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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did they talk about the snow days and the calendar at all?[/quote]

If you mean did they talk about how we'd decide how to make up the snow days with the allotted dates on our calendar? No. But they did use the "Things to Know" newsletter to address criticism around their decision to remain closed for a third day.[/quote]

Maybe if they just ignore the problem it will go away.[/quote]

This approach is so flawed. There are 12 central office instructional specialists which is a 1.8 million dollar line item. Having central office come in and tell staff how to plan is not the answer. Put the resources back in the schools! Also, why didn't they pull the MCAP data just for the schools they have been supporting. I'll tell you... because the "needle" is not moving. The BOE members asked good questions this time around. The head of the elementary math couldn't even answer what the barrier was for students. Her answer was advocating for more coaches. Self preservation. Also, no acknowledgment of the teachers, admin, or staff dev teachers who are in the buildings every day trying to meet the needs of the students. Just shows you how disconnected these departments are from what is needed in schools. 
The Literacy part was equally a mess. The head of literacy said that "we don't teach to standards in reading."  Really?? Also, she tried to ignore the MCAP data bc/ it's not a response to instruction? Thankfully, a BOE member called her on it.  Considering it is how the state measures school success, you might want the head of literacy for MCPS to know that!
I'm tired of central office not using a standardized measure when presenting at these meetings. They selectively highlight data that seems like it shows progress. The choose schools that have a bump in growth for a moment in time, however, they never talk about long term progress or growth of a school using consistent measures. Also, if 75% of students are proficient on our own measures at these meetings end of second grade, however, now only 45% of those students are proficient on MCAP in third grade, then something is wrong. 
Hopefully, Dr. Taylor was embarrassed by that performance and puts the resources back in schools. [/quote]

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