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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]January was a horrendous month for MCPS. Lack of Covid planning that led to staffing shortages that affected learning and transportation for learning. Lack of testing that fueled a surge in cases after winter break. Votes of no confidence against the interim superintendent by two major unions in MCPS. Now a gun in one high school and a shooting that critically injured a student at another high school all in the same day.

Shouldn’t the Board be having an emergency session? Shouldn’t they be concerned about the lack of leadership in MCPS?

I am stunned by their silence and lack of response.[/quote]

I wish they wouldn't cave to that small group of loud parents who insisted on keeping schools open when the pandemic was surging out of control but otherwise I think they're doing a great job.[/quote]

The lack of switching to online wasn’t to cave to parents.  :roll:

MCPS did not go to online learning because they are required by the state to have 180 days of in person instruction for students. If teachers are teaching online, that is work for the teachers but MCPS would run out of 180 in person school days even though teachers would be teaching.  What would the MCPS options then be - require unionized contracted employees to work more days than their contract requires?

MCPS is caught in the middle of a state mandate and the teachers union that is affecting their response to a COVID surge.[/quote]

This!  And I’d add that the group who wanted schools to remain open was not small.  In fact, it seemed the group wanting schools closed was actual the minority.[/quote]

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