MCPS has Plans!

[Anonymous]

A 2.5 year strategic plan:

Prosper 100
P-Putting Students First
R-Renewing Relationships
O-Opening 5 Days a Week for In-Person Instruction
S-Supporting Staff to Meet Student Needs
P-Preparing for Our Future
E-Educating for Equity
R-Reestablishing the Culture of Respect

And a new Org Chart

They have me enthused! Or something...

[Anonymous]

Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A 2.5 year strategic plan:

Prosper 100
P-Putting Students First
R-Renewing Relationships
O-Opening 5 Days a Week for In-Person Instruction
S-Supporting Staff to Meet Student Needs
P-Preparing for Our Future
E-Educating for Equity
R-Reestablishing the Culture of Respect

And a new Org Chart

They have me enthused! Or something...

the work
robust
poverty
digital

AKA Jack Smith 2.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

This is nice and everything but really wish they'd focus on academics.

[Anonymous]

Most poverty? Why not all poverty?

[Anonymous]

A product of their Comms department.

Pay no attention at all.

Academics on the ground is what matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
A product of their Comms department.

Pay no attention at all.

Academics on the ground is what matters.

Can’t have the academics without the supports in PROSPER. You can fuss about the acronym, but the content and context is important. Having a solid frame for this fall will help leaders (principals and central office) be consistent and focused in how they get the MCPS train chugging along again. It’s a good message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
A product of their Comms department.

Pay no attention at all.

Academics on the ground is what matters.

Can’t have the academics without the supports in PROSPER. You can fuss about the acronym, but the content and context is important. Having a solid frame for this fall will help leaders (principals and central office) be consistent and focused in how they get the MCPS train chugging along again. It’s a good message.

And once they've spent most of their budget on PROSPER, there won't be much left for academics. This video clearly shows that. There wasn't a single mention of academic excellence. At least Smith pretended that MCPS could achieve equity and excellence. The new regime appears to be dropping this premise entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
A product of their Comms department.

Pay no attention at all.

Academics on the ground is what matters.

Can’t have the academics without the supports in PROSPER. You can fuss about the acronym, but the content and context is important. Having a solid frame for this fall will help leaders (principals and central office) be consistent and focused in how they get the MCPS train chugging along again. It’s a good message.

Yeah, no. I’ve observed teachers doing their job in MCPS for more than a decade, and they do it DESPITE the incessant curriculum changes and fluffy acronyms imposed from above.

Get going with the academic rigor, MCPS! And we’ll gloss over the money you spend on marketing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

This is nice and everything but really wish they'd focus on academics.

That has proven to be too difficult. MCPS has not been able to close the Achievement Gap at all, so it is giving up on academics. Instead, my MS kid gets to read Stamped and talk about the ideals of the BLM movement. All while she didn’t even have to take the end of the year Algebra exam - because MCPS didn’t have enough time to teach the entire class. Yet somehow, plenty of time for Kendi.

It’s much easier to make a big show of focusing on Equity than it is to ensure than kids learn Algebra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adorable. Please teach my kids to read and do math at grade level and give them some balls and equipment at recess without masks and we’ll be good. No fancy word game necessary.

With parents like you, I hope they keep virtual.

And, if your kids aren't grade level, you have all summer to work with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

This is nice and everything but really wish they'd focus on academics.

That has proven to be too difficult. MCPS has not been able to close the Achievement Gap at all, so it is giving up on academics. Instead, my MS kid gets to read Stamped and talk about the ideals of the BLM movement. All while she didn’t even have to take the end of the year Algebra exam - because MCPS didn’t have enough time to teach the entire class. Yet somehow, plenty of time for Kendi.

It’s much easier to make a big show of focusing on Equity than it is to ensure than kids learn Algebra.

With a parent like you, your kid needs to read Stamped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those all sound nice - but I’d like to see something about teaching, having a goal of students acquiring knowledge.

This is nice and everything but really wish they'd focus on academics.

That has proven to be too difficult. MCPS has not been able to close the Achievement Gap at all, so it is giving up on academics. Instead, my MS kid gets to read Stamped and talk about the ideals of the BLM movement. All while she didn’t even have to take the end of the year Algebra exam - because MCPS didn’t have enough time to teach the entire class. Yet somehow, plenty of time for Kendi.

It’s much easier to make a big show of focusing on Equity than it is to ensure than kids learn Algebra.

With a parent like you, your kid needs to read Stamped.

DP, who supports a modern, inclusive teaching of history and a discussion on modern equity, but I agree with the first PP's sentiment. The FIRST focus of school is math, reading and writing. We want rigor and the highest standards in these matters.

[Anonymous]

If we want the next generation to make a better country, we need them to learn from the mistakes of the past, including state sponsored, systemic racism.