New Interim Superintendent Monique Felder

[Anonymous]

It's Monique Felder, not Monica!

[Anonymous]

I am pleased to see she has experience and interest in gifted education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Jesus Christ became Superintendent, some of you would find something to complain about.

Or we'd settle for someone who wasn't fired or canned early from her last two gigs. You don't need to nail yourself to a cross to meet that criteria, drama queen.

Yes to this, thank you.

[Anonymous]

I’m not wading into the other issues above but I do wonder about her ability to do this big of a job. Nashville has just over 7K students. Doesn’t MCPS have over 160K? Pretty big jump in size of responsibilities.

[Anonymous]

Out of frying pan and…

[Anonymous]

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Felder is being appointed as INTERIM Superintendent, right?

Please enlighten me: why does that indicate that she will go on to permanently fill the position? Clearly the BoE hasn't had any time to conduct a search.

Normally interm get the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think because the NAACP was protesting removing McKnight, and the BOE knew that the optics of firing the first black female superintendent didn't look good, they think they're covering their butts by hiring another black woman for the job.

It's pathetic. But you can see this is a purely political move with no regard for the wellbeing of staff or students.

Oh yes, when you hire a white man, it's a merit hire, but when you hire a black woman, it can only be political and due to optics.

/s

If you think a board that touts the fact that it's all-female, with black and brown representation, when it receives criticism about its decisions, as it did here:

Given this proven track record, we find it curious that an excellent school system with a highly diverse, all-female Board of Education (with the exception of the student member), duly elected by the residents of Montgomery County, led by the first appointed African American female superintendent, now somehow needs greater oversight and accountability for the management of its budget, spending and operations.

SOURCE: https://moco360.media/2023/05/12/opinion-mcps-books-are-open/

If you think that same board was not prioritizing replacing the black woman they were removing with another black woman for the optics, then you're naive and a fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

This is so annoying. Thankful that my kid will graduate next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

Clearly, this BOE is off the rails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

Clearly, this BOE is off the rails.

Doesn’t matter. It’s what voters want. They’ll be voted right back in next time, regardless of how the school system is actually doing. Good or bad, doesn’t matter. As long as they tour the virtues of Equity, Montgomery County residents are happy.

[Anonymous]

^tout not tour

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Weird how quickly they hired her and she sounds shady too.

What is shady about her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird how quickly they hired her and she sounds shady too.

What is shady about her?

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2024/02/05/new-proposed-interim-superintendent-has-baggage/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not wading into the other issues above but I do wonder about her ability to do this big of a job. Nashville has just over 7K students. Doesn’t MCPS have over 160K? Pretty big jump in size of responsibilities.

+1000

I mean, 7k is like supervising 2 high schools in MCPS. We couldn't find anyone better? My hope for MCPS keeps sliding every day as a staff member.