Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 17:58     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Other school districts announce finalists for the position. We don't do that in Montgomery County?
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 17:47     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
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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?


You act as if we were privvy to all of the applicants who applied. It was all done behind closed doors. We have no idea who is or isn't interested in the job.


This.
The whole selection process is a massive secret. There are always lots of candidates, but they are all a secret.

Somehow Baltimore is able to have 4 candidates and put them out to meet the public.


You think they bypassed a long line of rock star candidates just so they could announce a mediocre pick? Three times in a row?
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 17:45     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:When do they make the decision on whether to extend/renew his contract? It's up in summer 2028, right? How far in advance do they usually make the decision?


I think around January/February of that year.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 16:58     Subject: Re:Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:I don't see any indication that any board member or candidate wants to fire him.


We are not quite there for open discussion of getting rid of Taylor. I'm guessing Fall 2027, when his regional program scheme keels over, after he got rid of consortia programs, and de facto killed magnet programs.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 16:48     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
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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.


You must be really far up in Taylor's rear end to keep beating this drum the way that you do. I hope you're getting something out of it.


Mrs. Taylor has a nice elevator mansion in Chevy Chase.


Could be difficult to sell in a down economy...
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 16:46     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
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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?


Just wanted to added Loudoun County's superintendent salary too:
Aaron Spence $425,334 with an enrollment of 80517

I would rank Loudoun County, both the area and the schools, very highly. So should be added to any comparables when we're looking at MCPS or comparing different school systems.


Surrounding area superintendents make more money. $360,000 remains a significant salary. Next MCPS superintendent will probably best that by tens of thousands of dollars. And if we are talking about possible future superintendents to replace Taylor, I would say that Cheryl Dyson in Frederick County is an excellent candidate. She was an area associate superintendent in MCPS previously. She was just reappointed to another term in Frederick County - good for her.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 16:33     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
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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.


You must be really far up in Taylor's rear end to keep beating this drum the way that you do. I hope you're getting something out of it.


Mrs. Taylor has a nice elevator mansion in Chevy Chase.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 16:32     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
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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?


You act as if we were privvy to all of the applicants who applied. It was all done behind closed doors. We have no idea who is or isn't interested in the job.


This.
The whole selection process is a massive secret. There are always lots of candidates, but they are all a secret.

Somehow Baltimore is able to have 4 candidates and put them out to meet the public.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 15:14     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
When do they make the decision on whether to extend/renew his contract? It's up in summer 2028, right? How far in advance do they usually make the decision?
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 15:08     Subject: Re:Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
I don't see any indication that any board member or candidate wants to fire him.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 15:00     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:
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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?


Just wanted to added Loudoun County's superintendent salary too:
Aaron Spence $425,334 with an enrollment of 80517

I would rank Loudoun County, both the area and the schools, very highly. So should be added to any comparables when we're looking at MCPS or comparing different school systems.


Fairfax has a stellar whole-school magnet TJHS. Londoun has Academies of Loundoun where students focus on project-oriented learning and authentic research for half-day everyday for straight 4 years. At MCPS, we have stellar magnet programs producing numerous college professors, wall street traders, high-level officials in federal government and astronauts. Instead of considering expanding it into a whole magnet school, Taylor deteriorates them and claims to build 100 programs with virtually no investment.

Now let's discuss whether they should be paid at the current salary level.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 14:59     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:
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?


You act as if we were privvy to all of the applicants who applied. It was all done behind closed doors. We have no idea who is or isn't interested in the job.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 14:37     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
I can say for sure that Dufief parents like him.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 14:35     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:
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?


Just wanted to added Loudoun County's superintendent salary too:
Aaron Spence $425,334 with an enrollment of 80517

I would rank Loudoun County, both the area and the schools, very highly. So should be added to any comparables when we're looking at MCPS or comparing different school systems.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2026 14:23     Subject: Taylor is alienating everyone - from council members to staff to students to community members. How long does he last?
Anonymous wrote:
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?


Oh there were some, but the BOE chose poorly.

Clearly the biggest mistake of Jack Smith's career was elevating Monifa McKnight as acting superintendent. The board should not have hired her as a permanent superintendent, but they were afraid of being labeled as racists. There were misgivings among some and they should have held their ground. The board was taken in by Taylor - he does know how to turn on the high-wattage charm, as needed. That is a certain kind of person, I believe.

That is why it matters to recruit and elect knowledgeable BOE members. And unfortunately, we see a lot of not great candidates before us this year. Still, they may in the end get it right, when Taylor's reign comes to an end.