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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe this.  The superintendent and county executive there have their priorities straight on education. The super seems to be doing actually doing what he said he will - focus on education, financial adherence, and transparency.  Everything Taylor isn’t. [/quote]

I would go further and say it's not just the super but the entire environment of MCPS and Montgomery County.

The super was picked by the BOE.  And the BOE was picked by the constituents.

If you base things off of DCUM and what you see that MCPS is doing, they're not really focused on the right things.

If you look at it, MCPS really just cares about it's numbers and making sure it doesn't look bad.  So if they have a disproportionate number of students struggling or identified, instead of trying to solve or fix the issue, they try to cover it up.

ie if a number of students are struggling in a class, instead of showing their actual grades, they lower the standards and makes it hard to fail a class.  This comes out in things like AP class where you compare the students who are able to meet College Readiness benchmarks in the tests and those that are not.  Also proficiency rates in the state assessments.

Then they don't want to discipline students because it would look bad for their numbers.

MCPS does it for the numbers.  The residents of Montgomery County, or just members on DCUM, think that they're valuing diversity and equity.  But the way MCPS is doing things is not helping all the populations in meeting academic standards and preparing them competitiveness for life after high school.[/quote]
Voters want something different. We have voted in people who weren't on the Apple Ballot (Lynne Harris) and voted out BOE members who participated in the promotion of a serial sexual harasser. We want people who will question the Superintendent, but when they get on the BOE they don't do this effectively. I think this is for two reasons:
- The stipend is too low for a role that is supposed to provide oversight over a multi-billion dollar budget. They have to either be retired, independently wealthy or have a full time job in addition to serving on the BOE in order to make it work financially.
- The BOE does not have taxing authority. This puts it in the position of having to beg the Council for money, which incentivizes them against asking questions and instead they fall in line with the Superintendent and the unions to extract as much money as possible from the Council. They face no backlash for the increased taxes their demands require. They aren't the ones that the Superintendent has to convince to justify increased funding.[/quote]

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