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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That chart showing the decline in enrollment next to a 24% increase in central staff is a pretty pointed critique of McKnight. Seems like she abused her position to give her buddies cushy jobs. And we're still paying for it in addition to the BOE hush money payout.[/quote]

Agreed. Monifa padded CO with a lot of failed principals, many of whom curried favor with her. What a toxic mess.[/quote]

It’s hilarious that folks are bringing McKnight into based on one slide.  The presentation when taken as a whole shows is that McKnight and her team were doing things to make the system better even if folks didn’t like it and or they are ultimately hated for it.  Charts show both Literacy and Math scores improving post Covid. And we known things we terrible right after the pandemic nationwide. Many parents are happy with implementation of Science of Reading and the new ES ELA curriculum.  Even the slide with the arrow on McPS forward shows things moving towards alignment.  And Taylor himself has admitted this isn’t all going to be right sized or achieved this year.

The point being that this presentation don’t about McKnight it’s about Taylor and the coming year.[/quote]

Taylor was pointed about how nonsensical it was that CO grew by 24% while enrollment dropped 2%. You can’t spin that, and that increase in CO is a direct result of choices Monifa made when she was in charge. Get a grip.[/quote]

Both Monifa and Jack.[/quote]

Nope. McKnight started as interim superintendent back in 2021. Look at the chart. She owns that 24% increase.[/quote]

The FY2022 budget was the last one created by Smith.[/quote]
Hi Sidney Katz.
Assuming he is responsible for the increase in FY22 (I seem to recall she added positions as soon as she was appointed in 2022), this means she is only responsible for most of the 24% increase.[/quote]

As I said, both Monifa and Jack bear responsibility.[/quote]

Mostly if not all McKnight[/quote]

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