Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know why Harris and Rivera-Oven abstained on several of the appointments last Thursday? Harris said something about it wasn’t personal, but did not elaborate. 🙄

That wasn't Harris, it was Smondrowski, as well as Rivera-Oven. Smondrowski said it was something about the hiring process she objected to, not the candidates themselves. I noticed they only abstained on the associate superintendent and director votes, but they both voted for all of the appointed principals.

Does anyone know why Harris and Rivera-Oven abstained on several of the appointments last Thursday? Harris said something about it wasn’t personal, but did not elaborate. 🙄

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Anonymous wrote:I will miss Stacey rogovoy from CGES dearly

Why is she leaving CGES?

What do people know about her replacement?

She was hired as the new principal at North Chevy Chase.

Anonymous wrote:I will miss Stacey rogovoy from CGES dearly

Why is she leaving CGES?

What do people know about her replacement?

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Anonymous wrote:Also wondering if anyone knows who is in the running for Whitman HS.

I think they really want Greg Miller, their current Principal Intern.

That would make me happy. Is he interested in the position, I hope?

Yes he is!

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Anonymous wrote:Also wondering if anyone knows who is in the running for Whitman HS.

I think they really want Greg Miller, their current Principal Intern.

That would make me happy. Is he interested in the position, I hope?

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Anonymous wrote:Does the principal of SCES need to speak French? If so, that would seem to greatly limit the candidates. Agree with some PPs that the school desperately needs a strong leader. Nesmith was not it.

No. And none of the past few principals spoke French either.

I personally think she was OK. Maybe not great. But I'm a parent and not a teacher and I think the teachers weren't super happy.

However, they appear to be filling the position by July 1. How many "strong leaders" will they able to find in the next 5 weeks?

Certainly better than the short-timer she replaced. He was the result of another rushed appointment from a late decision, though not this late in the year. They ignored the community preference in facor of someone who would toe the MCPS CO line and act as a comms intermediary related to possible facility changes (in reality, he was just a barrier).

When he left after two years giving just 2 weeks notice towards the end of the summer (with his boss joining him in Washington County Public Schools shortly afterward), the community got pretty lucky that, in their scramble, they had to appoint someone with less of a Heisman approach. She was in the middle of her principal internship at a MS, and it makes sense that she's moving on to one, now.

I'd imagine that lateness in assignment has to do with the multiple openings they have to juggle this year, and I hope that the result at least takes community interest into account better than 5 years back. Their mechamism for that is awful, though, and completely performative, as mentioned by others, and the teachers need a supportive admin with the chops to handle the two programs.

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Anonymous wrote:How quickly can they complete the interview process for the next batch of principal vacancies?

They plan to name a number of new principals at the late June BOE meeting.

Blair's new principal among those names? Any idea?

absolutely

Anonymous wrote:Also wondering if anyone knows who is in the running for Whitman HS.

I think they really want Greg Miller, their current Principal Intern.

Also wondering if anyone knows who is in the running for Whitman HS.

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Anonymous wrote:How quickly can they complete the interview process for the next batch of principal vacancies?

They plan to name a number of new principals at the late June BOE meeting.

Blair's new principal among those names? Any idea?

Anonymous wrote:How quickly can they complete the interview process for the next batch of principal vacancies?

They plan to name a number of new principals at the late June BOE meeting.

How quickly can they complete the interview process for the next batch of principal vacancies?

Anonymous wrote:Does the principal of SCES need to speak French? If so, that would seem to greatly limit the candidates. Agree with some PPs that the school desperately needs a strong leader. Nesmith was not it.

No. And none of the past few principals spoke French either.

I personally think she was OK. Maybe not great. But I'm a parent and not a teacher and I think the teachers weren't super happy.

However, they appear to be filling the position by July 1. How many "strong leaders" will they able to find in the next 5 weeks?

Anonymous wrote:Does the principal of SCES need to speak French? If so, that would seem to greatly limit the candidates. Agree with some PPs that the school desperately needs a strong leader. Nesmith was not it.

No - immersion principals do not need to speak the language.