SERVICES
Food Services 1 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Food Services 448.5 Service Workers
Food Services 17 Skilled Personnel and Laborers
Food Services 1 Technical Personnel
Food Services 5.5 Secretaries and Clerks
Community Services 19.5 TOTAL COMMUNITY SERVICES
Community Services 1 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Community Services 0 Skilled Laborers
Community Services 15.5 Service Workers
Community Services 0 Aides
Community Services 3 Secretaries and Clerks
Construction 67.5 TOTAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Construction 1 Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, and Other Administrators
Construction 54 Technical Personnel
Construction 8 Skilled Laborers
Construction 4.5 Secretaries and Clerks

[Anonymous]

For instructional positions:

Table 5 matches the data in Tables 6 and 7. However, when I added up Tables 5a (elementary), 5b (middle), 5c (secondary); those totals did not add up to the numbers in Table 5. The specific differences were:

336.10 Teachers
253.10 Therapists
0.00 Librarians
8.00 Guidance Counselors
118.30 Psychological Personnel
187.50 Other Instructional Personnel - Includes staff developers, teacher trainers, athletic coaches, remedial specialists, and other school-level instructional professionals.
221.50 Teacher Aides
0.00 Library Aides
7.00 Other Aides

The major difference between 5a,b,c and 5 was that table 5 included Central Office staff. Although it makes sense the Central Office has, for example, backup teachers or resource pools to float between schools; it does make it difficult to determine who is actually assigned to the Central Office and who isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

I would like to see this changed too, and I suspect that members of the county council and the county exec might support changes to enable power-sharing at the school district level.

Start here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ged§ion=4-205&enactments=false

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think this is needed. The more autonomous and separate the BOE becomes from MCPS, the better. Give them their own staff and resources so they don't have to rely only on the crumbs McKnight and her team throw at them.

You want a strong BOE? Change state law to weaken the current strong superintendent rules that enable McKnight to elude accountability.

Tell us more about this- which state laws need to be changed/removed? Let’s advocate

I would like to see this changed too, and I suspect that members of the county council and the county exec might support changes to enable power-sharing at the school district level.

Start here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ged§ion=4-205&enactments=false

I personally think we should advocate around the statute with hiring/firing info: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ged§ion=4-201&enactments=False&archived=False