Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious about the replacement people imagine. I’m not sure there will be a line out the door to deal with us. The pool of qualified candidates is shrinking not growing. We are always competing with other nearby counties. Who else wants to be named as a plaintiff in a supreme court case and be told they make too much for their trouble ?

Haha. Taylor makes $360,000 per year. I think there will always be a line out the door for that kind of money. Seriously though, we are the 16th largest school district in the country. There are qualified candidates out there and we will be ready for one to replace this guy.

I'm not trying to say $360k isn't a lot of money and anyone making less then that is poor by DCUM standards.

But when you consider the size of the organization that the superintendent runs, the wide range in student populations/demographics that they have to account for, and the public scrutiny they deal with, $360k doesn't seem out of the ordinary.

Just based on a Google search, and not digging or confirming the data, Michelle Reid at Fairfax County has a base salary of $424,146

Cheryl Dyson at Frederick County Public Schools has a salary of $300000, so MCPS has a high salary but I'm putting other local school systems for illustrative purposes. But Frederick County also has 48054 students compared to MCPS's 159181

Shawn Joseph in Prince Georges County earns $365000. The Google search result says he's the interim but I think I heard somewhere he got appointed as the permanent. PG County's student enrollment was 132151 last year

Myriam Rogers at Baltimore County earns $322524 and the student enrollment was 110024 last year

So another way of looking at it might be, do we really want to compete with Fairfax County? Maybe we need to pony up and offer a salary higher then what their superintendent is getting?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious about the replacement people imagine. I’m not sure there will be a line out the door to deal with us. The pool of qualified candidates is shrinking not growing. We are always competing with other nearby counties. Who else wants to be named as a plaintiff in a supreme court case and be told they make too much for their trouble ?

Haha. Taylor makes $360,000 per year. I think there will always be a line out the door for that kind of money. Seriously though, we are the 16th largest school district in the country. There are qualified candidates out there and we will be ready for one to replace this guy.

I don't think so. Where were all those qualified candidates when we were hiring a new super in 2024? And 2022? And 2016?

Anonymous wrote:He. Isn’t. Going. Anywhere.
Despite what is said on this forum—there are plenty of people who love him.
And unions?? Please. Publicly they tantrum. But privately they love him too.

The unions don't love him. They strategically unite on issues for which there is mutual benefit. It is a transactional relationship.

He. will. go.

Anonymous wrote:Curious about the replacement people imagine. I’m not sure there will be a line out the door to deal with us. The pool of qualified candidates is shrinking not growing. We are always competing with other nearby counties. Who else wants to be named as a plaintiff in a supreme court case and be told they make too much for their trouble ?

Haha. Taylor makes $360,000 per year. I think there will always be a line out the door for that kind of money. Seriously though, we are the 16th largest school district in the country. There are qualified candidates out there and we will be ready for one to replace this guy.

Anonymous wrote:He. Isn’t. Going. Anywhere.
Despite what is said on this forum—there are plenty of people who love him.
And unions?? Please. Publicly they tantrum. But privately they love him too.

That much is clear.

He. Isn’t. Going. Anywhere.
Despite what is said on this forum—there are plenty of people who love him.
And unions?? Please. Publicly they tantrum. But privately they love him too.

Curious about the replacement people imagine. I’m not sure there will be a line out the door to deal with us. The pool of qualified candidates is shrinking not growing. We are always competing with other nearby counties. Who else wants to be named as a plaintiff in a supreme court case and be told they make too much for their trouble ?

Anonymous wrote:Involuntary transfers just got placed this week, despite being on the list since March, were not allowed to interview because everything was frozen. Deadline to transfer is July 15. Placements are not done yet so the freeze continues. This effectively took away teachers' rights to self secure a job in time and will force many to stay in positions they are not happy with or resign. Which I think was the plan

It's a combination of incompetence and bullying indifference to staff. Is this a good way to run a school district?

Involuntary transfers just got placed this week, despite being on the list since March, were not allowed to interview because everything was frozen. Deadline to transfer is July 15. Placements are not done yet so the freeze continues. This effectively took away teachers' rights to self secure a job in time and will force many to stay in positions they are not happy with or resign. Which I think was the plan

Hi OP, I posted a similar thread in February as I too was stunned at how many people Taylor and MCPS were alienating back to back: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1315029.page

Like you, I wonder how long this can last?

Anonymous wrote:He’s not going anywhere. I realize the M.ad M.ommies of MoCo are perpetually Big Mad, but whatever. They’re on the fringe.

Not really. A lot of this stuff comes up in conversation with regular parents who are not as plugged-in as the folks on here. They don't always know the ins-and-outs of why things happened, but there is a lot of frustration with MCPS. Especially among parents of gifted kids (OP missed that in their list, but it's a big one.)

Everytime I start wondering if my frustration with Taylor is unreasonable, I run into another parent or a teacher IRL who is livid with him for one reason or another

I predict Taylor will have his contract renewed in two years.

The Board loves him and rubber stamps everything he does. They're his boss and they show no sign of wanting him to go.

His interactions on the budget with the county council were publicly appalling - heavy handed and manipulative. MCEA came out publicly against the pace of his regional programming, as did MCCPTA. He issued an edict that student newspaper content must be reviewed (censored as needed) by a school administrator. He is greatly reducing bus transportation, making programs non-accessible to any student totally dependent on busing.

Does he really enjoy the support of the board of education? Or are some individuals on the board tired of his steamroller tactics?