Pay raise for Starr?

[Anonymous]

How much more is he making than the last sup.?

[Anonymous]

Google Jerry Weast salary. Then Google Joshua Starr salary.

Also, what is the typical salary for people who are in charge of a $2.2 billion annual operating budget and 22,200 employees?

[Anonymous]

I REALLY dislike him, but his salary when he was hired was not super high for the position: $250K plus $35K in deferred compensation, 18K to his retirement, and use of a car and other standard benefits.

What are they proposing to raise it to?

[Anonymous]

How can we oust him?

[Anonymous]

Cannot stand that guy, he's so smarmy, arrogant and dismissive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cannot stand that guy, he's so smarmy, arrogant and dismissive.

By all means, let's fire the school superintendent on grounds that he's smarmy.

[Anonymous]

He's doing well - paid just under $1m for his home in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cannot stand that guy, he's so smarmy, arrogant and dismissive.

By all means, let's fire the school superintendent on grounds that he's smarmy.

He's arrogant and not at all compassionate.

a mediocre politician at best

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cannot stand that guy, he's so smarmy, arrogant and dismissive.

By all means, let's fire the school superintendent on grounds that he's smarmy.

He's arrogant and not at all compassionate.

a mediocre politician at best

Where there's smarm there's fire

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can we oust him?

Vote in a new school board. Unfortunately, this will take a lot of time.

[Anonymous]

Maybe someone on DCUrban mom can start a campaign.

[Anonymous]

I actually like him and very much support his philosophies on education/children. Unfortunately (or fortunately for many apparently), the school board isn't terribly happy with him either. His days may be numbered. I've been around MCPS for a long time. There will always be unhappy people, but I can't remember a time when there was so much uproar!

[Anonymous]

This bio made me wretch:

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/superintendent/about/

It's so self-laudatory. Either he's full of himself, he's surrounded himself with sycophants who make him sound like Dear Leader, or both.

I don't care if he's a "lifelong learner" or if he picks up a guitar. I just want him to stop dumbing down MCPS so he can take credit from reducing an achievement gap before he trots off to DOE.

[Anonymous]

I think he doesn't listen, has a very high opinion of his own very trendy opinions and approaches, and is dismissive of parent concerns. Arrogance isn't just a personality flaw for someone in a position like this: it should be a deal-breaker. And if I hear about social-emotional intelligence once more I'm going to scream. What does that even mean, in the context of academic learning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think he doesn't listen, has a very high opinion of his own very trendy opinions and approaches, and is dismissive of parent concerns. Arrogance isn't just a personality flaw for someone in a position like this: it should be a deal-breaker. And if I hear about social-emotional intelligence once more I'm going to scream. What does that even mean, in the context of academic learning?

Dear God, honey! Look it up! It's does indeed mean quite a bit, especially for low performers.

And I can't STAND Starr!

Here, hon! I did the research for you.
http://casel.org/wp-content/uploads/EDC_CASELSELResearchBrief.pdf