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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like that he is willing to acknowledge the many entrenched problems MCPS faces, and isn't pretending everything's been going just fine. He doesn't speak in incomprehensible word salads like the previous two superintendents. Yes, it will take some time for him to truly have major accomplishments, but I'm feeling better about his chances to do so.[/quote]

See, I felt that way initially. And I think if you only pay attention to him and MCPS at a surface level, you'll walk away with this POV.

But in my observation of him, Taylor SAYS the right things but does none of them.

For example: He TALKED about stabilizing and getting things on track with special ed, but nothing has changed for special ed in the most meaningful ways that parents and teachers have been asking for. He TALKS about the additional staff added but most of those special ed staff being added are just part-time staff conversions. There is no PLAN for putting special ed on a better path a YEAR later, despite him listening and acknowledging how bad the situation is in MCPS. Again, at this point, we should have seen a plan for improvement.

He talked about safety and security being his "number one priority." What has he done to drastically improve on this number one priority? Nothing. Chief Jones is absent.

He talked about increasing transparency and accountability, but MCPS has been caught and called out time and time again during his first year for ducking journalists, parents and advocates, and obscuring its processes, decision making and planning.[/quote]

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