Dr. Felder told not to apply for permanent superintendent role according to sources

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Anonymous wrote:How many people are going to be let go or involuntarily transferred in each school?

Sounds like one per school, in selected schools.

Cuts in all schools. More than one position in some middle schools and average of 3 in high schools

Not in all schools. Some have posted on this forum that their school received no cuts.

How is this possible when principals were told to absorb the SDTs? That’s a 0.4 reduction in teaching allocations alone right there

Affluent schools often have a different set of rules. They do, after all, contribute more taxes.

Yes. They have far fewer teachers.

Exactly. People don’t seem to realize that the “affluent schools” have been getting short changed on resources for a long, long time now because they were “affluent”. When the school is already at the state mandated maximum class sizes, it is not legal to cut more teacher positions.

They typically also have a lower need burden with less diverse needs.

The question might be put, for a given student/family considering schools, how might their educational experience at School A, with a highly affluent population and higher student-teacher ratio, compare to that at School B, with a less affluent population and a lower student-teacher ratio. Until there is ambivalence, an answer in favor of School A (where, e.g., relatively homogeneous needs might allow for greater enrichment/more advanced class options despite the higher ratio) argues for more personnel at School B, as the school system is the entity legally responsible for meeting equal protection across the county.

The data the county recently published showed that Whitman got more $/student than most any DCC school.

That doesn’t mean more staff. It like means that Whitman’s teacher have been teachers longer on average than DCC as a whole. Note - teaching for longer doesn’t necessarily mean a better teacher.

Actually an experienced teacher is often a better teacher. Yes there are exceptions but it is disingenuous to pretend teacher retention at a school is not a positive. Constant turn over and new teachers coming and going creates a more unstable environment at low income schools.

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So Felder lives in North Carolina and Henry Johnson lives in Florida. That’s not against any rules, but raises in moco taxes won’t affect them.

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Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

Hi,Dr. Felder. You’re doing a terrible job. Please resign.

+1000 Nobody that actually works for MCPS would say she is making a difference. Name ONE thing she has done to improve the system in the past 4 months.

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Anonymous wrote:So Felder lives in North Carolina and Henry Johnson lives in Florida. That’s not against any rules, but raises in moco taxes won’t affect them.

Well, they're both temporary employees.

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Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

Well at least someone is doing work at central office.

In all seriousness, she’s been trying to come to a fair resolution with this budget mess -that was not her doing, but she’s gotten nothing but push back from Hull and his cronies. I bet she’ll be very happy when she can get out of this toxic system and go to NC.

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Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

Hi,Dr. Felder. You’re doing a terrible job. Please resign.

+1000 Nobody that actually works for MCPS would say she is making a difference. Name ONE thing she has done to improve the system in the past 4 months.

The idea that she would come into a horrible situation and be expected to magically fix everything in 4 months when she got lots of people co who want to maintain the status quo and are working against her is unreasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:How many people are going to be let go or involuntarily transferred in each school?

Sounds like one per school, in selected schools.

Cuts in all schools. More than one position in some middle schools and average of 3 in high schools

Not in all schools. Some have posted on this forum that their school received no cuts.

How is this possible when principals were told to absorb the SDTs? That’s a 0.4 reduction in teaching allocations alone right there

Affluent schools often have a different set of rules. They do, after all, contribute more taxes.

Yes. They have far fewer teachers.

Exactly. People don’t seem to realize that the “affluent schools” have been getting short changed on resources for a long, long time now because they were “affluent”. When the school is already at the state mandated maximum class sizes, it is not legal to cut more teacher positions.

They typically also have a lower need burden with less diverse needs.

The question might be put, for a given student/family considering schools, how might their educational experience at School A, with a highly affluent population and higher student-teacher ratio, compare to that at School B, with a less affluent population and a lower student-teacher ratio. Until there is ambivalence, an answer in favor of School A (where, e.g., relatively homogeneous needs might allow for greater enrichment/more advanced class options despite the higher ratio) argues for more personnel at School B, as the school system is the entity legally responsible for meeting equal protection across the county.

The data the county recently published showed that Whitman got more $/student than most any DCC school.

That doesn’t mean more staff. It like means that Whitman’s teacher have been teachers longer on average than DCC as a whole. Note - teaching for longer doesn’t necessarily mean a better teacher.

It means they spend more per student at one of the most affluent schools than they do at poorer schools. So stop with the gaslighting about how wealthy schools get the shaft. They don't.

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Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

She's fighting for our children's welfare! That's more than any member of the BoE can honestly say.

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Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

She's fighting for our children's welfare! That's more than any member of the BoE can honestly say.

+1 well said

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

Hi,Dr. Felder. You’re doing a terrible job. Please resign.

+1000 Nobody that actually works for MCPS would say she is making a difference. Name ONE thing she has done to improve the system in the past 4 months.

She has acknowledged there are real problems in the system to parents (read what she wrote to the Title I schools) and to MCEA. It’s a shame that staff like Brian Hull are hampering her efforts to do anything about the problems

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Brian Hull isn’t the problem but someone obviously wants him to take the blame.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

She's fighting for our children's welfare! That's more than any member of the BoE can honestly say.

How? What has she done to "fight for children's welfare?" Please list the things she's done. I'll wait. (It'll be forever because she's done ABSOLUTELY nothing.) Sending out a few emails acknowledging problems (some that she helped create) is hardly doing something about the problems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

She's fighting for our children's welfare! That's more than any member of the BoE can honestly say.

How? What has she done to "fight for children's welfare?" Please list the things she's done. I'll wait. (It'll be forever because she's done ABSOLUTELY nothing.) Sending out a few emails acknowledging problems (some that she helped create) is hardly doing something about the problems.

She’s agreed to requests from mcea to allow their leadership to be at the table during talks and released information about how money is being spent. She does not want an increase in class size because she knows that will hurt kids. She’s working in partnership with mcea; the first superintendent who has done so in earnest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

You say bully. I say standing up for all that is good and making a difference.

She's fighting for our children's welfare! That's more than any member of the BoE can honestly say.

How? What has she done to "fight for children's welfare?" Please list the things she's done. I'll wait. (It'll be forever because she's done ABSOLUTELY nothing.) Sending out a few emails acknowledging problems (some that she helped create) is hardly doing something about the problems.

She’s agreed to requests from mcea to allow their leadership to be at the table during talks and released information about how money is being spent. She does not want an increase in class size because she knows that will hurt kids. She’s working in partnership with mcea; the first superintendent who has done so in earnest.

What does she want to happen instead?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's not working virtually. She is here in person bullying everyone.

Well at least someone is doing work at central office.

In all seriousness, she’s been trying to come to a fair resolution with this budget mess -that was not her doing, but she’s gotten nothing but push back from Hull and his cronies. I bet she’ll be very happy when she can get out of this toxic system and go to NC.

You have no idea what you are talking about, you must be believing the BS lies that MCEA is telling. This entire budget mess is her fault. Cutting MVA after it was restored and increasing class size are all on her.