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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dr. Felder is held in high regard with all of the unions because she earned our respect. She doing a great job as interim and we are losing a partner who truly collaborates and cares.

- A longtime mcea member[/quote]

I see nothing to applaud about her tenure. MCPS was a mess when she stepped into the role and it’s remained one since she assumed the interim position.[/quote]

Exactly what did you expect a 4 month interim Super to do?[/quote]

Clean up shop, set priorities and hold people accountable for their failures and mistakes. Also be transparent and communicate better than her predecessor.[/quote]

Felder is a short term Super.  Her job is to calm things following McKnights departure, attend to the Beidleman situation as it continues to play out, get through budget in a difficult year, and steer things until the end of the school year (or an official Super is named), while setting transition plans for the official Super.  And that alone was immense considering she was coming from outside of CO so drinking from a fire hose and having to play catchup.

Just because you had unrealistic expectations is not anyone’ else’s fault.

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Do you think Felder has succeeded in "calming things" in MCPS? I don't think so and can't see how you do by any visible measure.

Part of the "calming things" you're talking about that people expected was her getting rid of McKnight's corrupt cronies and known MCPS abusers and bullies. That WAS part of her mandate as interim super.

As for your assertion that improved communications was an unrealistic expectation for an interim superintendent, we'll just have to agree to disagree, as I think being a strong, effective communicator is a must for anyone who occupies the superintendent role, interim, acting or permanent.[/quote]

We’d first have to define what strong communication is because MCPS communicates all the time and folks don’t read, listen, or attend.  Want examples? 1)Someone on the board this week asked why MCPS didn’t announce a survey that they sent 4 emails about, told schools to remind about, and even included in their weekly news.  2)We have a County Council claiming they didn’t know teachers could be impacted by the budget when we’ve been talking about it here since March and CO has been saying for a year how difficult this budget was going to be. 3)People are complaining about a budget for which every chapter was discussed in a BOE meeting, has been readily available for review online, CO held several community sessions to discuss and hear feedback, there is an entire webpage dedicated to asking questions or providing feedback.

What do you want them to do, tap you on the shoulder and say, “oh by the way there may be problems on the horizon?”[/quote]

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