Churchill Getting a New Principal

[Anonymous]

Don't feed the troll please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least he looks normal

He looks human? Thank goodness! I was worried about a reptilian in human guise.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone who attended the meeting this evening share what Mr. Taylor talked about?

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Anonymous wrote:
Can anyone who attended the meeting this evening share what Mr. Taylor talked about?

Mr. Taylor seems like a nice person. He was an AP at Churchill and a Principal at Cabin John. I think he knows the community probably better than most candidates would have and probably better than Dr. Moran.

He gave some background on his personal life. His wife and himself are foster parents.

Mr. Taylor also talked about bullying at Churchill. No specifics though on how to improve the school climate for all students, however this was just a meet and greet event.

One issue at Churchill that wasn’t touched on was drug use by students, particularly drug use on school grounds. With Resource Officers being pulled from MCPS schools, it seems that Mr. Taylor should be developing a plan on how to prevent the selling and use of drugs at school.

There will be a future meet and greet that will be virtual so parents who couldn’t attend in person last night will have an opportunity to meet Mr. Taylor.

In general, I think he was a good choice for Churchill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Can anyone who attended the meeting this evening share what Mr. Taylor talked about?

Mr. Taylor seems like a nice person. He was an AP at Churchill and a Principal at Cabin John. I think he knows the community probably better than most candidates would have and probably better than Dr. Moran.

He gave some background on his personal life. His wife and himself are foster parents.

Mr. Taylor also talked about bullying at Churchill. No specifics though on how to improve the school climate for all students, however this was just a meet and greet event.

One issue at Churchill that wasn’t touched on was drug use by students, particularly drug use on school grounds. With Resource Officers being pulled from MCPS schools, it seems that Mr. Taylor should be developing a plan on how to prevent the selling and use of drugs at school.

There will be a future meet and greet that will be virtual so parents who couldn’t attend in person last night will have an opportunity to meet Mr. Taylor.

In general, I think he was a good choice for Churchill.

A big issue is that students are dealing drugs in bathrooms where teachers cannot enter.

[Anonymous]

Security can monitor the bathrooms in pairs.

[Anonymous]

FYI my kid saw drugs sold in the hallways, stairwells, and classes. Not just bathrooms. Definitely places teachers and administrators can monitor.

[Anonymous]

Sure you can crack down on the drug trade at Churchill, but any successful school plan should include prevention. Why are students using drugs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sure you can crack down on the drug trade at Churchill, but any successful school plan should include prevention. Why are students using drugs?

Why are kids doing drugs in middle schools and high schools all over the place? This is not just a Churchill thing. Say what you want, kids are buying and selling drugs in just about every high school in the county, but people love to point to Churchill as a bad apple. Wake up and smell the coffee if you don't think this stuff is going on at your kids school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Sure you can crack down on the drug trade at Churchill, but any successful school plan should include prevention. Why are students using drugs?

Why are kids doing drugs in middle schools and high schools all over the place? This is not just a Churchill thing. Say what you want, kids are buying and selling drugs in just about every high school in the county, but people love to point to Churchill as a bad apple. Wake up and smell the coffee if you don't think this stuff is going on at your kids school.

The thread is about Churchill. No one has said drugs are not a problem at other MCPS schools. Frankly, MCPS as a whole does a bad job keeping drugs out of schools and should be doing more. However, my child goes to Churchill so I would be interested for a plan from Mr. Taylor that addresses the Churchill problem.

[Anonymous]

can’t believe it. good luck to churchill. it will need it.

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone interested in talking with Principal Taylor, tomorrow (June 20th) is the first meet and greet at 7pm. Enter through the Bulldog Lobby. Starts at 7pm.

Someone should ask him to put all his cards on the table so you can all see what I was talking about in terms of him being woke.

How would you go about that?

Ask if he believes in antiracist discrimination. Ask if believes grade discrepancies between racial groups = racism and what he would do about it. You'll quickly see how woke and truly insane some of his ideas are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For anyone interested in talking with Principal Taylor, tomorrow (June 20th) is the first meet and greet at 7pm. Enter through the Bulldog Lobby. Starts at 7pm.

Someone should ask him to put all his cards on the table so you can all see what I was talking about in terms of him being woke.

How would you go about that?

Ask if he believes in antiracist discrimination. Ask if believes grade discrepancies between racial groups = racism and what he would do about it. You'll quickly see how woke and truly insane some of his ideas are.

I am not sure what the bee in your bonnet is all about.

Dr. Moran presented data at a Churchill PTA meeting about 3 years ago (1st year he was assigned to Churchill) that black students were not proportionally enrolled in Honors and AP classes when compared to white and Asian students. It would be interesting to revisit the numbers to see if there’s been any improvement.

It also would be interesting to look at students with disabilities. MCPS has collective data that shows an achievement gap with these students as well. The numbers were especially bad during online learning. It would be great if Dr. Moran and Mr. Taylor could release the Churchill specific data as far as representation in Honors and AP classes as well as academic achievement. I’ve had a child with disabilities who has been discouraged from taking AP classes, not because he didn’t have the ability, but because staffing limitations as far as where he can access Special Ed Services. Students with disabilities do not have equal access to educational opportunities at Churchill.

The achievement gap is real. The lowering of expectations and opportunities is real. How does solving these problems affect other students in the school? To solve implicit bias, there needs to be staff and student training. Sure it’s uncomfortable to examine past actions, but if the uncomfortable conversations never takes place, then discriminatory behavior will continue.

I welcome Mr. Taylor to Churchill and I hope there’s progress made to end discriminatory practices in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure you can crack down on the drug trade at Churchill, but any successful school plan should include prevention. Why are students using drugs?

Why are kids doing drugs in middle schools and high schools all over the place? This is not just a Churchill thing. Say what you want, kids are buying and selling drugs in just about every high school in the county, but people love to point to Churchill as a bad apple. Wake up and smell the coffee if you don't think this stuff is going on at your kids school.

In school is largely a Churchill thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For anyone interested in talking with Principal Taylor, tomorrow (June 20th) is the first meet and greet at 7pm. Enter through the Bulldog Lobby. Starts at 7pm.

Someone should ask him to put all his cards on the table so you can all see what I was talking about in terms of him being woke.

How would you go about that?

Ask if he believes in antiracist discrimination. Ask if believes grade discrepancies between racial groups = racism and what he would do about it. You'll quickly see how woke and truly insane some of his ideas are.

I am not sure what the bee in your bonnet is all about.

Dr. Moran presented data at a Churchill PTA meeting about 3 years ago (1st year he was assigned to Churchill) that black students were not proportionally enrolled in Honors and AP classes when compared to white and Asian students. It would be interesting to revisit the numbers to see if there’s been any improvement.

It also would be interesting to look at students with disabilities. MCPS has collective data that shows an achievement gap with these students as well. The numbers were especially bad during online learning. It would be great if Dr. Moran and Mr. Taylor could release the Churchill specific data as far as representation in Honors and AP classes as well as academic achievement. I’ve had a child with disabilities who has been discouraged from taking AP classes, not because he didn’t have the ability, but because staffing limitations as far as where he can access Special Ed Services. Students with disabilities do not have equal access to educational opportunities at Churchill.

The achievement gap is real. The lowering of expectations and opportunities is real. How does solving these problems affect other students in the school? To solve implicit bias, there needs to be staff and student training. Sure it’s uncomfortable to examine past actions, but if the uncomfortable conversations never takes place, then discriminatory behavior will continue.

I welcome Mr. Taylor to Churchill and I hope there’s progress made to end discriminatory practices in the school.

Perhaps black and brown students don't work as hard as their white and Asian counterparts. It's more plausible than THe WhOlE sYstEm is RACIST.

And budgets are pie. If MCPS spends too much pie on special needs and black/brown students then there's less pie for everyone else. The expectation that everyone will do the same is absurd, especially when it comes to kids with disabilities. The reason is baked right into the name.

I'm sure you will like Taylor because he has shown that he will do what he can to end disparities by any means necessary, even if it harms the rest of the school.