A quarter of the teachers at Lakewood Elementary are leaving.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the principal fell into the trap of blaming teachers for differences in student behavior and academic outcomes. Teachers generally take that as insult or at least micromanagement. They do not feel treated as professionals, so they leave.

[Anonymous]

MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

Lol what agenda? No teachers are tired of anything because nothing is being pushed by the district. Delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

Lol what agenda? No teachers are tired of anything because nothing is being pushed by the district. Delusional.

Teachers I know are afraid to speak out or else they are labeled a "bigot". They are tired of staff meeting where you have to tell everyone your "pronouns", the pushing of racial "equity". If a kid has no support at home and does not come to school, why is the teacher blamed for the kid struggling?

This "anti-racist" is nonsense. I doubt they are giving the same attention to Jewish, Indian and Asian kids.

How about Kristin Mink calling anyone who doesn't agree with her opinion a "bigot" and white supremacist.

Why don't you tell me why teachers are leaving MCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

Lol what agenda? No teachers are tired of anything because nothing is being pushed by the district. Delusional.

Teachers I know are afraid to speak out or else they are labeled a "bigot". They are tired of staff meeting where you have to tell everyone your "pronouns", the pushing of racial "equity". If a kid has no support at home and does not come to school, why is the teacher blamed for the kid struggling?

This "anti-racist" is nonsense. I doubt they are giving the same attention to Jewish, Indian and Asian kids.

How about Kristin Mink calling anyone who doesn't agree with her opinion a "bigot" and white supremacist.

Why don't you tell me why teachers are leaving MCPS?

Not for any of the reasons you listed above. Kristin Mink isn’t on the school board. Never heard of anyone having to announce their pronouns at a staff meeting and I have other teacher friends all over the county. You sound like an uneducated fear monger. Teachers are leaving due to toxic admin, lack of support in the classrooms, feral children, terrible parents, behaviors… the list goes in forever without any of the reasons being anything you listed. You sound completely ignorant and have no idea what you’re talking about, but sure… keep spreading lies to further your narrative.

[Anonymous]

I worked with the principal when she was a teacher. I'm not sure how she has made it this far with administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/27893

Her dissertation

Her dissertation is exactly what McKnight seeks out for her new principals. I am in the system and I do believe that our students of color have different experiences at school. However, we hear nothing except the buzz words of anti-racist, RJ, etc. and no clear plan for addressing things so that ALL students get what they need. We can throw around lingo all day but it hasn't moved the mark in terms of student performance results. Ultimately, students with involved parents that have additional resources are going to fair better than students who lack the same resources. Is it fair? Nope. However, I don't know how a school is going to fix the societal problems that have come about in the last fifty years when they only have the kids seven hours a day. I know that during our summer leadership days, part of our work will be to identify in writing, all of the examples of racism at play in our schools. This is a part of the new school improvement process that requires a significant amount of work that is not grounded in any form of research. I'm a team leader and am dreading three days of this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Are those leadership days in person or virtual? Principal's choice?

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately principals have so much power over teachers that working with a toxic principal is a nightmare you have to endure everyday you show up to work. I fled a school with a dictator/toxic principal who would do things like it sound this principal is doing.

Playbook of a toxic principal includes: make veteran teachers who are really good teachers and are vocal change grades, then the principal assigns the most disruptive students to those teachers, the teacher don't get supplies they need or support, etc. Then hire new teachers who are too afraid to speak up when they realize the principal is making awful decisions and running the school into the ground.

I now work for the most amazing principal and no one wants to leave. Everyone stays until retirement because the principal is so amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are those leadership days in person or virtual? Principal's choice?

They're in person. We have moved away from virtual meetings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/27893

Her dissertation

Her dissertation is exactly what McKnight seeks out for her new principals. I am in the system and I do believe that our students of color have different experiences at school. However, we hear nothing except the buzz words of anti-racist, RJ, etc. and no clear plan for addressing things so that [b]ALL students get what they need.[/b] We can throw around lingo all day but it hasn't moved the mark in terms of student performance results. Ultimately, students with involved parents that have additional resources are going to fair better than students who lack the same resources. Is it fair? Nope. However, I don't know how a school is going to fix the societal problems that have come about in the last fifty years when they only have the kids seven hours a day. I know that during our summer leadership days, part of our work will be to identify in writing, all of the examples of racism at play in our schools. This is a part of the new school improvement process that requires a significant amount of work that is not grounded in any form of research. I'm a team leader and am dreading three days of this nonsense.

100x this! I teach elementary in the county and every single staff meeting this year has been around RJ and How to be an Anti-Racist. I agree with PP that it's good to have these conversations to see things from a different perspective but none of these theories mean anything when we're in the classroom with our kids. We are spending too much PD time on this and not enough on pedagogical practices that will increase student performance. What also seems off to me are our system's principals posting things on social media with #blackgirlpower or #blackgirlmagic. I'm pretty sure that my principal was out of the building a couple of weeks ago for a #blackgirlsthrivin conference at Gude Drive.

Can you imagine if a group of principals at a meeting posted a photo with the caption #whitegirlpower !?!? We would never hear the end of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

Lol what agenda? No teachers are tired of anything because nothing is being pushed by the district. Delusional.

Teachers I know are afraid to speak out or else they are labeled a "bigot". They are tired of staff meeting where you have to tell everyone your "pronouns", the pushing of racial "equity". If a kid has no support at home and does not come to school, why is the teacher blamed for the kid struggling?

This "anti-racist" is nonsense. I doubt they are giving the same attention to Jewish, Indian and Asian kids.

How about Kristin Mink calling anyone who doesn't agree with her opinion a "bigot" and white supremacist.

Why don't you tell me why teachers are leaving MCPS?

Not for any of the reasons you listed above. Kristin Mink isn’t on the school board. Never heard of anyone having to announce their pronouns at a staff meeting and I have other teacher friends all over the county. You sound like an uneducated fear monger. Teachers are leaving due to toxic admin, lack of support in the classrooms, feral children, terrible parents, behaviors… the list goes in forever without any of the reasons being anything you listed. You sound completely ignorant and have no idea what you’re talking about, but sure… keep spreading lies to further your narrative.

+1

I am a teacher and we have NEVER been forced to do anything like you are stating. But most of the teachers I work with wouldn't have an issue with that. But if a teacher fears being labeled a 'bigot' in MCPS, it's because they probably are. We absolutely have teachers who exhibit microaggressions towards kids, mostly students of color. Don't tell me I'm wrong. I have seen it with my own two eyes. They need to be called out and dragged into the light.

Teachers are 100% leaving schools because of other reasons, most of them being toxic or ineffective administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/27893

Her dissertation

Her dissertation is exactly what McKnight seeks out for her new principals. I am in the system and I do believe that our students of color have different experiences at school. However, we hear nothing except the buzz words of anti-racist, RJ, etc. and no clear plan for addressing things so that [b]ALL students get what they need.[/b] We can throw around lingo all day but it hasn't moved the mark in terms of student performance results. Ultimately, students with involved parents that have additional resources are going to fair better than students who lack the same resources. Is it fair? Nope. However, I don't know how a school is going to fix the societal problems that have come about in the last fifty years when they only have the kids seven hours a day. I know that during our summer leadership days, part of our work will be to identify in writing, all of the examples of racism at play in our schools. This is a part of the new school improvement process that requires a significant amount of work that is not grounded in any form of research. I'm a team leader and am dreading three days of this nonsense.

100x this! I teach elementary in the county and every single staff meeting this year has been around RJ and How to be an Anti-Racist. I agree with PP that it's good to have these conversations to see things from a different perspective but none of these theories mean anything when we're in the classroom with our kids. We are spending too much PD time on this and not enough on pedagogical practices that will increase student performance. What also seems off to me are our system's principals posting things on social media with #blackgirlpower or #blackgirlmagic. I'm pretty sure that my principal was out of the building a couple of weeks ago for a #blackgirlsthrivin conference at Gude Drive.

Can you imagine if a group of principals at a meeting posted a photo with the caption #whitegirlpower !?!? We would never hear the end of it.

I find this so strange also. Our principal posts all the time with this hashtag. By doing this, you are actively making non-Black girls feel left out.

And I have never ever seen him post #JewBoyMagic or #AsianGirlMagic.

Somehow it’s okay to honor achievements by Black Girls only. It’s fine to honor students achievements, but how about we stop the hyper focus on race. It’s gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/27893

Her dissertation

Her dissertation is exactly what McKnight seeks out for her new principals. I am in the system and I do believe that our students of color have different experiences at school. However, we hear nothing except the buzz words of anti-racist, RJ, etc. and no clear plan for addressing things so that [b]ALL students get what they need.[/b] We can throw around lingo all day but it hasn't moved the mark in terms of student performance results. Ultimately, students with involved parents that have additional resources are going to fair better than students who lack the same resources. Is it fair? Nope. However, I don't know how a school is going to fix the societal problems that have come about in the last fifty years when they only have the kids seven hours a day. I know that during our summer leadership days, part of our work will be to identify in writing, all of the examples of racism at play in our schools. This is a part of the new school improvement process that requires a significant amount of work that is not grounded in any form of research. I'm a team leader and am dreading three days of this nonsense.

100x this! I teach elementary in the county and every single staff meeting this year has been around RJ and How to be an Anti-Racist. I agree with PP that it's good to have these conversations to see things from a different perspective but none of these theories mean anything when we're in the classroom with our kids. We are spending too much PD time on this and not enough on pedagogical practices that will increase student performance. What also seems off to me are our system's principals posting things on social media with #blackgirlpower or #blackgirlmagic. I'm pretty sure that my principal was out of the building a couple of weeks ago for a #blackgirlsthrivin conference at Gude Drive.

Can you imagine if a group of principals at a meeting posted a photo with the caption #whitegirlpower !?!? We would never hear the end of it.

I find this so strange also. Our principal posts all the time with this hashtag. By doing this, you are actively making non-Black girls feel left out.

And I have never ever seen him post #JewBoyMagic or #AsianGirlMagic.

Somehow it’s okay to honor achievements by Black Girls only. It’s fine to honor students achievements, but how about we stop the hyper focus on race. It’s gross.

Both of you belong far, far away from classrooms in 2023. Please resign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is going shit. To much DEI/LGBTQIA+ stuff. MCPS needs to focus on teaching and stop pushing agendas. The teachers I have talked to are tired of it.

MCPS likes to think only Hispanic/African Americans are minorities, which is bigoted! It seems like they keep pushing this message.

Lol what agenda? No teachers are tired of anything because nothing is being pushed by the district. Delusional.

Teachers I know are afraid to speak out or else they are labeled a "bigot". They are tired of staff meeting where you have to tell everyone your "pronouns", the pushing of racial "equity". If a kid has no support at home and does not come to school, why is the teacher blamed for the kid struggling?

This "anti-racist" is nonsense. I doubt they are giving the same attention to Jewish, Indian and Asian kids.

How about Kristin Mink calling anyone who doesn't agree with her opinion a "bigot" and white supremacist.

Why don't you tell me why teachers are leaving MCPS?

My school has 30 departures. Not a single one is complaining about DEI. They’re leaving because they are exhausted from non-stop coverage and dealing with seriously mentally ill adolescents.