Jack Smith yeah or nay?

[Anonymous]

A lot of people left Special Ed when they started to get students who were 2e or ELLs with SN. These were mainly people who hadn’t changed their teaching in two decades and treated their self-contained classrooms like little medieval fiefdoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

What does that case have to do with Darryl Williams?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers at my Elementary School can't stand him. I'm in Special Ed, and the cuts have been devastating.

Add to that the crap coming out of central office, and I would get rid of him in a heartbeat, as I bet would 99% of those at our school.

What kind of crap comes out of Central Office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

What does that case have to do with Darryl Williams?

According to page 5, Darryl Williams knew of the sexual harassment by the principal but did nothing to protect the employee. Hence a reason for the law suit in which MCPS is the defendant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers at my Elementary School can't stand him. I'm in Special Ed, and the cuts have been devastating.

Add to that the crap coming out of central office, and I would get rid of him in a heartbeat, as I bet would 99% of those at our school.

What kind of crap comes out of Central Office?

Not the PP but I agree with the post. One example of crap is Be Well 365. There is no support for staff at the school level to implement it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers at my Elementary School can't stand him. I'm in Special Ed, and the cuts have been devastating.

Add to that the crap coming out of central office, and I would get rid of him in a heartbeat, as I bet would 99% of those at our school.

What kind of crap comes out of Central Office?

Not the PP but I agree with the post. One example of crap is Be Well 365. There is no support for staff at the school level to implement it.

Agree 100 %. We had leadership meetings last month and when we looked at our school's data it was our African American FARMS students who were performing the lowest. We have done training on race and equity ad nauseum but never once have we been trained on how to help students in poverty. School administrators and teachers genuinely want this training and the staff at central office are running around like chickens with their heads cut off unable to support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

What does that case have to do with Darryl Williams?

According to page 5, Darryl Williams knew of the sexual harassment by the principal but did nothing to protect the employee. Hence a reason for the law suit in which MCPS is the defendant.

thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

What does that case have to do with Darryl Williams?

According to page 5, Darryl Williams knew of the sexual harassment by the principal but did nothing to protect the employee. Hence a reason for the law suit in which MCPS is the defendant.

thanks

Ultimately, Jack Smith is captain of a ship that repeatedly has staff and students unprotected against predators. In my opinion, the BOE should be questioning his leadership.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers at my Elementary School can't stand him. I'm in Special Ed, and the cuts have been devastating.

Add to that the crap coming out of central office, and I would get rid of him in a heartbeat, as I bet would 99% of those at our school.

What kind of crap comes out of Central Office?

Not the PP but I agree with the post. One example of crap is Be Well 365. There is no support for staff at the school level to implement it.

Agree 100 %. We had leadership meetings last month and when we looked at our school's data it was our African American FARMS students who were performing the lowest. We have done training on race and equity ad nauseum but never once have we been trained on how to help students in poverty. School administrators and teachers genuinely want this training and the staff at central office are running around like chickens with their heads cut off unable to support.

Culturally responsive teaching and community building and social-emotional health strategies ARE strategies for working with students in poverty. I grew up very poor in the inner city. It would have made an immense difference in my feeling that I belonged at my high school and my teachers cared about me if someone had used these strategies. I looked at the materials provided —including tons of online resources and a lot of them are simple and free things to do. Especially the trauma informed teaching.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A few key central office admin have left with Dr. Darryl Williams to go to BCPS, including two directors and the head of family and community engagement. I’m sure it’s a promotion, but still, I think it’s telling.

Good luck to BCPS with hiring Darryl Williams. They are going to need it if this case is an example of his leadership:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646/gov.uscourts.mdd.453646.1.0.pdf

As far as Jack Smith, I say nay because he is doing little to improve school climate issues for staff and students.

What does that case have to do with Darryl Williams?

According to page 5, Darryl Williams knew of the sexual harassment by the principal but did nothing to protect the employee. Hence a reason for the law suit in which MCPS is the defendant.

thanks

Ultimately, Jack Smith is captain of a ship that repeatedly has staff and students unprotected against predators. In my opinion, the BOE should be questioning his leadership.

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