Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?

[Anonymous]

University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

Bowie State as well apparently:

https://bowiestate.edu/about/administration-and-governance/office-of-the-president/board-of-visitors.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

Bowie State as well apparently:

https://bowiestate.edu/about/administration-and-governance/office-of-the-president/board-of-visitors.php

Oh. She's migrated from UMD to Bowie now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

Bowie State as well apparently:

https://bowiestate.edu/about/administration-and-governance/office-of-the-president/board-of-visitors.php

Oh. She's migrated from UMD to Bowie now?

Still at UMD. Bowie is just a seat on the board that meets a few times a year.

[Anonymous]

I kind of like him. Saw him speak at a community event which was closed to press, and he was very authentic and seemed well intentioned. I like the 0’s for not turned in work policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

Bowie State as well apparently:

https://bowiestate.edu/about/administration-and-governance/office-of-the-president/board-of-visitors.php

Oh. She's migrated from UMD to Bowie now?

Still at UMD. Bowie is just a seat on the board that meets a few times a year.

Goodness. Thank you for the fyi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of like him. Saw him speak at a community event which was closed to press, and he was very authentic and seemed well intentioned. I like the 0’s for not turned in work policy.

That's his whole thing. He makes people like and trust him by the way he talks in meetings and speeches, and then turns around and makes whatever decisions he personally thinks are best without being willing to consider any evidence or perspective anyone else brings to the table because he likes to think of himself as a bold change-maker who makes tough decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:This board felt similarly about Monica McKnight, Jack Smith, and Josh Starr (the superintendents over the last 15 years). Angering some people is the nature of the job. And the nature of DCUM. Overall, MCPS is moving forward, lurching though it may be, and stability in the superintends office is worth something.

Taylor is way beyond any other super in angering staff and parents.

McKnight wasted money on performative DEI, but she didn't actively introduce chaos and destruction.

There were things behind the scenes that McKnight did that were terrible and have caused many of the issues MCPS has now. But that does absolve TT from the chaos he is intentionally causing.

It's a double-whammy to have someone like him follow on the heels of McKnight. We desperately needed a good superintendent after her and we didn't get one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kind of like him. Saw him speak at a community event which was closed to press, and he was very authentic and seemed well intentioned. I like the 0’s for not turned in work policy.

Sociopaths do sound good, don't they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree. In a county this size, you’re not going to accomplish anything if you don’t anger some people along the way. And the last thing we need is yet another superintendent.

+100. Some folks can’t accept that them being angered might be progress(especially for others). Nor do they understand that what keeps many candidates from applying to the job is not the salary it’s not wanting to deal with their drama.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree. In a county this size, you’re not going to accomplish anything if you don’t anger some people along the way. And the last thing we need is yet another superintendent.

+100. Some folks can’t accept that them being angered might be progress(especially for others). Nor do they understand that what keeps many candidates from applying to the job is not the salary it’s not wanting to deal with their drama.

Taylor makes most progress of any superintendent in USA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. In a county this size, you’re not going to accomplish anything if you don’t anger some people along the way. And the last thing we need is yet another superintendent.

+100. Some folks can’t accept that them being angered might be progress(especially for others). Nor do they understand that what keeps many candidates from applying to the job is not the salary it’s not wanting to deal with their drama.

Drama like threatening to disrupt thousands of people's summer plans as part of some scheme to extract something from the union? Or opening high schools at 9am for a snow delay but refusing to open the before care that high school teachers rely on in order to go to work before elementaries open at 11-11:30? That drama was on Taylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

McKnight was foisted upon the UMCP College of Education by the Moore Administration. Get real if anyone thinks that a superintendent with her track record is a catch for any future employer. She must be keeping her head down to a certain extent there - she is making over $150K now. Who the heck would want her as a professor? Not me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree. In a county this size, you’re not going to accomplish anything if you don’t anger some people along the way. And the last thing we need is yet another superintendent.

+100. Some folks can’t accept that them being angered might be progress(especially for others). Nor do they understand that what keeps many candidates from applying to the job is not the salary it’s not wanting to deal with their drama.

Drama like threatening to disrupt thousands of people's summer plans as part of some scheme to extract something from the union? Or opening high schools at 9am for a snow delay but refusing to open the before care that high school teachers rely on in order to go to work before elementaries open at 11-11:30? That drama was on Taylor.

Taylor has zero ability to think through any logistics and he simply doesn't care about other people, such as teachers, his public facade aside.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland must regard McKnightian values such as top down harrassment. Remember the abusive coach. It seems to be a UMD theme.

McKnight was foisted upon the UMCP College of Education by the Moore Administration. Get real if anyone thinks that a superintendent with her track record is a catch for any future employer. She must be keeping her head down to a certain extent there - she is making over $150K now. Who the heck would want her as a professor? Not me.

Maryland/MoCo is modern day Tammany Hall. Only insiders need apply.