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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question from a relative new-comer: have parents liked any of the previous superintendents?  Did parents like Weast?  The school system is big and not everyone is going to be happy with the choices the superintendent makes.  Are Starr's policies/choices radically different than what we would be seeing under different leadership?  [/quote]

I think Weast and Starr are reflections of the school board that hired them and, to a large extent, the priorities and agenda of the teacher's union, MCEA.

I myself am a big supporter of unions in general as a way to guarantee worker rights, etc.  But I dislike MCEA's drive to get rid of differentiation and its leaders' inability to see that we have to close the achievement gap without lowering standards and leaving highly able kids to languish.  I am concerned about the emphasis on trendy educational thought like social emotional learning and critical race theory (however valid those two ideas are, and I think they both have some validity) -- I am uncomfortable with elected officials and the administration they choose setting the idealogical agenda that trickles down into the classroom. I am also concerned about the flailing around that the county has done with regard to curriculum and its lack of through teacher training and prep.  And it bugs me no end to see school district administrators jetting around to international conferences and bragging about MCPS but not making time to have really productive discussions with parents that involve more than just reciting the party line.

The Board, the superintendent and the union are all in a feedback loop.  To really get some new ideas out there, we need to elect a few new BoE members.[/quote]

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