New Superintendent to be named on February 8th

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

Well, you're part of a small minority who believes this. The majority of us will vote them back in by a landslide just like every election because we're happy with the job they're doing.

Let’s see if they get the Apple Ballot endorsement they received in the past.

Smondrowski and Evans were reelected in 2020 without Apple Ballot endorsements.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

Let’s face it, the education for children of Central Office Administrators is not equal to the average MCPS student. If their children are in MCPS, they get preferential treatment and access to special programs. Then there are administrators who want their children to receive more than what MCPS offers.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

Oh I don't have a problem with that. I mean, imagine if the kid were having whatever issues -- and you're the kid's teacher. Or principal.

It's a fine way to guard against favoritism or whatever other issues might arise from educating your boss's child.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

I think being Superintendent is her job and where her kid goes to school is a parental decision complete separate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

I think being Superintendent is her job and where her kid goes to school is a parental decision complete separate.

It’s hypocritical.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

If you were talented and working in one "of the worst school districts in Maryland" wouldn't you want to jump to MCPS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

Well, you're part of a small minority who believes this. The majority of us will vote them back in by a landslide just like every election because we're happy with the job they're doing.

Let’s see if they get the Apple Ballot endorsement they received in the past.

That will likely depend on whether a more qualified candidate runs against an incumbent. Or a complete hack (looking at you, 6 million dollar man).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

Well, you're part of a small minority who believes this. The majority of us will vote them back in by a landslide just like every election because we're happy with the job they're doing.

Let’s see if they get the Apple Ballot endorsement they received in the past.

That will likely depend on whether a more qualified candidate runs against an incumbent. Or a complete hack (looking at you, 6 million dollar man).

The unions will loose all credibility if they support any candidate that didn’t listen to their vote of no confidence. Teachers can’t strike (but they can call in sick) so there are limited way to get their voices heard. Not endorsing a candidate is a pretty valuable voice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it true that her kids are in PG private schools? A condition of employment should be that she must live in the county. She should then enroll her own kids in public.

I thought there were at St Anselm's

I think its kinda silly to demand she move and change her kids to public. Most politicians and school officials don't have their kids in public.

I think it’s kinda silly that the public school superintendent has her kids in private schools. She’s not a politician. She is the school superintendent.

I think being Superintendent is her job and where her kid goes to school is a parental decision complete separate.

It’s hypocritical.

How so? She’s not forcing anyone to send their kid to a particular school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

The entire purpose of having local elected school boards is that they can be representatives of the community. Why is a background in education a needed pre-requisite. I don’t see BOE members just rubber stamping things. They ask lots of good questions, request additional data and request additional things be included in reports and as part of communication/outreach.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

Well, you're part of a small minority who believes this. The majority of us will vote them back in by a landslide just like every election because we're happy with the job they're doing.

Let’s see if they get the Apple Ballot endorsement they received in the past.

That will likely depend on whether a more qualified candidate runs against an incumbent. Or a complete hack (looking at you, 6 million dollar man).

The unions will loose all credibility if they support any candidate that didn’t listen to their vote of no confidence. Teachers can’t strike (but they can call in sick) so there are limited way to get their voices heard. Not endorsing a candidate is a pretty valuable voice.

This is true. But hopefully we will see the trend continue where the apple ballot means less and less.

Don't forget that in the last competitive school board race, the apple ballot lost. Dasgupta lost.

Which frees the Board from the clutches of the MCEA, which is a good thing. They should be entirely independent of each other

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

The entire purpose of having local elected school boards is that they can be representatives of the community. Why is a background in education a needed pre-requisite. I don’t see BOE members just rubber stamping things. They ask lots of good questions, request additional data and request additional things be included in reports and as part of communication/outreach.

You're sort of right. Truthfully, they were a rubber stamp for a LONG time. Until their constituents started speaking up and telling them not to be a rubber stamp.

But even now, its unusual for MCPS to not get their way with the Board

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

Well, you're part of a small minority who believes this. The majority of us will vote them back in by a landslide just like every election because we're happy with the job they're doing.

Let’s see if they get the Apple Ballot endorsement they received in the past.

Smondrowski and Evans were reelected in 2020 without Apple Ballot endorsements.

Then they're against teachers and students!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has slid from bad to worse. Central Office is completely disconnected from what is going on in schools. The Board of Ed let teachers, principals, parents and students down.

The Board of Ed should require that you have a child in MCPS to sit on the board. Many of them don't have young kids or kids in MCPS so they don't know or care.

Not having a kid in school is not a prerequisite for caring about kids or society.

Yes, but when you don’t, it makes it easier to hide from your constituents! This is a sham

I personally think that the Board is derelict of its oversight responsibility because they are part-time positions, many of whom do not have an educational background other than their service on the Board, and they are advised by the same General Counsel that advises MCPS. Often, they do not take time to objectively review issues or ask MCPS important questions. The Board members just rubber stamp whatever the Superintendent asks for and they wasted tax dollars on a Superintendent search that they created a predestined outcome for.

If you now look at the experience of many of the top leaders in Central Office, MCPS hired people that left some of the worst school districts in Maryland. Is it any wonder the quality of educating students has slipped?

If you were talented and working in one "of the worst school districts in Maryland" wouldn't you want to jump to MCPS?

Perhaps, but there's zero evidence that supports this theory. I mean simply posting that it's true on some board doesn't make it true.