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I’m the poster and the post isn’t in support of McKnight or the BOE, its just doesn’t automatically blame them for EVERYTHING wrong or bad that happens in a school.  Many of ya’ll seem to act like the BOE or McKnight can just wave a wand and anything and everything will be solved.  As though they should just do al the things YOU suggest, and everything will be right in the world.  Unfortunately here in reality, it doesn’t work that way.  They are other people who don’t necessarily agree with your suggestions or have other ideas that have to be taken into consideration.  There are staff contracts that need to be taken into consideration.  The are local, state, and federal guidelines that need to be taken into consideration.  There is normal operations and a host of other issues that have to be taken into consideration and prioritized.

A week ago (and some even now) were up in arms about COVID and schools being open.  There was also Substitutes, Teacher Shortages, Bus Driver Shortages, Learn Loss & Tutoring.  A few weeks before that the BOE and McKnight were being blamed for a sexual assault.  I mean last week, folks here were actually complaining about the amount of communication that occurred during the Macgruder lockdown, as though during that time, it would be someone’s job to sit down and craft e-mails and tweets beyond the initial basics.  Not even taking into account, how doing so might actually decrease safety.

Should the school administration, Super, and BOE pay attention when those bad things happen?  Sure.  Should they plan in advance to try to prevent bad things? Sure.  Does any of this mean that bad things will no longer happen? No.  What happened was a tragedy that no reasonable parent wants to see happen in a school.  But, folks also need to realize that MCPS is not some nirvana bubble exempt from experiencing the same things that happen other places.  And being quick to point fingers when you don’t even have all the facts makes you look sad and like an issue of the day person who has no grasp in how large organizations really work.[/quote]

Well said, PP.[/quote]

+1000[/quote]
If anyone is wondering where that $130 per hour is going. [/quote]

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