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[quote=Anonymous]What should a new superintendent do (not necessarily in this order)?

1 - immediate doscipline/consequences for cheating, fighting, assault drug use, etc. (no fake restorative justice)

2 - give teachers and Principals some autonomy - let the good ones do amazing things, get rid of the ones who suck (we all know who they are, how it possible that mcps doesn't).   Incentivise the good ones to go into low poverty schools and do their thing

3 - Restore special ed programming at all levels (pre-k - 12 +LFI).  More special ed teachers who are good at and love what they do.  Hire someone else to do the necessary paper pushing

4 - Opportunity gap - we've been spending millions, probably billions over the years, and where has it gotten us? Look at the ROI, fund more of what is working, and stop what is not.  Benchmark - what are other large counties doing that work? Be innovative, be courageous, think big, do big.  If it doesn't work, stop it and try something else.

5 - gifted - put enrichment in all schools, rather than pulling bright kids and sending them to low income schools.  School within a school creates more friction within that school, creates the need for more busses and drivers, and long bus rides.

6 - get rid of at least half, if not more, of the Central Office paper pushers.  Stop sending mandates out to schools taking more time away from teachers teaching.

7 - support Principals, teach them to support teachers

8 - see # 2, get rid of the teachers and Principals that suck

9 - all of the long range planning/capital planning staff get fired.  Too many school buildings beyond disrepair and more significantly overcrowded because of their negligence/incompetence/malfeasance

And that's just off the top of my head.  For the $$ mcps pays the Superintendent, we should be getting a lot more bang for our buck.[/quote]

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