Is Taylor Cleaning House????

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My supervisor spoke to us about this and is in favor of the restructuring even though their job could be on the line. If my supervisor has any issues or has to report something, the chain of command is so long that it takes forever. Taylor sees this and wants to eliminate that. If I remember correctly, he is starting to cut positions now and then after the restructure, certain positions that are left will have to reapply.

Apparently he got a bit political and is preparing for the next White House. He wants to pour the extra money into the schools/teachers and he won't accept federal funding if there is a choice to not accept undocumented children.

smart play. So far, I'm liking the new supe. Better than the last one. I hope the new BOE is also more effective and efficient than the last one.

There is no new BOE. 3 people is not a majority.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Seems more like he's doing a partial reorg. Several of these are new position titles.

Chief Equity and Development Officer

Chief Student Support Officer

Chief Academic Officer

Chief Operations Officer

Chief Technology Officer

General Counsel

Sorry, plus two more:

Chief Talent Management Officer

Chief School Leadership Officer

I like how he just said that the budget is unsustainable and 90% of it is personnel and then he decides to hire more overhead Chiefs and their subs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My supervisor spoke to us about this and is in favor of the restructuring even though their job could be on the line. If my supervisor has any issues or has to report something, the chain of command is so long that it takes forever. Taylor sees this and wants to eliminate that. If I remember correctly, he is starting to cut positions now and then after the restructure, certain positions that are left will have to reapply.

Apparently he got a bit political and is preparing for the next White House. He wants to pour the extra money into the schools/teachers and he won't accept federal funding if there is a choice to not accept undocumented children.

smart play. So far, I'm liking the new supe. Better than the last one. I hope the new BOE is also more effective and efficient than the last one.

There is no new BOE. 3 people is not a majority.

At the least, there is new blood in there. We desperately need change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems more like he's doing a partial reorg. Several of these are new position titles.

Chief Equity and Development Officer

Chief Student Support Officer

Chief Academic Officer

Chief Operations Officer

Chief Technology Officer

General Counsel

Sorry, plus two more:

Chief Talent Management Officer

Chief School Leadership Officer

I like how he just said that the budget is unsustainable and 90% of it is personnel and then he decides to hire more overhead Chiefs and their subs.

No, it's a reorg, and they have to apply.

It's one way to save money. Private companies do it all the time. Went through it with a FAANG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The salaries of these positions are way too high in my opinion. I know MCPS started paying all these folks like this under Dr. McKnight but the experience and responsibilities needed to do these jobs does not require people paid this much.

+1 agree

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He’s paring down. He told the principals today that student enrollment has gone down but they’ve greatly expanded central office positions, when the one type of job that’s actually under-staffed is special ed. So everyone at and above the director level has to reapply for their jobs. I think this is a good thing, and I’m impressed that he’s doing it mid year. He wants staff in schools, not 11 bloated layers of bureaucracy. The principals are happy, from what I can tell.

Enrollment has not gone down. It went up.

It’s really annoying when folks make people reapply for their jobs. It waste time, especially HR’s, creates unnecessary resentment, and prolongs the process. Just downsize whatever position(s) you don’t feel are necessary. It’s a weak leadership move.

No in fact it is a test to test HR, can those in HR do their jobs.

No they can't, this is the position that needs someone new the most. If you know anyone with an HR background please encourage them to apply.

[Anonymous]

We need more general education teachers and more teachers in special education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s paring down. He told the principals today that student enrollment has gone down but they’ve greatly expanded central office positions, when the one type of job that’s actually under-staffed is special ed. So everyone at and above the director level has to reapply for their jobs. I think this is a good thing, and I’m impressed that he’s doing it mid year. He wants staff in schools, not 11 bloated layers of bureaucracy. The principals are happy, from what I can tell.

That sounds wonderful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s paring down. He told the principals today that student enrollment has gone down but they’ve greatly expanded central office positions, when the one type of job that’s actually under-staffed is special ed. So everyone at and above the director level has to reapply for their jobs. I think this is a good thing, and I’m impressed that he’s doing it mid year. He wants staff in schools, not 11 bloated layers of bureaucracy. The principals are happy, from what I can tell.

Enrollment has not gone down. It went up.

It’s really annoying when folks make people reapply for their jobs. It waste time, especially HR’s, creates unnecessary resentment, and prolongs the process. Just downsize whatever position(s) you don’t feel are necessary. It’s a weak leadership move.

No in fact it is a test to test HR, can those in HR do their jobs.

Actually it’s not. It just makes HR go through a bunch of paperwork and then sourcing, interviewing, negotiation, potential on-boarding,etc. Particularly if you mostly satisfied with some of the people doing the job. And that doesn’t deal with the tension it creates in staff who also won’t feel that their jobs are safe from the same.

boo hoo. We need to restructure and eliminate waste. We have a shrinking budget, and may shrink even more with Trump in office.

Kids should always come first. Those getting cut can always take teacher positions.

Where did anyone say there was anything wrong with restructuring? We said making people reapply for their job if you are keeping the position is a waste of time and resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems more like he's doing a partial reorg. Several of these are new position titles.

Chief Equity and Development Officer

Chief Student Support Officer

Chief Academic Officer

Chief Operations Officer

Chief Technology Officer

General Counsel

Sorry, plus two more:

Chief Talent Management Officer

Chief School Leadership Officer

I like how he just said that the budget is unsustainable and 90% of it is personnel and then he decides to hire more overhead Chiefs and their subs.

Not to mention he notes hiring more experienced staff which means higher salaries. So is he planning to hire less experienced staff for Special Education or pay the less. An area where it’s already hard to hire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s paring down. He told the principals today that student enrollment has gone down but they’ve greatly expanded central office positions, when the one type of job that’s actually under-staffed is special ed. So everyone at and above the director level has to reapply for their jobs. I think this is a good thing, and I’m impressed that he’s doing it mid year. He wants staff in schools, not 11 bloated layers of bureaucracy. The principals are happy, from what I can tell.

That sounds wonderful.

Sometimes. Just removing people doesn’t remove work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The salaries of these positions are way too high in my opinion. I know MCPS started paying all these folks like this under Dr. McKnight but the experience and responsibilities needed to do these jobs does not require people paid this much.

+1 agree

So what would you set their salary at then? Keep in mind that at a certain point Teachers and Principals are making 6figures.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He’s paring down. He told the principals today that student enrollment has gone down but they’ve greatly expanded central office positions, when the one type of job that’s actually under-staffed is special ed. So everyone at and above the director level has to reapply for their jobs. I think this is a good thing, and I’m impressed that he’s doing it mid year. He wants staff in schools, not 11 bloated layers of bureaucracy. The principals are happy, from what I can tell.

Enrollment has not gone down. It went up.

It’s really annoying when folks make people reapply for their jobs. It waste time, especially HR’s, creates unnecessary resentment, and prolongs the process. Just downsize whatever position(s) you don’t feel are necessary. It’s a weak leadership move.

No in fact it is a test to test HR, can those in HR do their jobs.

Actually it’s not. It just makes HR go through a bunch of paperwork and then sourcing, interviewing, negotiation, potential on-boarding,etc. Particularly if you mostly satisfied with some of the people doing the job. And that doesn’t deal with the tension it creates in staff who also won’t feel that their jobs are safe from the same.

boo hoo. We need to restructure and eliminate waste. We have a shrinking budget, and may shrink even more with Trump in office.

Kids should always come first. Those getting cut can always take teacher positions.

Where did anyone say there was anything wrong with restructuring? We said making people reapply for their job if you are keeping the position is a waste of time and resources.

No, it isn't. It's basically a way to restructure and get rid of dead weight at the same time. Private companies do it all the time.

[Anonymous]

I'm an admin and couldn't be happier with our new superintendent. He was very clear that offices aren't speaking to one another and there needs to be an overhaul. He's walking the talk by having all of these people reapply for their positions. We're drowning in school buildings while some central office people still Zoom into meetings from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The salaries of these positions are way too high in my opinion. I know MCPS started paying all these folks like this under Dr. McKnight but the experience and responsibilities needed to do these jobs does not require people paid this much.

+1 agree

So what would you set their salary at then? Keep in mind that at a certain point Teachers and Principals are making 6figures.

IMO, a teacher's job is a lot harder than an administrator's job.

I'm not a teacher, but even I know that an admin job is a lot easier and cushy than a teacher's job. Maybe those admins should teach for a year to get a sense of how their policies are really impacting teachers and kids.