MCPS has Plans!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FY2021
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/MCPS-Organization-FY2020.pdf

There was a Deputy Superintendent (Monifa McKnight).
The Equity Initiatives Unit was directly under the Dep. Superintendent
3 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Engagement, Innovation, and Operation, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
11 " Associate Superintendent of ....."


FY2022
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/FY_2022_MCPS_StrategicOrgLeadershipStructure_OrgChart%20FINAL.pdf

No Deputy Superintendent.
The Equity Initiatives is under Chief of Strategic Initiatives.
6 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Chief of Districtwide Services and Supports, Chief of Finance and Operations, Chief of Human Resources and Development, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
2 "Assistant Chief of......"
10 "Associate Superintendent of ...."

While I appreciate you going to the effort to pull specific quotes from these files to support your point, I don’t know what point you’re trying to make. Maybe I’m just oblivious, but if you could explicitly state it to give dense people like myself some context, I’d be interested in exploring your perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

And I hope you pick DL virtual academy all smug and realize your kid will never catch up socially or academically once it’s too late.

Do tell? When is it too late? 50% of MCPS graduates end up at Montgomery College and a huge percentage of MCPS graduates need remediation in math and English after they graduate. Too late already happened, but learning is always possible throughout life. There is no end date on when one can learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FY2021
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/MCPS-Organization-FY2020.pdf

There was a Deputy Superintendent (Monifa McKnight).
The Equity Initiatives Unit was directly under the Dep. Superintendent
3 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Engagement, Innovation, and Operation, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
11 " Associate Superintendent of ....."


FY2022
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/FY_2022_MCPS_StrategicOrgLeadershipStructure_OrgChart%20FINAL.pdf

No Deputy Superintendent.
The Equity Initiatives is under Chief of Strategic Initiatives.
6 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Chief of Districtwide Services and Supports, Chief of Finance and Operations, Chief of Human Resources and Development, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
2 "Assistant Chief of......"
10 "Associate Superintendent of ...."

While I appreciate you going to the effort to pull specific quotes from these files to support your point, I don’t know what point you’re trying to make. Maybe I’m just oblivious, but if you could explicitly state it to give dense people like myself some context, I’d be interested in exploring your perspective.

This is data. Data in and of itself does not tell anyone a point.
It is up to the users like you or others to draw whatever conclusions they want.
My perspective is irrelevant. Perceptions from other MCPS parents as a group are more important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

And I hope you pick DL virtual academy all smug and realize your kid will never catch up socially or academically once it’s too late.

We work with our kids. They are not behind academically and going great. You need to work with your kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

And I hope you pick DL virtual academy all smug and realize your kid will never catch up socially or academically once it’s too late.

It's really sad and pathetic that just bc DL didn't work for your kid, you assume every child will fail like yours did. Education needs a major overhaul. Staying stuck in the past just because a normal 5 days a week worked for you doesn't help as the rest of the world moves on and evolves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

And I hope you pick DL virtual academy all smug and realize your kid will never catch up socially or academically once it’s too late.

It's really sad and pathetic that just bc DL didn't work for your kid, you assume every child will fail like yours did. Education needs a major overhaul. Staying stuck in the past just because a normal 5 days a week worked for you doesn't help as the rest of the world moves on and evolves.

Just about the rest of the world sends their kids to school 5 days a week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.

Kendi is lobbying for state sponsored systemic racism. That's why we oppose him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.

But, even if they know something about systemic racism, it will not do them or anyone else any good if they can’t articulate what they know, especially in coherent written English, and form persuasive, organized arguments to support their beliefs. Schools should be very focused on training students to understand and make good arguments and much less focused on what to fill those arguments with. Content is important and some examination of what that content is might be helpful, but MCPS isn’t balancing it very well with a strong program in skills development right now.

The students may know systemic racism in the US well but they cannot balance a check book, budget their monthly expanse, find a job that pays rent and meals.

How about: If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn as much as possible from a strong, well-rounded, content-based curriculum - including an in-depth study of history (among other subjects) so that they could learn lessons from the past, including mistakes like state sponsored, systemic racism.

Kids won't get that from the racist Kendi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FY2021
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/globalContent/MCPS-Organization-FY2020.pdf

There was a Deputy Superintendent (Monifa McKnight).
The Equity Initiatives Unit was directly under the Dep. Superintendent
3 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Engagement, Innovation, and Operation, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
11 " Associate Superintendent of ....."


FY2022
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/publicinfo/FY_2022_MCPS_StrategicOrgLeadershipStructure_OrgChart%20FINAL.pdf

No Deputy Superintendent.
The Equity Initiatives is under Chief of Strategic Initiatives.
6 "Chief of ....": Chief of Staff MCPS, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Chief of Districtwide Services and Supports, Chief of Finance and Operations, Chief of Human Resources and Development, and Chief of Teaching, Learning and School
2 "Assistant Chief of......"
10 "Associate Superintendent of ...."

While I appreciate you going to the effort to pull specific quotes from these files to support your point, I don’t know what point you’re trying to make. Maybe I’m just oblivious, but if you could explicitly state it to give dense people like myself some context, I’d be interested in exploring your perspective.

I don't know either but that all looks like a waste of about $5,000,000 a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to laugh at the name - 2.5 Year Project plan. Looks like Curriculum 2.0. They couldn’t do a 3 year or heaven really far out planning, a 5 year plan?

Perhaps MCPS thinks it will take 2.5 years to find a new Superintendent and therefore this plan will get the boot for the new Superintendent’s agenda. Keep the pendulum that is education in MCPS swinging. The people in Central Office need to justify their big paychecks while students struggle to catch up after online learning. Here’s a thought - hire more teachers and decrease class sizes.

+1 million

[Anonymous]

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A product of their Comms department.

Pay no attention at all.

Academics on the ground is what matters.

Can’t have the academics without the supports in PROSPER. You can fuss about the acronym, but the content and context is important. Having a solid frame for this fall will help leaders (principals and central office) be consistent and focused in how they get the MCPS train chugging along again. It’s a good message.

Yeah, no. I’ve observed teachers doing their job in MCPS for more than a decade, and they do it DESPITE the incessant curriculum changes and fluffy acronyms imposed from above.

Get going with the academic rigor, MCPS! And we’ll gloss over the money you spend on marketing.

+1

Let's start with an evidence-based early reading curriculum to improve our abominable reading scores. Say goodbye to 3 cueing. That would improve equitable outcomes too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do tell? When is it too late? 50% of MCPS graduates end up at Montgomery College and a huge percentage of MCPS graduates need remediation in math and English after they graduate. Too late already happened, but learning is always possible throughout life. There is no end date on when one can learn.

MC is one of the best 2-year colleges in the country. Graduates get admitted into UMd, and can then graduate with a bachelor's with much less debt.

[Anonymous]

How to tell when an employee of MCPS writes something: they use the word ROBUST

A word with no meaning...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do tell? When is it too late? 50% of MCPS graduates end up at Montgomery College and a huge percentage of MCPS graduates need remediation in math and English after they graduate. Too late already happened, but learning is always possible throughout life. There is no end date on when one can learn.

MC is one of the best 2-year colleges in the country. Graduates get admitted into UMd, and can then graduate with a bachelor's with much less debt.

Then why is their enrollment rapidly declining as Montgomery County's population increases? Why do only 18% of their students graduate? They have to finish MC to go to UMD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do tell? When is it too late? 50% of MCPS graduates end up at Montgomery College and a huge percentage of MCPS graduates need remediation in math and English after they graduate. Too late already happened, but learning is always possible throughout life. There is no end date on when one can learn.

MC is one of the best 2-year colleges in the country. Graduates get admitted into UMd, and can then graduate with a bachelor's with much less debt.

Then why is their enrollment rapidly declining as Montgomery County's population increases? Why do only 18% of their students graduate? They have to finish MC to go to UMD.

No, you don't have to finish MC to go to UMD.

Is it surprising that enrollment dropped during the pandemic? Maybe you're surprised, but I'm not surprised.

I took 2 MC classes last year. Both were very good. Maybe you should try taking some classes there too.