Is it legal for MCPS to pay salary of a private school principal?

[Anonymous]

I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s interesting because my neighbor works for MCPS, meaning she was hired by MCPS and gets her check/benefits from MCPS. However, she works at a private religious school in Silver Spring.

It’s some sort of a program where MCPS provides staff to help the kids at these schools.

Seems like it’s blurring the lines. Why does a teacher at a private school get paid by MCPS? If someone knows, maybe they can clarify. But it sounds very inappropriate to me.

I don't know about the specific program your friend is in, but any grants MCPS receives from the state or the Feds has to serve schools public or private that meet the guidelines of the grant. I worked on a grant that offered training to Title I elementary schools and provided training to the title I private (catholic) schools as well. Grant funds come into MCPS but are earmarked for specific purposes, which sometimes include services in the county that are typically outside the school system.

Thank you for that explanation.

Why doesn’t the private school get the grant directly then? Why does the money funnel through MCPS?

It seems weird that she works for MCPS but never sets foot in an MCPS school.

NP here, but I would think that using a teacher on the PS payroll provides more control over what is being done. If you just hand money to a private org there is less control and transparency, or it's less efficient to get those things via grant oversight. Assuming the PS has a specific goal to be accomplished in the school, it's simplest to use PS staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

[Anonymous]

After an incredibly long thread about whether MCPS should be providing tutoring and enrichment services to MCPS students, now there’s a long thread about people objecting to MCPS funding such services! Whatever your opinions about funding for Saturday School, it is clear it is providing tutoring and support services for MC students at well below market rates. To summarize that by saying “MCPS is paying a private school principal” is manipulative, disingenuous, “spin” reflective of an agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

What have you done to get an answer to that question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

Why don't they get the education they need in MCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

What have you done to get an answer to that question?

MCPS should have the answer. However, they dont always disclose everything t9 the parents and the tax payers in MC. A healthy discussion is needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

What have you done to get an answer to that question?

MCPS should have the answer. However, they dont always disclose everything t9 the parents and the tax payers in MC. A healthy discussion is needed.

Have you asked them the question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

What have you done to get an answer to that question?

MCPS should have the answer. However, they dont always disclose everything t9 the parents and the tax payers in MC. A healthy discussion is needed.

Have you asked them the question?

George leventhal asked and mcps lied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

The effective of the Saturday School is not the subject here. The question is why MCPS uses its own staff to head a private organization.

What have you done to get an answer to that question?

MCPS should have the answer. However, they dont always disclose everything t9 the parents and the tax payers in MC. A healthy discussion is needed.

Have you asked them the question?

George leventhal asked and mcps lied.

Huh. Have you asked them the question?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

How does she know that they are really getting ‘ the help that they need’?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

Why don't they get the education they need in MCPS?

Now there’s a good question. And why is one extra day of the same thing going to help?
Or is it just free Saturday childcare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a friend in Rockville who is a single mom, and she swears by Saturday school (can't afford private tutors), that her kids got the help they need (currently HS and MS), at a price she could afford.

Why don't they get the education they need in MCPS?

Good question!

Why are kids not getting a the education they need in MCPS? Why is it that MCPS has to pay private schools to help kids fill in the gaps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just posted. This is probably the closest to a charter - a successful one, that is. The elementary charter was set up for failure. But bc this was a grassroots effort, it gained enough momentum & partners to expand. So it’s funded by MCPS, the county, and other organizations.

The director does indeed get paid by mcps for running a program. RICA is similar in that it’s a county school funded in part by the state.

RICA is not similar to Saturday School. RICA is a public school. Saturday School is a private school.

Agree with this PP.

RICA is NOT similar to Saturday School.

RICA is an actual MCPS school. It has an MCPS run website. It is funded by MCPS.
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rica/

Saturday School is a 'non-profit' that gets money from MCPS, but gets additional funds through private donors.
http://www.saturdayschool.org/about-us/

I agree that MCPS should NOT be paying the salary of an employee of a non-profit such as Saturday School. And, I put 'non-profit' in quotes, because there are plenty of 'non-profits' that make a ton of money and use it to pay random staff/directors.

RICA is for severely disabled students is it not?

[Anonymous]

^^^^this is classic "Parents' Coalition" style. It's why I wouldn't believe them if they told me it was raining.