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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I'd be happy if she focused on educating kids and left drug enforcement to the experts like the DEA and MCPD. [/quote]

I would be happy if MCPD could randomly bring drug sniffing dogs into schools like they used to. That’s one way to get drugs out of MCPS schools. Expulsion of offenders would be another.[/quote]

This, and bring in detectors for guns/weapons like other school systems.  However that would mean a partnership with MCPD and they kicked them out of the schools.

How about some transparency on what's actually going on as well.[/quote]

To be fair, MCPD is seemingly pretty complicit because they haven't pitched a fit about all the crime going on in schools that MCPS isn't calling them in for. MCPD and MCPS watch each other's backs and cover for one another to a degree.[/quote]

MCPD is understaffed and not supported by our County political leadership (or by voters).

But, even if that was not the case, why would MCPD 'pitch a fit' over the crime in schools.  They are not even made aware of it.  Admin is encouraged NOT to involve MCPD.  MCPS would prefer to minimize issues and sweep them under the rug.  And our politicians want police out of our schools.  [/quote]

They are made aware of it. Several parents who said they had kids who were using and purchasing drugs at school said they went to MCPD with this info and MCPD didn't follow up and pursue the teenage dealers, because MCPD is in lock step with MCPS in avoiding "criminalizing" student behavior.

I'm not saying MCPD and MCPS are 100% on the same page about everything, but they have each other's back enough not to call each other out in public and to turn a blind eye to the things they want to. MCPD knows what's going on in the schools and don't go hard after what they know is going on because that's what MCPS wants.[/quote]

I disagree that MCPD is made aware of everything or at least everything in a timely manner.  The locker room incident at Damascus is a prime example.

However, I do agree MCPD goes out of their way to coordinate with MCPS to cover up problems. An example is the MCPS and MCPD memorandum of understanding in which they have closed door meetings without a representative for victims.

Selling drugs is a crime. Students selling drugs in school have a lucrative business in MCPS schools with minimal downside if caught. Ignoring the crisis has normalized drug use in schools. Until there’s severe consequences, drugs will remain being sold and used in MCPS schools.[/quote]

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