Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 15:17     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:I know the guy. I was a teacher at Wilson HS (now Jackson Reed) when he was an assistant principal. He was terrible as an assistant principal. He is good at cozying up to his bosses so they tend to like him. He gets everything done but in a shoddy low quality way. He doesn’t care about students or teacher quality. He is a cold fish. For the life of me, I cannot see him at an elementary school.
MCPS unfortunately made a big mistake hiring him. He needs to leave education


He likely had friends in MCPS who assured him they could get him through the hiring process despite his checkered past. And they were right.

The hiring and promotion process in MCPS is corrupt and broken. But the OIG already laid that bare.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 14:27     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Is it too late to rescind the offer? I feel for the teachers at the school.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 14:05     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
I know the guy. I was a teacher at Wilson HS (now Jackson Reed) when he was an assistant principal. He was terrible as an assistant principal. He is good at cozying up to his bosses so they tend to like him. He gets everything done but in a shoddy low quality way. He doesn’t care about students or teacher quality. He is a cold fish. For the life of me, I cannot see him at an elementary school.
MCPS unfortunately made a big mistake hiring him. He needs to leave education
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 13:36     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:Maybe he performed really well in the interview and had glowing references. You never know.


He should never have gotten to the interview stage.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 13:21     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Maybe he performed really well in the interview and had glowing references. You never know.


All it would take is a Google search to find out about what happened at Oyster.


Maybe MCPS should post all its potential hires on DCUM so we can weigh in.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:52     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:Maybe he performed really well in the interview and had glowing references. You never know.


All it would take is a Google search to find out about what happened at Oyster.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:36     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Maybe he performed really well in the interview and had glowing references. You never know.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:32     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The incompetence in OSSWB is truly astounding. Given the Beidleman fiasco, you would think potential appointments would be highly vetted. Makes you wonder who is in charge.


Isn't it HR's responsibility to vet candidates?


HR handles the process but any judgement calls about the candidate's previous performance and their suitability for the position will be left to the hiring managers, which in this case will be the director of OSSWB that will supervise this principal.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:29     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:The incompetence in OSSWB is truly astounding. Given the Beidleman fiasco, you would think potential appointments would be highly vetted. Makes you wonder who is in charge.


Isn't it HR's responsibility to vet candidates?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 12:25     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
The incompetence in OSSWB is truly astounding. Given the Beidleman fiasco, you would think potential appointments would be highly vetted. Makes you wonder who is in charge.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 09:15     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My God. Why is MCPS so horrible at keeping bad people out of its system? How can they overlook someone coming to their school system with that kind of an exit from the last one?


There are so few people who want to be principal that they're just desperate to hire warm bodies even if these people are highly problematic. My current vice principal an example of that


Better to have an acting principal than this guy. We know people at Oyster, the DCPS he was fired from, and he was just awful. I have no idea what OSSWB was going even considering him for an appointment, let alone appointing him.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2024 08:14     Subject: Re:Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:My God. Why is MCPS so horrible at keeping bad people out of its system? How can they overlook someone coming to their school system with that kind of an exit from the last one?


There are so few people who want to be principal that they're just desperate to hire warm bodies even if these people are highly problematic. My current vice principal an example of that
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 18:27     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
It's amazing that MCPS is less competent than DCPS.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 18:16     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Looks like OSSWB did not do their homework on this hire! Really no excuse.
Anonymous
Post 05/26/2024 15:13     Subject: Roscoe Nix new principal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of qualified people to do this job. Why do we suck?!


I am not saying this gentleman is acceptable as a MCPS principal BUT there IS a shortage of qualified, well-trained people to do the job.
I personally know of several teachers who have their admin cert and have applied to the admin pool. There are plenty of people who may not have experience, but they are ready to do the job. FYI, based in what I’ve read about him, he’s not qualified to do the job.