Taylor/MCPS/BOE have managed to piss off so many school communities at once

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

[Anonymous]

I'm fine with MCPS.

It's public school, and a very large system. You can't please all the people all the time.

My last kid has 2 more years left in MCPS. Overall it's been a positive experience for all my children.

I advise people not to get reflexively angry over every little thing. This is how Youngkin got elected in VA with a gang of unhappy parents during the pandemic. Stay cool. Take the long view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

You are mentally ill if you expend that much emotional resources. Also, you're a liar because you can't know what "most" of your neighbors think. I highly doubt they're livid.

[Anonymous]

I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub. Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is. In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away. Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning. So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

You are mentally ill if you expend that much emotional resources. Also, you're a liar because you can't know what "most" of your neighbors think. I highly doubt they're livid.

I think it's pretty terrible you are using "mentally ill" as an insult (mental illness is a medical condition) and acting like being invested in how a school system that literally fails at educating half the students is led is some kind of moral or emotional failing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

What are you talking about? No, they don’t and while they advertise some classes on the course bulletin they don’t actually happen. The have very little in terms of stem. They have very little in some of the arts which is supposed to be what they specialize in. With the reduction of students, and the new forced academies, things will be cut, and the only things that can be are stem and arts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

You are mentally ill if you expend that much emotional resources. Also, you're a liar because you can't know what "most" of your neighbors think. I highly doubt they're livid.

Calling someone mentally ill is silly. Many smarter Einstein students lottery into other schools due to the lack of course offerings. Without the DCC, some of us will have to go private, try to cosa or move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub. Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is. In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away. Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning. So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.

This isn’t pooling resources when only a few kids will be offered a regional transfer and parent have to provide transportation and given the groupings, it can be impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

What are you talking about? No, they don’t and while they advertise some classes on the course bulletin they don’t actually happen. The have very little in terms of stem. They have very little in some of the arts which is supposed to be what they specialize in. With the reduction of students, and the new forced academies, things will be cut, and the only things that can be are stem and arts.

The problem is Taylor and CO still don’t understand or refuse to recognize that course bulletin is nothing closer than what is actually offered on the plate. Their course bulletin catelog published in this January was totally useless BS, and they make every so-called “improvements” based on that piece of BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

What are you talking about? No, they don’t and while they advertise some classes on the course bulletin they don’t actually happen. The have very little in terms of stem. They have very little in some of the arts which is supposed to be what they specialize in. With the reduction of students, and the new forced academies, things will be cut, and the only things that can be are stem and arts.

The problem is Taylor and CO still don’t understand or refuse to recognize that course bulletin is nothing closer than what is actually offered on the plate. Their course bulletin catelog published in this January was totally useless BS, and they make every so-called “improvements” based on that piece of BS.

The courses listed in this report for each high school are courses that students were enrolled in during Spring 2025

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2026_Reports/OLOReport%202026-2.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub. Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is. In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away. Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning. So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.

This isn’t pooling resources when only a few kids will be offered a regional transfer and parent have to provide transportation and given the groupings, it can be impossible.

Yes, that was the point. They are trying to pretend that they are pooling more resources offering specialized programs, but they aren't accessible, the few seats that there are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

What are you talking about? No, they don’t and while they advertise some classes on the course bulletin they don’t actually happen. The have very little in terms of stem. They have very little in some of the arts which is supposed to be what they specialize in. With the reduction of students, and the new forced academies, things will be cut, and the only things that can be are stem and arts.

The problem is Taylor and CO still don’t understand or refuse to recognize that course bulletin is nothing closer than what is actually offered on the plate. Their course bulletin catelog published in this January was totally useless BS, and they make every so-called “improvements” based on that piece of BS.

The general one doesn’t reflect what’s offered at each school and our school one doesn’t reflect the actual courses offered and had multiple errors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here, Einstein cluster parent and I despise Taylor

Yes, we know... you put it on every thread. Wait to see what the Einstein offerings are, given that you aren't satisfied currently, maybe it will be better.

I am not the poster you think I am. Einstein offers more courses than many other high schools. I still despise Taylor and most of my neighbors are livid about the regional program model.

What are you talking about? No, they don’t and while they advertise some classes on the course bulletin they don’t actually happen. The have very little in terms of stem. They have very little in some of the arts which is supposed to be what they specialize in. With the reduction of students, and the new forced academies, things will be cut, and the only things that can be are stem and arts.

The problem is Taylor and CO still don’t understand or refuse to recognize that course bulletin is nothing closer than what is actually offered on the plate. Their course bulletin catelog published in this January was totally useless BS, and they make every so-called “improvements” based on that piece of BS.

The courses listed in this report for each high school are courses that students were enrolled in during Spring 2025

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2026_Reports/OLOReport%202026-2.pdf

This is not accurate. Some of the courses aren’t offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub. Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is. In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away. Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning. So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.

The disparities in the schools are significant at the hs level. The regional model is going to hurt a lot of students in schools with limited courses. It’s going to make the rich vs so called poor schools even more divided.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that sometimes community expectations don't match what is possible with the resources they are willing to expend.

However, that is the rub. Montgomery County spends considerable amounts of money on education and for most of us the quality is less than other smaller districts.

IMO the problem is that MCPS is too big for what it is. In theory pooling the resources should lead to efficiencies, the problem is it's too spread out for Urban style management which is what Taylor seems to want to do "holding schools and special programs at different schools" make sense in a dense urban setting with declining capacity where switching schools is just a few blocks away. Furthermore, MCPS doesn't have the legislative structure that an urban school system would have so there is little feedback or political planning. So, pooling resources at certain schools means that overall quality is declined for everyone because we don't have access.

This isn’t pooling resources when only a few kids will be offered a regional transfer and parent have to provide transportation and given the groupings, it can be impossible.

Yes, that was the point. They are trying to pretend that they are pooling more resources offering specialized programs, but they aren't accessible, the few seats that there are.

Some of the specialized programs were removed a few years ago from our school due to lack of interest. At a minimum poll parents and students on what they want.