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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That chart showing the decline in enrollment next to a 24% increase in central staff is a pretty pointed critique of McKnight. Seems like she abused her position to give her buddies cushy jobs. And we're still paying for it in addition to the BOE hush money payout.[/quote]

Agreed. Monifa padded CO with a lot of failed principals, many of whom curried favor with her. What a toxic mess.[/quote]

While Monifa continued the practice, the padding of central office with failed principals or really anyone within the MCAAP/MCBOA associations is a practice that has been going on for decades.

There is also a pervasive and unhelpful belief among much of senior leadership that only former principals are qualified for many higher level central office positions.  While they may be uniquely qualified for higher level CO positions that have to do with instruction, they are not typically the most qualified for, particularly in Human Resources or Operations and yet, they occupy most of those positions.  In fact many of qualifications in job descriptions for the leadership roles make it almost impossible for external applicants with a wealth of operational or HR experience to even be considered.

If MCPS ran the business/operational side of MCPS more like a real business or organization and less like a school things would move a lot more smoothly.
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