Will Thomas Taylor Survive the Massive Changes He is Introducing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do we have a superintendent with no experience with stellar school districts in moco anyways??

Implementing regional programs should be done slowly, one or two programs at a time before completely disbanding otherwise extremely successful county wide programs. Hire the county wide program teachers to teach curriculum over the summers to other teachers to implement in new regional programs. This is going to be a disaster for moco.

You suggest that there should have been instructional leadership teams melding experienced countywide program staff with other high schools' faculty. This should have been step #1. Why do we have staff in charge of these program changes who didn't immediately organize such instructional leadership teams to help ensure that new programs are formed with fidelity and high quality?

The fact that this didn't occur tells me that the program changes that central office is promising the community will not occur. The quality will not be there. Central office staff are bureaucrats, not curriculum experts. They don't know how to lead curriculum change, especially on this massive scale.

And Taylor has made no changes to the flawed process; apparently, he doesn't understand the problem and/or he doesn't have time to pay attention.

Some executive-level staff at central office are agenda-driven, somewhat autocratic bureaucrats, but there are some folks among the line staff who bring more curricular competence, though the constraints under which they work don't let them do as they might prefer.

A autocratic bureaucracy constrains curriculum experts in central office? What is the community supposed to do with that? We have to hold the executive-level bureaucrats accountable. It would be nice to think that people with actual expertise had input, but it is clear that they don't, as much as they might want. The community is going to be screwed with this mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

Agreed. His amiable personality helped very much on clearing up the negative energies. But then his ambition and ignorance start to kick in and will drive MCPS into disaster.

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The BOE should make sure that it times its actions so that it has sufficient time to do an adequate search.

The BOE is clearly ok with this or they put a stop to it.

The BOE can only put a stop to this by firing Taylor. Otherwise, he is in charge of this rush to programming/regionalization.

The BOE will vote on boundaries, but that is different than the regional plan.

If that’s what it takes…

I feel the same way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He doesn't seem like much of a listener, and is not making adjustments with program assignments based on community input.

Taylor doesn't seem to have learned from his mistakes in Stafford County, VA, having introduced regional programming in that school district's four high schools. Stafford County's school district's transportation was completely overwhelmed by the changes and suffered a massive fail the first year of implementation. Thomas Taylor was long gone, having pushed through the changes and then left town.

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1501700

Transportation in MCPS has not been consistently consulted on how implementation of bus transportation for our new regional programming will work with our much larger, more complex system in a heavily urbanized environment.

Taylor is heavy into being a change agent, but the logistics and administration of these changes don't seem to register. He can't even ensure that summer staff are paid on time and or ensure that routine security processing takes place on a timely basis.

How long will Montgomery County want him around? Maybe we need someone with experience operating a large school system.

I don’t think he wants to. I think he’ll get this Potemkin education village propped up, then go look for a job at a university teaching future superintendents. He sees MCPS as a stepping stone. But what he’s stepping on is our kids.

Exactly. He is tearing apart our community. I think you are right about his going for a university position next. He might not even stay 4 years here.

MCPS teachers and parents will drive away any superintendent after 2 years.

LOL

Who told him to hire Essie McGuire? That person wanted Taylor gone day 1.

Seriously. Hiring Essie McGuire was fatal flaw number one for Taylor. He had an opportunity to start fresh and he brought in old baggage as his first hire?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

I'm all in supporting you. But can't you see the regional model is moving to the opposite direction?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Exactly. This is going to fail miserably. This is something that needs outside experts, planning, testing, ect ect ect. They mess this up, it’s hundreds if not thousands of innocent students who will end up having a botched high school experience. Arrogance and ignorance within the C- suite of MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

Then he or CO needs to supply evidences to support their hypothesis. Community had provided so many evidences to prove the other way around. They chose to pretend deaf or play political languages to dodge from making a comment about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

Why would he think top students divided by 6 would be make any of regional program successful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

He's lying. Most of the people who attended RMIB were from W schools and the RM Cluster itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

Then he or CO needs to supply evidences to support their hypothesis. Community had provided so many evidences to prove the other way around. They chose to pretend deaf or play political languages to dodge from making a comment about.

Correct. All of the research and data that I've seen has been done by parent advocates, and it's more persuasive than what MCPS has provided.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

He's lying. Most of the people who attended RMIB were from W schools and the RM Cluster itself.

Yep. MCPS did a whole slide showing which kids attend different programs. RMIB is mostly Churchill, Wooton, and RM. In the new model, RM, Churchill and Wooton are in a region together along with Rockville. You know they won't cut that IB program at all, even with the regional change. It will be the same as it is now and Churchill and Wooton kids will get even more access to it.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DJVQ56678E2B/$file/Attachment%20D%20SY2025%20Student%20Enrollment%20Countywide%20Programs%20250724.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

He's lying. Most of the people who attended RMIB were from W schools and the RM Cluster itself.

Yep. MCPS did a whole slide showing which kids attend different programs. RMIB is mostly Churchill, Wooton, and RM. In the new model, RM, Churchill and Wooton are in a region together along with Rockville. You know they won't cut that IB program at all, even with the regional change. It will be the same as it is now and Churchill and Wooton kids will get even more access to it.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DJVQ56678E2B/$file/Attachment%20D%20SY2025%20Student%20Enrollment%20Countywide%20Programs%20250724.pdf

According to this distribution, after the regional model is implemented, RMIB will be 50% of its current size, Blair SMCS will be 25% of its current size, and Wootton STEM will be 50% of the current Blair SMCS size, assuming the exactly same criteria are imposed as of right now. Calling real estate agents: you can see which zip codes to recommend your future home buyers, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The ability for Taylor to survive this depends on we the people, giving him and the BOE enough pressure to make him pay.

But too many people seem convinced by Taylor’s nice guy act.

I can see how the nice-guy act resonated so effectively after McKnight's toxicity. But all these changes he is intent on introducing are just going to cause a lot of problems. Taylor will be gone, one way or another, but we'll be left with a system that he has roiled.

It’s funny reading the continual new threads around this, because some fk you really refuse to realize that while Taylor may be implementing and pushing this, it’s been a request from the community for a long time. Maybe just not you.

The community also wants all HS to be have high expectations and rigor.

Both are lacking in a number of schools for a number of reasons.

The problem is not with the IDEA of the regional program. It's the fact that they are LYING and have FAILED to do thorough prep, research and resource alignment to make good on their promise.

MCPS is lying when they say they can grandfather people with existing programs and stand up all of these new programs, AND have them be programs of equitable quality as their predecessors.

MCPS could not even replicate the success of RM's IB program with the Regional IBs at Watkins Mill, Springbrook and Kennedy. So what makes you think they can do multiples more of that on the current timeline with no additional financial or human resources?

Taylor would argue that the Regional IBs would have been more successful if so many of the county's top students weren't still driving past them to go to RMIB. That seems to be a primary rationale for ending the countywide model in favor of the new regional model.

He's lying. Most of the people who attended RMIB were from W schools and the RM Cluster itself.

Yep. MCPS did a whole slide showing which kids attend different programs. RMIB is mostly Churchill, Wooton, and RM. In the new model, RM, Churchill and Wooton are in a region together along with Rockville. You know they won't cut that IB program at all, even with the regional change. It will be the same as it is now and Churchill and Wooton kids will get even more access to it.

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DJVQ56678E2B/$file/Attachment%20D%20SY2025%20Student%20Enrollment%20Countywide%20Programs%20250724.pdf

According to this distribution, after the regional model is implemented, RMIB will be 50% of its current size, Blair SMCS will be 25% of its current size, and Wootton STEM will be 50% of the current Blair SMCS size, assuming the exactly same criteria are imposed as of right now. Calling real estate agents: you can see which zip codes to recommend your future home buyers, right?

Why are you assuming there wouldn't be any changes in which students apply to which programs?