Board wants Monifa to step down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

All but JB was before her time in the big chair. The destruction of the system is all on Fat Jack Smith.

Maybe true but she is accelerating the decline rather than reversing it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McKnight releasing a statement to the press and accusing the board of impropriety is a PR move on her part. We don't know what Silvestre and Harris actually said to her, nor what they may have been communicating to her all along.

Very crafty of her to go right to the press. MCPS does not need a cat fight right now

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey Board,
Get back to strong academics and cut everything else.

+100 we need a foundation of strong academics in every school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So tired of every male staff member being referred to by their last name and McKnight not getting the same respect. She's not your friend, and it says a lot about your underlying bias.

Gender isn’t the only bias going on with this first name crap. I’m not a fan of her professionally but I think some people are being deliberately racist with it on this board. It should stop. It also undermines everything the poster writes as they lose credibility.

I agree with the race layer.

[Anonymous]

Get back to educating our future! someone else step up and deal with that while Dr.McK deals with the mess.

[Anonymous]

Many here referred to Jack Smith as Jack, or even Fat Jack. white & male. lets move on

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

Yes, standardized test scores have declined in correspondence to the county's changing demographics, but it isn't fair to say that the county has declined. The same kid can do as well or better today than 20 years ago.

Nope. Graduated from same magnet kid is in. Standards have declined precipitously there is no chance she could do as well or better. There is less material covered, less feedback, given, fewer assessments, no final exams, much less reading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many here referred to Jack Smith as Jack, or even Fat Jack. white & male. lets move on

The latter is really unacceptable and I’ve never heard anyone say that in real life. But if you’re also going to pretend calling each by their first name is the same…. Well, you know damn well what you’re doing. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Before she was officially appointed every union group voted no confidence. The BOE ignored us and hired her anyways. Since then, she has not changed anyone’s minds. That’s the issue. Nobody trusts her. Nobody believes that we have a path forward.

We need a new vision in which the different stakeholder groups actually believe MCPS can get better. That belief can lead teachers and staff to think more positively and be more effective. The students deserve that.

This has nothing to do with sexism, racism, or any other -ism.

[Anonymous]

I think if you actually sit and look at the PR messes in MCPS over the last 20 years, you'll find that McKnight hasn't actually done a worse job of anything. If you ask an average teacher, they'd agree. The only difference is that COVID happened and it was unprecedented, she did what was suggested to her by her advisors. What happened with JB was very public but that alone doesn't implicate her in anything. I think many of you dislike her based on your difficulties with COVID virtual learning, but that wasn't unique to MCPS, and the fact that she's a black woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think if you actually sit and look at the PR messes in MCPS over the last 20 years, you'll find that McKnight hasn't actually done a worse job of anything. If you ask an average teacher, they'd agree. The only difference is that COVID happened and it was unprecedented, she did what was suggested to her by her advisors. What happened with JB was very public but that alone doesn't implicate her in anything. I think many of you dislike her based on your difficulties with COVID virtual learning, but that wasn't unique to MCPS, and the fact that she's a black woman.

Unless the OIG report(s) do implicate her.

[Anonymous]

From MCEA, per WTOP:

“New revelations increasingly indicate that the superintendent has been more concerned with protecting herself and her close associates than with doing right by front-line staff and students,” MCEA said.

“The superintendent’s overseeing body, the board, is no doubt aware of confidential information that caused them to determine this drastic step is necessary. In declaring open war with the board, Dr. McKnight threatens to further damage not only her own future, but also the board’s efforts to restore the public’s trust in Montgomery County Public Schools,” MCEA’s statement said.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/01/montgomery-co-public-schools-superintendent-asked-to-step-away-from-job/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

All but JB was before her time in the big chair. The destruction of the system is all on Fat Jack Smith.

Maybe true but she is accelerating the decline rather than reversing it

The decline already happened when they changed from textbooks and a standard curriculum to 2.0 and the current nonsense. What they are doing now isn't working. She is only part of the problem. The curriculum specialists are one of many.

[Anonymous]

https://moco360.media/2024/01/22/what-did-mcps-mcknight-know-about-harassment-scandal-and-when-did-she-know-it/

Thoughts on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year the reputation of MCPS declines a little bit. No final exams, 50% rule, attendance means nothing, Beidleman scandal, etc.

We need a complete reset

All but JB was before her time in the big chair. The destruction of the system is all on Fat Jack Smith.

Jack Smith really was the worst one. He’s working as a consultant somewhere having the last laugh.

Jack Smith is working for the HR consultants that led the process for his hiring. So, let's see if the same firm is hired for this next round, and if Jack Smith will have another say in who is superintendent for MCPS.