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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I liked the speech but also was listening for the action steps and was left feeling like it was a lot of talk. I think most of us, and certainly those with kids who are getting bullied, would like to hear what, specifically, the consequences are now for hate speech and behavior, and how the curriculum will be altered to address this as well. It’s not that I think she doesn’t care, it’s that I want to see the tangible changes in school policies. I think that’s what she wants too, so I want her to be brave and just enforce standards of decency. Give the words some teeth. [/quote]

This is a broad problem for society that MCPS can't possibly address.  The school system should focus on doing its job of educating kids.[/quote]

This.  Not MCPS’ job to fix racism.

MCPS needs to focus on EDUCATION.  For all kids.  Smaller class sizes and a solid curriculum.

Get rid of some of the useless Central Office bloat and get rid of the useless initiatives that don’t benefit our kids.  [/quote]

You can't separate racism and EDUCATION, though. No matter how much some people keep insisting that you can.[/quote]

I don't need her to give a speech on racism.  Her job is to make sure kids, of all races, are getting a solid education.  Making speeches about racism (or global warming) isn't going to achieve that goal.

Tell us what you are going to do about the abysmal test scores.  Tell us what you are going to do about the low staff morale.  Tell us what you are going to do about the prevalence of drugs in our schools.  That's really what parents and staff want to hear about from McKnight.  [/quote]

*this*[/quote]

She doesn’t have a plan to address abysmal test scores. She blames teachers for their implicit biases while ignoring her own so morale will not be improving even with a pay raise. She also doesn’t have a plan to keep drugs from being brought and used at MCPS schools. She is using the focus on racism to get a news sound bite to deflect from the real problems. The lack of a plan or metric to measure the success of her plan is an example of why she is a terrible superintendent.[/quote]

Yes, exactly.  There is no action on the ubiquitous drug use IN schools.  There is no action on staff shortages and low teacher morale.  Rather, she is putting more blame on teachers.  There is no action (really, not even any discussion) on the abysmal test scores.

I read through the 5 Things You Need to Know she sends out weekly.  Haven't seen much about how bad test scores have been recently.  Seems like that would be something I 'need to know'.  [/quote]

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