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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly did Dr. Taylor accomplish with this meeting? As he stated, he can’t undo the decision so why was this a priority?[/quote]

Political cover. He can say he’s transparent and seeking community input while knowing all too well that there’s nothing he can do to reverse the BOE’s decision. It was a way for him to make clear that the closure was the fault of others and that he should get a clean slate with this constituency and be judged on how well he listens from here on out. Not to say that he’s a bad person at all - he’s doing what any good leader would do in his position in seeking input on how he can help these families that were dealt a bad hand and got a raw deal from the prior admin. [/quote]

I guess. Again, definitely would not be my first priority. And I’m not sure why the MVA families showed up knowing it wouldn’t change the outcome.

But it does solidify that Taylor’s top priority is PR and image, which is exactly what the community told the BOE we didn’t want to continue to prioritize. [/quote]

Was a couple hours of his time. I’d hardly call that a first priority. But yes, he’s learning quickly that you can survive in the game if you put up a good show. Last month it was the Maryland state senator who expressed grave concern and vowed to look into it. And next month it will likely be someone else until the clock runs out completely.

I’m just surprised that MCPS lawyers let him meet with the group now that they’ve threatened lawsuits over unlawful school closure statutes. [/quote]

It’s the first meet and greet he’s doing with MCPS families. I’d call that a first priority. He could’ve met with Jewish families who have blasted MCPS over antisemitism, black families who have been left behind with the antiracism action plan stalling, Ethiopian families who have felt alienated and ignored with the BOE’s abandonment of the ELA LGBT opt-out option, but no, he decided to meet first with the MVA families.

That says something about his priorities.[/quote]

As a pragmatist grounded in reality, and not someone looking to complain about anything that the new Super does, I saw this merely as meeting with a group that has an imminent need for action, since their program was closed on short notice last month and they're scrambling to find alternatives or to get a final answer whether the MVA might actually be back next year.

Either way, I'm sure people would have found something to complain about if he met with one of the groups you mentioned "first". If he met with black families, he'd be labeled as a DEI stooge. If he met with those Ethiopian families you mentioned, he'd be bowing to the demands of the radical right who are looking to ban books and cancel trans kids. If he met with Jewish families, he'd be a privileged white male ignoring the plight of black and brown MCPS families.

And how do you know the new Super hasn't reached out to these groups "first"? Maybe they scheduled their meetings for later in the summer. Do you know for a fact that this was his first meeting with a coalition of MCPS families? I don't think you do know, nor could you know. This meeting just had a bunch of publicity around it because the MVA families invited the media to try to keep their fight relevant to the public. Who's to say the Super hasn't already had calls and meetings with representatives of other groups? Just because there were cameras and journalists present doesn't mean it was his first anything.[/quote]

The MVA families are an organized group and a PTO that is heavily advocating.  Any group can testify at the BOE, email him, call and protest.  He's the BOE puppet.  He will not help anyone not approved by the BOE and they are playing a blame game.  BOE says Taylor has to approve the funding, Taylor says its out of his hands and with the BOE.  So, which is correct.

All he cares about is PR.  He hasn't made any changes or done anything.  Nothing about the MVA, school safety, the curriculum, student behavior, holding staff accountable.

It was also intersting at how many new appointments to the central office there were.  What exactly do all these people do?[/quote]

Give him a break. He has been on the job a couple of weeks. [/quote]

A few weeks officially on the job, but he was hired at least weeks before that.  [/quote]

+1 the guy should have started working on behalf of MVA families the day his contract was signed on June 25 even if it was before his contracted start date of July 1. If he really cared, he would have started the outreach then without being paid and without being the actual superintendent. To heck with his contract and actual appointment start dates. To be honest, he should have started working his priorities the day he applied for the job. What a loser. [/quote]

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