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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thomas Taylor is not going anywhere. He's a white man and has the protection and adoration of the all-female school board.[/quote]

He'll be gone by September 2027, when his brilliant regional program goes into effect, and the school transportation system collapses  immediately.

Hopefully whatever board is assembled post election will plan out a timeline to get rid of him, with a sufficient planning time so that we can attract quality candidates and not have to hire on such a short timeline again.[/quote]

They never had to hire on a short timeline.  That was a choice.  [/quote]

It wasn't a choice. It took that long to get rid of McKnight because of some holdouts on the board. That gave the board a short timeline on which to hire and we have Taylor as a result. [/quote]

Never heard of Interim Superintendents?  MCPS has used them before.  No rush to hire. [/quote]

OK, have it your way - they chose badly with Taylor: [b]he doesn't listen; he always thinks he is right[/b]; he flips too many of the tables at once, and he is not paying attention to the logistics - of transportation; of staff preparation to teach ALL the new high school programs; of stacking his CIP budget like it was a set of dominoes instead of elementary schools, and having it fall apart; middle schools program change in 12 months; and elementary school closures (wait a short minute for this) - all in short succession.[/quote]

This highlighted sentence describes accurately my impression of him. He is so self-centric and arrogant enough that he can't negotiate on anything. And if he is pushed to the corner, he shows a pattern to shy away and let other people be the scapegoat (e.g., how he dealt with background check report). For the regional program, there was some good intention, and 3 or 4 region might be ideal to start with and manageable to gain positive impacts. His current way of segregation making me firmly believe he has a true MAGA-spirit in his heart: he wants MCPS to segregate further and throw away some "bad schools" using the regional model eventually. [/quote]

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