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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm ready to give him the benefit of the doubt. It's a hard job. The previous Super helped protect a sexual abuser, which got her fired (with comp, which is crazy!). So far, Taylor hasn't sunk that low.
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I mean yes, but that's a low bar.  It's sad that he can both be "really bad" and "better than other recent superintendents" but it's true.

Among other things, he has a pattern of screwing over poorer communities, schools, and kids and it's really gross.  His latest proposal fo increase class sizes for little kids in poor schools to cover the cost of decreasing them for richer schools is the last straw... previously I thought things like how the regional HS programs will benefit richer schools over poorer schools was maybe just thoughtlessness, but at this point it seems pretty likely he's intentionally throwing poor kids under the bus.[/quote]

Its hard to say if it's intentional or not but it may be he is being told things by his team who is pretty clueless on what goes on at the actual school level.  When I talk to central office, they had no clue what was going on at the actual school level nor did they understand graduation requirements.  They give principals all the power in what classes are offered, so some of the focus and blame should be on the principals and their supervisors.  Taylor needs to take a good look at what's going on and stop not knowing.[/quote]

THIS is the problem with MCPS. It’s a system of schools versus a school system. I’ve put it in writing several times to the BOE, Taylor and County Council that nothing will change as long as principals get to do whatever they want. It’s like they learned nothing from the Beidleman scandal. [/quote]

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