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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And others are so far gone that they fail to see how Dr. McKnight could make better use of her time by recruiting from the many leading institutions in the DC Metro area. Did she pay for the trip out of her own salary or take personal leave for the trip? Or did she have a one hour meeting and travel for free and without taking leave? If the latter then she is a truly unethical government employee.[/quote]

OR the ones complaining about Dr. McKnight’s trip fail to understand, 1) There is a national shortage of people applying to teaching colleges, 2) the number of people leaving or retiring from the profession continues to grow, 3) MCPS already recruits from the DC metro area, 4) They are competing with every other nearby MD and vA county/city and DC for teachers from DC area colleges and universities, and 5) minority teachers are needed.  Given these 5 realities, reaching beyond the DC metro area is not unreasonable and in fact wise.  Doing so with a university she gas a personal relationship with and can serve as a shining example of the success that could be had is also wise.

So what is the real issue????[/quote]

This school has less than 50 students graduate a year in education.  MCPS has recruiters.  So, what was the purpose of this visit?  Did she even meet with students?[/quote]

We don’t know, that’s just the point that many have been making.  It a whole assumption to believe that this trip wasn’t worthwhile.  Just as its an assumption that she didn’t meet with students, or multitude of other things that have been brought up.  It was one photo on a tweet, and people have made it seem like she is grossly misusing district travel funds.[/quote]

Please enlighten us, what was the purpose of that visit?  We keep asking and you keep deflecting.[/quote]

The purpose has been said several times already in this thread, and was in the original tweet that set you off. If you still don't understand, it says on BoardDocs that on March 24th, Dr. McKnight reported to the board "about possible partnership and recruitment opportunities connected with South Carolina State University."[/quote]

So, basically a free trip home.  This school graduates under 50 undergraduates a year.  She didn't need to travel on MCPS money to do a partnership and recruitment for a school that small.[/quote]

Not really, more like some poster has an issue with an AA woman running MCPS and likes to cast these allegations without providing a shred of evidence. [/quote]

No, I could not care less about that.  I care about a wasteful trip while kids go without.   Our mcps school has no activities, no sports, no social, and all we get are crappy worthless chrome books.  You think that is ok?   Our ES teachers have 60-80 students.   Where is our equity?    [/quote]

Seems like you have an issue with McKnight since your blaming her for all these problems many of which seems hard to believe. Even the worst ES students have less than 30 students. Ours typically has 20-25. When I was a kid in MCPS 30 years ago, 30-35 was common. [/quote]

You don’t seem to see a problem with this set up.  Dr McKnight created this school.  You clearly have no idea what goes on outside your school.  Farms schools typically have lower class sizes. [/quote]

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