As you can probably guess, I have absolutely zero sadness at the departure of Jerry Weast. Words cannot adequately capture the smarmy arrogance of the man. I had one final chance to catch him in action at the March 28 Board of Education meeting. An overflow crowd of parents representing various interests — including GTA’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘board of education’
Buh-Bye Jerry Weast, Hello Joshua Starr
Posted in In the News, School, tagged board of education, education, Jerry Weast, joshua staff, maryland, MCPS, stamford on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Weast’s 2011 Budget: Protection Racket
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged board of education, budget, critical race theory, education, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, School on December 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Christmas/holiday/blizzard stupor is slowly lifting and as the New Year approaches, parents are beginning to focus on the resumption of school and with it, school issues. Foremost, the Superintendent’s Recommended FY 2011 Operating Budget. You’ll recall that the good Dr. Weast presented the behemoth $2.2 Billion (yes, that’s billion) budget in early December. This [...]
And So It Goes
Posted in School, tagged board of education, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, School on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just saw that I missed the announcement. MCPS has filled the board vacancy left by Nancy Navarro, who has joined the County Council. There were five candidates: former student member of the Montgomery County Board of Education with degrees in business and public administration a parent advocate and volunteer with degrees in nursing and business [...]
MPCS Draft Strategic Plan: A Closer Look
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged board of education, education, Gifted, Jerry Weast, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, School, strategic plan on June 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I love draft MCPS documents because it’s one of the few times where you can really see in black and white–and red–where the behemoth that is MCPS is headed. Or at least would like to go. I love mulling the word choices: why all of a sudden is “blueprint” better than “foundation?” Why the switch [...]
“PIA” Comment Continues to Reverberate
Posted in Gifted, In the News, tagged advocacy, board of education, education, Gifted, Gifted - Montgomery & Fairfax County GROUPS, maryland, montgomery county, parent advocacy, parent involvement, School on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Looks like the latest addition to the MCPS lexicon isn’t going to go away. A local television news station has just done a story on the PIA (Pain In the Ass) comment of Board of Education member Patricial O’Neill. No imbed code provided, but here’s the link to the page with the video. Meanwhile the [...]
Breaking: MCPS Draft Strategic Plan 2009-2014
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged board of education, education, elementary school, Gifted, identification, Jerry Weast, MCPS, montgomery county, parent advocacy, policy, School, strategic plan, testing on May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This document (a fascinating must-read for MCPS edu-dweebs and alert parents) is being circulated in advance of tomorrow’s BOE’s public Strategic Planning Committee meeting, for its final review of the Strategic Plan (9 a.m.Carver Room 120, 850 Hungerford, Rockville). Document is red-lined, showing exactly where changes to the existing Strategic Plan are being considered. Of [...]
PIAs Need Not Apply
Posted in School, tagged board of education, education, Gifted, maryland, MCPS, parent adocacy, School, sip on May 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Well I learned a new MCPS acronym this evening: PIA, otherwise known as Pain in the Ass (Hmm, do I need to add it to my Acronyms & Jargon tab?) Such was the term used by Board of Education member Patricia O’Neill at this evening’s meeting to describe parents who can in good conscience be [...]
Newsflash: “No Labels” Presentations to the BOE
Posted in Gifted, School, tagged board of education, education, elementary school, Gifted, highly gifted, identification, maryland, MCPS, montgomery county, parent involvement, standardized testing, teacher, testing on May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hot off the presses: The Powerpoint presentations made to the Board of Education Policy Committee on May 5, 2009. The first presentation is by Georgian Forest Elementary School, one of the “no labels” “pilots” where students are not given a Gifted and Talented “label” after 2nd grade global GT screening. The second presentation is by [...]
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