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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get McKnight out of there.  She cares nothing for academics.  It's all about "social justice. "  Yes, in quotes. 
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[b]That is the general feeling among majority of parents[/b]. Vote incumbent board members out. That is the best way to bring positive change that benefits all students. Right now, resources are used for political and PR. That money should go towards education.[/quote]

Says who?[/quote]

I’m a DP, but this is also what I hear as both a parent and teacher. I think it stems from the insane amount of requests for filling out the anti-racist survey that were sent out while the system was falling apart.

I am certainly hopeful that things can improve because it’s hard to imagine another year like this past one. However, I have not seen any initiatives to get new teachers such as incentives. Instead, the county continues to focus on more new social initiatives. Personally it seems more important to fill the jobs![/quote]

Hear from who?  How many parents have you heard from to feel it’s a majority?  And if you’re a teacher, I’m surprised you’ve narrowed down the BoE or Super’s focus to only social justice initiatives, since clearly they mention and followup on LOTS of other things every board meeting.  To name a few:

3rd grade reading rates
New LETRS program
Maryland Blueprint
Construction of new schools
Principal Appointments 
Wellness centers
Recruitment
Financial Literacy[/quote]

I am the poster you are responding to. I am glad you are having a different viewpoint than mine and of the people I speak with. However, I am speaking the truth about what the majority of MY friends and MY coworkers feel. I wasn’t the poster that said majority of people and I would never try to state what the majority of people feel. However, I do feel that my feelings and the feelings of fellow teachers are important right now. This past year was filled with open positions and no substitutes. We had many classes with no teachers in both September and again in January. In other months, we were down a few almost daily so we had classes doubling up all the time. So during all of this, it was very tone deaf  to receive around 30 texts/emails about a survey that just did not make sense this year. Yet if we stayed that we had other priorities THIS YEAR (like staffing and substitutes) we were called racist. And I’m still not aware of anything that will help the situation this coming year.[/quote]

Nothing is going to help this year. The insane reopening parents have ensured no evolutionary change will occur… (they have jobs! You expect to care for the kids they had? Your problem!)[/quote]

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