New Super Being Announced Monday

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

I’d actually be curious to see what HS and maybe NS teachers ghjnk about a discipline dean in their school as opposed to a small pay increase. My sense is that many would pick discipline over a small increase. I don’t think this would be useful in ES but maybe I’m wrong. A family member was the dean of discipline at a very troubled urban HS … knowing them. I can’t really imagine that they were great at it but they were at least a point person to interact with the police.

This is so funny to me because most schools used their RJ person AS a discipline point of contact so teachers could focus on teaching and you all dragged MCPS for wasting money on them. RJ staff in schools already pull out students and hold circles with them to mediate and even supervise ISS. But everyone just wants to bash mcps without knowing the whole picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

I’d actually be curious to see what HS and maybe NS teachers ghjnk about a discipline dean in their school as opposed to a small pay increase. My sense is that many would pick discipline over a small increase. I don’t think this would be useful in ES but maybe I’m wrong. A family member was the dean of discipline at a very troubled urban HS … knowing them. I can’t really imagine that they were great at it but they were at least a point person to interact with the police.

I would actually prefer my salary keep up with inflation than having someone who is released from the classroom and do what admin should be doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

.5% pay increase for teachers? That's nothing. MCEA is going to be out for blood if Taylor is the pick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

I’d actually be curious to see what HS and maybe NS teachers ghjnk about a discipline dean in their school as opposed to a small pay increase. My sense is that many would pick discipline over a small increase. I don’t think this would be useful in ES but maybe I’m wrong. A family member was the dean of discipline at a very troubled urban HS … knowing them. I can’t really imagine that they were great at it but they were at least a point person to interact with the police.

This is so funny to me because most schools used their RJ person AS a discipline point of contact so teachers could focus on teaching and you all dragged MCPS for wasting money on them. RJ staff in schools already pull out students and hold circles with them to mediate and even supervise ISS. But everyone just wants to bash mcps without knowing the whole picture.

The problem is that RJ circles are not discipline. -DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

.5% pay increase for teachers? That's nothing. MCEA is going to be out for blood if Taylor is the pick.

That's over the provisionally approved increase -- and it sounds like that was quite hefty for some teachers: "The final $460.7 million adopted budget increases the base teacher scale by $250, a 0.5% increase to the current teacher scale approved in the provisionally adopted budget earlier this spring. This is in addition to the increase (which ranges from 3 to 9%) set in the provisional budget."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

I’d actually be curious to see what HS and maybe NS teachers ghjnk about a discipline dean in their school as opposed to a small pay increase. My sense is that many would pick discipline over a small increase. I don’t think this would be useful in ES but maybe I’m wrong. A family member was the dean of discipline at a very troubled urban HS … knowing them. I can’t really imagine that they were great at it but they were at least a point person to interact with the police.

This is so funny to me because most schools used their RJ person AS a discipline point of contact so teachers could focus on teaching and you all dragged MCPS for wasting money on them. RJ staff in schools already pull out students and hold circles with them to mediate and even supervise ISS. But everyone just wants to bash mcps without knowing the whole picture.

The problem is that RJ circles are not discipline. -DP

The problem is that RJ is more than just circles. And people need to understand that. It also requires people able to supervise various the restorative Justice pieces

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article on Stafford’s recent decision to ban cell phones combined with allocating budget to create a new Office of Student Conduct, with a Dean of students in each high school focused on discipline. Sounds like this was controversial because the budget could have been spent on increasing teacher pay.

https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2024/06/12/stafford-schools-ban-cell-phones-establish-office-of-student-conduct/

I’d actually be curious to see what HS and maybe NS teachers ghjnk about a discipline dean in their school as opposed to a small pay increase. My sense is that many would pick discipline over a small increase. I don’t think this would be useful in ES but maybe I’m wrong. A family member was the dean of discipline at a very troubled urban HS … knowing them. I can’t really imagine that they were great at it but they were at least a point person to interact with the police.

This is so funny to me because most schools used their RJ person AS a discipline point of contact so teachers could focus on teaching and you all dragged MCPS for wasting money on them. RJ staff in schools already pull out students and hold circles with them to mediate and even supervise ISS. But everyone just wants to bash mcps without knowing the whole picture.

The problem is that RJ circles are not discipline. -DP

The problem is that RJ is more than just circles. And people need to understand that. It also requires people able to supervise various the restorative Justice pieces

Well whatever it is, it is not working. Students are out of control without consequences for their behavior.

[Anonymous]

Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

I don’t think a super can change policy. That is the Board of Education’s job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

I don’t think a super can change policy. That is the Board of Education’s job.

Correct. The super can't change policy, but they can change regulations, which are specifics on how policies are implemented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

I don’t think a super can change policy. That is the Board of Education’s job.

Correct. The super can't change policy, but they can change regulations, which are specifics on how policies are implemented.

That's why the Board of Education has watered down all the policies so they don't say anything anymore. All the power has shifted to the superintendent. The superintendent can do whatever they want from now on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

Most of those behaviors are already covered by our criminal code and a matter for MCPD. MCPS is a school system that isn't set up to dispense justice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ban the cell phones and bring on the Dean of Discipline! I'm here for both!

But what is the Dean of discipline actually going to do? MCPS has zero consequences for behavior except for the most serious offenses like bringing a weapon to school or being involved in a mega fight.

Presumably if you get a new super who is putting them into place, you are changing the policy to actually create disciplinary action with consequences for the behavior.

Most of those behaviors are already covered by our criminal code and a matter for MCPD. MCPS is a school system that isn't set up to dispense justice.

But MCPS doesn't call the police.