Who is Mike Durso?

[Anonymous]

Why don’t they put grandpa in a Wheaton HS classroom and see how he does? I mean his age should be no factor right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they paddled kids 40 years ago this old dude should bring it back.

He ran a charter school. He can open up some charter schools in Montgomery County.

The far-right GOP posters who clearly don't live here will love that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

And one of the BOE members who was against renewing Starr's contract was Mike Durso.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

+1 McKnight personally promoted a serial sex pest to a principal position, and then protected the person who had dismissed *multiple* victim complaints. That's not cleaning house at all. I mean, not at all. It literally took a Washington Post expose for any housecleaning to begin.

[Anonymous]

I don't think ant of these higher up would be affective in the classroom with the anything goes without consequence structure that they built to destabilize teaching. Lots of us teachers said enough then left the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

+1 McKnight personally promoted a serial sex pest to a principal position, and then protected the person who had dismissed *multiple* victim complaints. That's not cleaning house at all. I mean, not at all. It literally took a Washington Post expose for any housecleaning to begin.

They haven't even fired the serial sex pest so I would say it was housecleaning. Maybe they took out a little trash but everything in there is still really dirty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

+1 McKnight personally promoted a serial sex pest to a principal position, and then protected the person who had dismissed *multiple* victim complaints. That's not cleaning house at all. I mean, not at all. It literally took a Washington Post expose for any housecleaning to begin.

They haven't even fired the serial sex pest so I would say it was housecleaning. Maybe they took out a little trash but everything in there is still really dirty.

Making these ridiculous claims is why nobody takes you seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

I heard about that! Some teachers were sexting him nude photos, and there were something like five different investigations with different conclusions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

And one of the BOE members who was against renewing Starr's contract was Mike Durso.

He actually orchestrated Starr's ouster by trying to line up Kim Statham to take over; Smondrowski, Ortman-Fouse, and Docca went along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

+1 McKnight personally promoted a serial sex pest to a principal position, and then protected the person who had dismissed *multiple* victim complaints. That's not cleaning house at all. I mean, not at all. It literally took a Washington Post expose for any housecleaning to begin.

They haven't even fired the serial sex pest so I would say it was housecleaning. Maybe they took out a little trash but everything in there is still really dirty.

Making these ridiculous claims is why nobody takes you seriously.

Oh did they fire him finally? By all means please correct me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He is a truly wonderful, competent, capable educator who genuinely cares about students, staff, and the community as a whole. Many years ago, he was an assistant principal at FKA Wilson HS. He had the respect and the affection of the students— a rare skill that speaks well of him. The more I’ve worked in education, the more I respect “Durso” as I’ve learned more about his career. So, yeah, my opinions are based on very dated first hand experiences, and less dated secondhand information, but as a Montgomery County resident, I’m happy to have my tax dollars spent to hire people with his expertise and experience.

But he's 81. Is an octogenarian really the best person for the job? (Yes, I have the same questions about Biden.. seeing how my father is doing cognitively who is similar in age.)

Your ageism is disgusting

Most people start to experience cognitive decline at that age. It's a fair question.

Someone thought he was the best for the job. Does he have to sit for an interview with everyone who doubts him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

And one of the BOE members who was against renewing Starr's contract was Mike Durso.

He actually orchestrated Starr's ouster by trying to line up Kim Statham to take over; Smondrowski, Ortman-Fouse, and Docca went along.

In retrospect, they should have kept Starr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stockton is gone and that’s a good thing because he was implicated in the Jackson Lewis report. I wonder if he left before or after the IG interviewed him for her second report.

We should all be happy to see that McKnight is cleaning house. The best outcome for MCPS is that she fixes the problems and rebuilds trust. Firing another superintendent would be a bad look for the school system after they fired Starr and after Smith had a short tenure.

She's been cleaning house since day one. The problem is many of the disgruntled anti-MCPS posters are against everything.

Durso and Navarro are the insiders. That is not cleaning the house. That is reinforcing the house with the same people.

The Beidleman scandal broke to the public in August. McKnight did nothing.

Hard to clean house if you don't know what the house is supposed to look like. Perhaps you just want to blow it up and start over from scratch. That would be a lot uglier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He is a truly wonderful, competent, capable educator who genuinely cares about students, staff, and the community as a whole. Many years ago, he was an assistant principal at FKA Wilson HS. He had the respect and the affection of the students— a rare skill that speaks well of him. The more I’ve worked in education, the more I respect “Durso” as I’ve learned more about his career. So, yeah, my opinions are based on very dated first hand experiences, and less dated secondhand information, but as a Montgomery County resident, I’m happy to have my tax dollars spent to hire people with his expertise and experience.

But he's 81. Is an octogenarian really the best person for the job? (Yes, I have the same questions about Biden.. seeing how my father is doing cognitively who is similar in age.)

Your ageism is disgusting

Most people start to experience cognitive decline at that age. It's a fair question.

Someone thought he was the best for the job. Does he have to sit for an interview with everyone who doubts him?

He didn't have to sit for any interviews. No one else had an opportunity to even apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they paddled kids 40 years ago this old dude should bring it back.

He ran a charter school. He can open up some charter schools in Montgomery County.

The far-right GOP posters who clearly don't live here will love that.

He also ran traditional public schools, including at least one DC High School.