Anonymous
04/01/2024 11:47
Subject: Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Par is more of a threat to teachers to inflate the grades or they will turn even your union against you to ruin your career. Not only are they unsupportive but they are actively destructive of careers for teachers that don't want to fudge the numbers.
Anonymous
04/01/2024 11:35
Subject: Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This article is badly written and hard to follow.
Is information on this incident detailed anywhere else?
Agreed. I think the general timeline is:
There is a teacher (Meshel) who was one of the faculty sponsors of the Muslim Student Alliance.
Some students who belong to the MSA but not acting in the MSA's name organized a walk-out. Senior MCPS officials were in attendance, as was Meshel.
Meshel reported hearing two students making antisemitic comments, but none of the other MCPS officials heard them and no one has delivered video proof despite essentially every kid filming the event.
Technically, the principal was meant to file a Hate and Bias form upon Meshel's report, but she called the students into her office instead. After determining that everyone (including the Asst. Superintendent) denied hearing/making antisemitic remarks, she did not file that form.
Meshel took her story to the Daily Wire.
My opinion: The "proof" of antisemitism that the Daily Wire claims to have is very weak. It's thinks like student members of the MSA organizing the walk-out but then saying the MSA wasn't sponsoring it. Both things can be true.
Essentially, TDW has it out for MCPS, and this was a convenient "shock" story, but there just seem to be a lot of substance.
I generally agree with this but let's be real here. Of course the kids are going to deny making those remarks and most likely their friends in classmates would back them up .
Anonymous
04/01/2024 11:32
Subject: Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Anonymous wrote:All lies. She is so incompetent she was involuntarily transferred from Kennedy to PB and I bet she’s on a PAR now. Shows up late and leaves early with a bunch of lies for excuses. Nobody believes her! Feel sorry for whoever gave her the $ to retain a lawyer.
Fwiw being involuntarily transferred only has to do with your seniority/credentials. We've had teachers get involuntarily transferred out and id much rather involuntarily transfer somebody who wasn't as good but had more seniority
Anonymous
04/01/2024 09:37
Subject: Re:Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Anonymous wrote:I think mcea has said they’re shifting to becoming more of an organizing body rather than servicing individual teachers.
Can you elaborate on this?
Anonymous
03/30/2024 08:35
Subject: Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Teachers are punished simply for not being able to control cellphones. Join the club.
Anonymous
03/28/2024 16:38
Subject: Re:Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
A teacher Facebook group discussion. There may have been an email.
Anonymous
03/27/2024 22:06
Subject: Re:Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Anonymous wrote:I think mcea has said they’re shifting to becoming more of an organizing body rather than servicing individual teachers.
Source?
Anonymous
03/27/2024 21:01
Subject: Re:Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
I think mcea has said they’re shifting to becoming more of an organizing body rather than servicing individual teachers.
Anonymous
03/27/2024 20:58
Subject: Mcps teacher punished after complaining about antisemitism
Anonymous wrote:Alot of great teachers are on PAR. PAR is a punishment tool for teachers. It's like obey admin who offer no support or we can blame you with PAR. Just another way to blame the teachers.
This may be true at some schools but at my school, the good teachers are mostly left alone. That is the main reason I have not left my present school as I hate being micro managed
and not sure what a different school might bring