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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

Taylor said the Board of Education told him to do the boundaries studies and the program analysis. He would have waited. He said the CIP is tied to the program analysis and the boundary studies. He said he is a planner by nature. He said that the MCCPTA said, "We don't have enough access to criteria-based programs and gifted programs," implying that MCCPTA told him to do the program analysis.

I don't see that the CIP is not tied to the program analysis. They are placing programs in high school facilities that are not properly equipped and designed to receive them - an inconvenient fact that Taylor ignores.

I can believe this.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

This does not surprise me. He is all about telling whoever he meets with exactly what they want to hear and blaming others for problems. I have seen this first-hand in meetings.

A long list of broken promises.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

This does not surprise me. He is all about telling whoever he meets with exactly what they want to hear and blaming others for problems. I have seen this first-hand in meetings.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

Taylor said the Board of Education told him to do the boundaries studies and the program analysis. He would have waited. He said the CIP is tied to the program analysis and the boundary studies. He said he is a planner by nature. He said that the MCCPTA said, "We don't have enough access to criteria-based programs and gifted programs," implying that MCCPTA told him to do the program analysis.

I don't see that the CIP is not tied to the program analysis. They are placing programs in high school facilities that are not properly equipped and designed to receive them - an inconvenient fact that Taylor ignores.

That's nuts, he knows perfectly damn well that the Board of Ed will defer to almost everything he recommends, and if he really thought it should be done differently he has an obligation to say that in front of the Board for their consideration and he hasn't.

And even if everything he said was true, it wouldn't force him to ram through huge amounts of changes really quickly... he could slow down a year like people are asking.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay MCAAP it's your turn. Let us know where you stand.

HA! I can tell you that they don't stand with parents or teachers, that's for sure.

If this is true, then that is very sad. The approval of this proposal would take apart our school.

how so? which school?

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

Taylor said the Board of Education told him to do the boundaries studies and the program analysis. He would have waited. He said the CIP is tied to the program analysis and the boundary studies. He said he is a planner by nature. He said that the MCCPTA said, "We don't have enough access to criteria-based programs and gifted programs," implying that MCCPTA told him to do the program analysis.

I don't see that the CIP is not tied to the program analysis. They are placing programs in high school facilities that are not properly equipped and designed to receive them - an inconvenient fact that Taylor ignores.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

Taylor said the Board of Education told him to do the boundaries studies and the program analysis. He would have waited. He said the CIP is tied to the program analysis and the boundary studies. He said he is a planner by nature. He said that the MCCPTA said, "We don't have enough access to criteria-based programs and gifted programs," implying that MCCPTA told him to do the program analysis.

I don't see that the CIP is not tied to the program analysis. They are placing programs in high school facilities that are not properly equipped and designed to receive them - an inconvenient fact that Taylor ignores.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

Taylor said the Board of Education told him to do the boundaries studies and the program analysis. He would have waited. He said the CIP is tied to the program analysis and the boundary studies. He said he is a planner by nature. He said that the MCCPTA said, "We don't have enough access to criteria-based programs and gifted programs," implying that MCCPTA told him to do the program analysis.

I don't see that the CIP is not tied to the program analysis. They are placing programs in high school facilities that are not properly equipped and designed to receive them - an inconvenient fact that Taylor ignores.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

Thanks for the insight, really appreciate it (although yes, alarming.) Can you say more about how he was shifting blame to the BoE? Did he make it sound like he would be willing to push the timing back a year if the Board wanted that, but that he felt his hands were tied, or what?

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Anonymous wrote:“MCEA’s elected representatives voted for more community input from educators, parents, and students – not less. We want to ensure that any new regional model is not only informed by the broader community, but that we don’t compromise meaningful equity and access in any new regional secondary program,” said MCEA President David Stein.

“We welcome new programs and policies in the district that improve student outcomes,” added MCEA Vice President Danillya Wilson, “But we remain deeply concerned that the district is moving too quickly to meaningfully gather input and address the various issues that we’re sharing as a community.”

“Access to programs is too important not to get it right. Let’s do this in a thoughtful manner that genuinely enhances equity and access.” President Stein continued. “We want to ensure that we’re not creating new problems in efforts to resolve ongoing concerns.”

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MCPS CO should.be fined every time they use the word "equity" in a meaningless, performative wag

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

I was there. Taylor seemed to be shifting blame to the BOE. He said a few alarming things in the meeting, including having only to have to plan one year of programming at a time. Year one of regional programs = 1 year of curriculum. Year two, he said he only had to plan that second year's worth of programming. In year three, he only had to plan the third year of programming, and in year four, he had only to create the year four programming.

That is not how curriculum is developed. You develop learning outcomes, and then begin to develop scope and sequence. This should be a comprehensive initiative. Taylor was pledging to provide us with incompetent educational programming, while also diminishing the catchment areas of flagship programs.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

I can’t go that far. Taylor is trash but so was Felder. Sadly, it’s been a long time since MCPS has had a qualified and competent superintendent.

Felder was substantive. Taylor is all style, but substance.

You are correct that he has no substance. But he is worse than that. He doesn't listen and he thinks he has all the answers. He is an extreme change agent who doesn't care if he is breaking things or if what he creates is poor quality. We need to get rid of him and do it in a timely manner so the BOE is not forced into a hasty decision, like it was when they hired him.

He met with a group of parents recently and tried to foist blame for this on the Board of Ed, saying he would have preferred to wait. Yeah, right.

Wait, what? Can you say more about this?

I heard it secondhand. Parents from some of the magnet programs (RMIB and Blair SMCS) met with him recently and that's what they told me in a conversation after the fact. I'm sorry I don't have more details than that.

Got it, thanks. Did the people you talked to find that argument from him convincing or did you get the sense they thought he was just trying to avoid blame?

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Anonymous wrote:They should have kept Felder in place. Taylor is terrible.

Felder was incompetent, involved in lies and scandals in her previous districts, and destroyed the budget because she did not know what she was doing. I am not a Taylor fan but Felder would have been so much worse.

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People who don’t know don’t realize how much of a mess she was because her stint was short, but she had no idea what she was doing.

The shortcomings of previous superintendents will be dwarfed by the problems that Taylor is creating.

Taylor definitely creating problems, but McKnight still holds the worst prize (so far).

Yeah, on this we can agree.

I actually think Taylor is fixing a lot of problems. I think the weekly newsletters are better, the social media is now copy edited (remember that red pen twitter) and I think he is fixing a lot of infrastructure. I like that he is thinking outside the box and isn’t just doing what was always done. Unfortunately, I don’t think he is exhibiting enough flexibility to pivot when enough stakeholders say his plan is a swing and a miss.

I don’t have confidence in Essie Maguire. She is condescending and always shortsighted. You may remember her from the pandemic mask incident where she ordered and bought tens of thousands of masks that were all wrong (adult size for kids, counterfeit).

You must work closely with Essie because this is a perfect description of her. Very short sighted, doesn't listen, and thinks she knows it all.

Meanwhile she also had the DOT theft scandal on her watch, the total disaster of an attempted boundary study, and the illegal electric bus contract. Why he thought it was a good idea to bring her back was the first major red flag that this was going to be a s-show. I'm glad I left MCPS before she came back.