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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with 8:40 too. However, Starr just didn't make a mistake in trusting the institution. Starr has no interest in running a large organization. Operations and planning clearly bore the man to tears. He doesn't have any skills or abilities in this area even if he was interested in running the ship. Bottom line is that Starr was a bad hire. The BOE could remove him or diminish his role by bringing in a stronger chief operating officer that has a direct line to the board.

To Starr's communication team - Tell your boss to look up from his iPad and pay attention to the taxpayers and parents who are speaking. The BOE members were all generally attentive and responsive to the parent, PTA, and citizens who were testifying. Starr was an embarrassment. He couldn't bother to look up from his tablet or phone at all. I found it offensive. He owes everyone who spoke a public apology.[/quote]

8:40 here - agreed.  I know it sounds drastic, but my family and I have decided to leave MoCo after watching this last fiasco.  I'm sure we could find great schools within the system and I know plenty of families who have, but seeing the way decisions are made and the lack of direction at the highest levels makes me think MoCo needs a pretty major institutional overhaul.  Maybe it's just too big.  Maybe it's just too stuck in its ways.  Whatever it is, I've lost confidence that my concerns will ever be heard or that the interests of the students will ever be prioritized (or at least not before my kids graduate).  There are other more successful school districts and plenty of independent schools in the area.   And we're placing our confidence elsewhere....  [/quote]

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