New: Super. Thomas Taylor on principal change at Wootton HS, "entire school was supposed to receive training" "prior to the start of school, but didn't do"

On December 9, 2024, MCPS Superintendent Thomas Taylor spoke at the Montgomery County Civic Federation monthly meeting.  

Superintendent Taylor was asked about the recent news out of Wootton High School.  The video below goes to Superintendent Taylor's complete response to this issue.  

Notes from the Superintendent's response: 

Superintendent Thomas Taylor:

 "...as bad as reported...

...events that happened last Monday that I was not aware of until Thursday of last week...

...hold people accountable... 

...there was a leadership change at that school on Thursday night...

...sometimes leadership change is necessary and needs to be swift...

...I am not afraid to do that...I recognize that sometimes puts me sideways with a union or two...

...I was very disappointed to find out that the entire school that was supposed to receive some training in this space did not receive that training and that's very disheartening...

...now stopped the world and done emergency training with staff that they should have done prior to the start of the school year but didn't do..."