MCPS curriculum RFP-Second Attempt

[Anonymous]

This was the message we all got from MCPS's Maria Navarro in June--has there been any news about the RFP which she said should be reissued right about now (end August). I don't see anything on the curriculum review site that she said to check for updates.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/curriculum-review.aspx

Over the past month, we have reached out to all employee organizations, the Evaluation Core Team who participated in the initial phase, the Curriculum Advisory Assembly, central services staff and other school staff to solicit detailed feedback on the previous Request for Proposal (RFP). We have also analyzed the responses from the New Curriculum Survey, which received responses from over 1,700 members of the MCPS community—including parents, teachers and students. We will use this feedback to revise the RFP, which is scheduled to be reissued in late August 2018. Following the issuing of the RFP, it is anticipated that curriculum proposals will be evaluated late fall 2018, with options going to the Board of Education for approval in the middle of the 2018-19 school year.

[Anonymous]

No, it's summer break still.
Besides, this got PUNTED AN ENTIRE YEAR, so they can slow-roll everything all Fall and Spring and maybe make a selection in May or June 2019. Then do their 2 days of training in August. No rush. No rush at all.

Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Meanwhile, kids are being taught a crappy curriculum and turned into Chromebook zombies.

Woo!

[Anonymous]

Zombies, I tell you! Zombies!

Wait, what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's summer break still.
Besides, this got PUNTED AN ENTIRE YEAR, so they can slow-roll everything all Fall and Spring and maybe make a selection in May or June 2019. Then do their 2 days of training in August. No rush. No rush at all.

Enjoy.

But Maria Navarro wrote in June that they were reissuing the RFP in late August 2018. That is now. Was there something that came after that, changing the plans?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's summer break still.
Besides, this got PUNTED AN ENTIRE YEAR, so they can slow-roll everything all Fall and Spring and maybe make a selection in May or June 2019. Then do their 2 days of training in August. No rush. No rush at all.

Enjoy.

But Maria Navarro wrote in June that they were reissuing the RFP in late August 2018. That is now. Was there something that came after that, changing the plans?

Late August ends on 08/31/18. It's only 08/20/18. The district is still within their announced timeframe.

[Anonymous]

There is a group within the central office that still wants to cling to 2.0. They want Discovery Ed to win the bid so they don't have to change many things. They want their legacy to be a success not a humiliating failure. The focus is 100% on finding ways to keep the incumbent employees in their jobs and very little effort is being put forward to address the problem curriculum these employees created for the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a group within the central office that still wants to cling to 2.0. They want Discovery Ed to win the bid so they don't have to change many things. They want their legacy to be a success not a humiliating failure. The focus is 100% on finding ways to keep the incumbent employees in their jobs and very little effort is being put forward to address the problem curriculum these employees created for the students.

Discovery Ed better not win. Erick Lang and Discovery Ed are the reason this whole process was delayed. Schools could be piloting the new curriculum now for this year if it wasn't for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's summer break still.
Besides, this got PUNTED AN ENTIRE YEAR, so they can slow-roll everything all Fall and Spring and maybe make a selection in May or June 2019. Then do their 2 days of training in August. No rush. No rush at all.

Enjoy.

But Maria Navarro wrote in June that they were reissuing the RFP in late August 2018. That is now. Was there something that came after that, changing the plans?

nothing, just making a 3 month process take 12 months. BFD. it's public school and pension worker government workers. what do you expect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
There is a group within the central office that still wants to cling to 2.0. They want Discovery Ed to win the bid so they don't have to change many things. They want their legacy to be a success not a humiliating failure. The focus is 100% on finding ways to keep the incumbent employees in their jobs and very little effort is being put forward to address the problem curriculum these employees created for the students.

Discovery Ed better not win. Erick Lang and Discovery Ed are the reason this whole process was delayed. Schools could be piloting the new curriculum now for this year if it wasn't for them.

Boy you don't understand how the central office works. Discovery Ed is the *only* landing spot for MCPS employees. Its filled with former MCPS employees. Existing staff in MCPS who want back up options kiss up to Discovery. Remember Maria's communication about the pulled RFP? She was fanning over Discovery, going out of way to praise them when they were part of the problem and the idiots over there were the architects of the 2.0 mess in the first place. She will be pushing for Discovery Ed, just watch. The last thing these fools want is an actual proven curriculum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's summer break still.
Besides, this got PUNTED AN ENTIRE YEAR, so they can slow-roll everything all Fall and Spring and maybe make a selection in May or June 2019. Then do their 2 days of training in August. No rush. No rush at all.

Enjoy.

But Maria Navarro wrote in June that they were reissuing the RFP in late August 2018. That is now. Was there something that came after that, changing the plans?

Late August ends on 08/31/18. It's only 08/20/18. The district is still within their announced timeframe.

Yeah, they've got 9 business days. But you would think they would update the curriculum review website if they were a few days away from issuing the RFP.

[Anonymous]

we should all send requests for an update to the askmcps email. I'm curious to see what they'd respond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yeah, they've got 9 business days. But you would think they would update the curriculum review website if they were a few days away from issuing the RFP.

I wouldn't think that. I would expect them to update it after they issue the RFP.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to send an email to the ask mcps as well as the Maria lady. I might even send an email to the BOE. I encourage you to do the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yeah, they've got 9 business days. But you would think they would update the curriculum review website if they were a few days away from issuing the RFP.

I wouldn't think that. I would expect them to update it after they issue the RFP.

Well Navarro in her June email said to look at that site for updates. This hasn’t been updated since March. Why bother directing us to somewhere for news that hasn’t been updated in months?