Board of Ed circumvents County Commissioners
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Realist
No B.S Pleez
thegreatsnozz said:
Evidently, you and everyone else that works there is in jeopardy of losing their job. It seems that the Stupid Intendant has created such a backstabbing politcal atmosphere that everyone is sticking it to each other to avoid having it stuck to them. I'm not sure how hard they are working, but I am sure they are not being very nice.
Every parent having a child in SMCPS should be concerned about what is going on behind closed doors at Moakley. My children's private school isn't perfect, but at least their education is not suffering due to the political wrangling of their administration.
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Cletus_Vandam
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Realist said:
yes. the work hard be nice motto is alive and well in the school sytem. too bad no one, including the superintendent doesn't lead by example.
Fingel_Hymer
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Too freaking funny. Its about time that everyone out there begun seeing through all of the garbage the BOE throws out there.....
It's great that the county commissioners are taking it to the BOE. Jack Russel seemed to lobby hard for the schools when he was trying to get elected. Now he's putting them to task. It's great to see politicians stand up for something.
It's great that the county commissioners are taking it to the BOE. Jack Russel seemed to lobby hard for the schools when he was trying to get elected. Now he's putting them to task. It's great to see politicians stand up for something.
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Fingel_Hymer
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Thanks...
... for the red karma for posting the truth and facts.
Must have been from a school system employee, one of the superintendent's henchmen.
... for the red karma for posting the truth and facts.
Must have been from a school system employee, one of the superintendent's henchmen.
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Kain99
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I have no details about this topic but I will admit I was very impressed with Doctor Martirano at graduation. First time I have ever seen kids high fiving and hugging an administrator.
Fingel_Hymer
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Kain99 said:
All of the college kids and recent HS grads at the time also loved and voted for Clinton....
thegreatsnozz
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Your Right.
You are correct that paraeducators are some of the most hard working and under appreciated people in the school system. It is a shame that the BOE ranked you so low on their priorities. Transportation for a chinese exchange student even ranked higher. I suspect that they included your raise to garner support for their budget from you guys. I am not slighting at all your contributions to education but the school system is run by a very political person. The fact is that since the elected school board was created versus the old appointed system, decision making has deteriorated and all decisions are based on the most popular that will garner votes for reelections. I think it is a shame that the BOE put your raises in so low a priority kind of like "pork" in a congressional budget. You probably should have more anger for the BOE than the CC. As far as textbooks are concerned, this is no surprise, when the BOE built their central office, they wanted new furniture so they took their surplus funds at the end of the fiscal year and used them to buy new desks and chairs. This was the same year that their was a textbook shortage. That $68,000 could have bought a lot of books! The next year, they again claimed a textbook shortage and asked for the money.
Geek said:Didn't the CC just turn down 2.5 million for the school budget. The schools had to cut out textbooks (again) and a pay raise for our hard working paraeducators
You are correct that paraeducators are some of the most hard working and under appreciated people in the school system. It is a shame that the BOE ranked you so low on their priorities. Transportation for a chinese exchange student even ranked higher. I suspect that they included your raise to garner support for their budget from you guys. I am not slighting at all your contributions to education but the school system is run by a very political person. The fact is that since the elected school board was created versus the old appointed system, decision making has deteriorated and all decisions are based on the most popular that will garner votes for reelections. I think it is a shame that the BOE put your raises in so low a priority kind of like "pork" in a congressional budget. You probably should have more anger for the BOE than the CC. As far as textbooks are concerned, this is no surprise, when the BOE built their central office, they wanted new furniture so they took their surplus funds at the end of the fiscal year and used them to buy new desks and chairs. This was the same year that their was a textbook shortage. That $68,000 could have bought a lot of books! The next year, they again claimed a textbook shortage and asked for the money.
thegreatsnozz
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No Surprise
The good doctor is a great marketer! His slogan "Work hard and be nice" only applies to boost his self-inflated image. His underlings that he has promoted in key positions are some of the most viscious, ruthless, double talking, back stabbing "Unnice" people you will never want to associate with. They are only interested in raising arbitrary test scores.(Look for redistricting higher income neighborhoods into lesser performing and lesser advantaged schools at the end of next year to boost test scores.) They are there to do the good doctors dirty work. Beware to the administrator that crosses him, you will become a pupil personell worker and your career will be over.(This has happened twice already). Please do not get scammed by the good doctor's acting ability.
Kain99 said:
The good doctor is a great marketer! His slogan "Work hard and be nice" only applies to boost his self-inflated image. His underlings that he has promoted in key positions are some of the most viscious, ruthless, double talking, back stabbing "Unnice" people you will never want to associate with. They are only interested in raising arbitrary test scores.(Look for redistricting higher income neighborhoods into lesser performing and lesser advantaged schools at the end of next year to boost test scores.) They are there to do the good doctors dirty work. Beware to the administrator that crosses him, you will become a pupil personell worker and your career will be over.(This has happened twice already). Please do not get scammed by the good doctor's acting ability.
wintersprings
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thegreatsnozz said:
They just watched the state of Maryland. Maryland last year had a BILLION dollar surplus. What did they do? Spend it.
Now they claim a shortage, and want to raise your taxes.
Fingel_Hymer
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wintersprings said:
If you do a bit more digging you will find that the BOCC did the same thing this past year. They had a multi-million dollar surplus and where has that gone now??
Fingel_Hymer
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Realist said:
Like????..... :wonderingwhatyoumightknow:
Realist
No B.S Pleez
Barnacle said:
For a start, I wonder if the general public is aware of how many principals have been "reassigned" since the start of this administration's term. At least four in two years. My guess is that by the begining of the next school year, that number will be six or seven. Seems like an awfully high number to me. If these moves were scrutinized, you would certainly find that most are ridiculously unjustified. Do some digging... You won't have any problems finding dirt.
If they keep getting rid of the people that are truly doing their jobs, the system will definitely be degraded. It has been already. It would be nice to think that if I spilled all I know here that we could put a stop to it and rectify the situations, but it's hard to stop a train once it gets momentum, unless there is a sudden crash.
I'm sure some of you reading this have children in the schools where there have been reassignments. If so, do you know why the decisions were made? Do you care? You should. Your child's education is being negatively effected.
thegreatsnozz
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Tar and Feather the Superintendent
The EMS principal is not very popular with her staff and is viewed as "dizzy" by the central office. The SRMS principal has only been there a year, so time will tell with her. SRMS can only improve.
What needs to happen is that citizens should march into Breton Bay, Pull the superintendent out, tar and feather him, and send him back up to Western Maryland where he came from.
Barnacle said:
The EMS principal is not very popular with her staff and is viewed as "dizzy" by the central office. The SRMS principal has only been there a year, so time will tell with her. SRMS can only improve.
What needs to happen is that citizens should march into Breton Bay, Pull the superintendent out, tar and feather him, and send him back up to Western Maryland where he came from.
thegreatsnozz said:
Well, I think at EMS, there are just some disgruntled people (only a handful!) who don't like to be held accountable for what they do or don't do in the classroom. The principal has the support of the rest of the faculty from what I understand. The malcontents are just louder and seem to have the ear of the Super. She is not dizzy and is far more competent than most at Moakley.
thegreatsnozz
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Maybe
You are right and wrong. There are a few disgruntled faculty at EMS and have been there through several administrations. Most are close to retirement and are hard to direct without a lot of static from them. The dizzy part, well I have known that principal for fifteen years and she likes to portray herself as the helpless, flirting blonde which can appear as dizzy. Women for the most part are jealous of her looks and this does not help the perception. Perception to some people is just the same as reality. The problem that this principal has is that right off the bat the first year, she made sweeping change(Wasn't really a bad thing) without the faculties buy in. Then she hand picked a few of her favorite staff to be counsel, which drove a wedge between her and some of her staff(the out crowd). Then as the PTA/PTO was increasing their membership, they began to have more impact on school operations(bringing in revenue) which was a threat to the principal's sovereignty, the principal then withdrew support from the pta/pto, membership dropped and animosity with some parents began. It doesn't help that that school is overenrolled either.
Barnacle said:
You are right and wrong. There are a few disgruntled faculty at EMS and have been there through several administrations. Most are close to retirement and are hard to direct without a lot of static from them. The dizzy part, well I have known that principal for fifteen years and she likes to portray herself as the helpless, flirting blonde which can appear as dizzy. Women for the most part are jealous of her looks and this does not help the perception. Perception to some people is just the same as reality. The problem that this principal has is that right off the bat the first year, she made sweeping change(Wasn't really a bad thing) without the faculties buy in. Then she hand picked a few of her favorite staff to be counsel, which drove a wedge between her and some of her staff(the out crowd). Then as the PTA/PTO was increasing their membership, they began to have more impact on school operations(bringing in revenue) which was a threat to the principal's sovereignty, the principal then withdrew support from the pta/pto, membership dropped and animosity with some parents began. It doesn't help that that school is overenrolled either.