Interim Superintendent McKnight Removes Superintendent Jack Smith's "Vision for the Future" Administrators. Where are they now?

Remember Superintendent Jack Smith's reorganization of MCPS in February of 2020?  

Today, Superintendent Jack Smith sent this message to staff about new administrative appointments and his vision for the future of MCPS. Congratulations to Dr. Janet Wilson, Essie McGuire and Derek Turner on their new roles! https://t.co/FPa7Y5Dodu @mocoboe pic.twitter.com/cKLcLY6dOa

— MCPS (@MCPS) February 10, 2020

As of July 1, 2021, Interim Superintendent Monifa McKnight has reorganized MCPS once again and all three of Jack Smith's "Vision of the Future" appointments are no longer in their positions.  Two are gone from MCPS and one has been moved to an undefined position within MCPS. 

• Janet Wilson was Jack Smith's Chief of Teaching, Learning and Engagement making $216,500. As of July 1, 2021, Ms. Wilson is now Senior Vice-President for Littera Solutions in Brooklyn, NY.

• Derek Turner was Jack Smith's Chief of Communications, Engagement and Innovation making $206,500. As of today, Mr. Turner is still a MCPS employee but on "special assignment" working under the Chief of Human Resources and Development.

• Essie McGuire was Jack Smith's Associate Superintendent of Operations making $186,500. Ms McGuire has returned to work for her previous employer, the Montgomery County Council as a Senior Legislative Analyst working on Education issues, including the Council's oversight of Montgomery County Public Schools.

BOE Hires Former Garrett Co. Superintendent, Won't Let Her Talk to Media. MCPS PR "Sad"

The Board of Education hired former Garrett County Superintendent Janet Wilson as an associate superintendent in MCPS.  The Sentinel tried to interview Ms. Wilson and another new associate superintendent, Jonathon Brice.

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Montgomery County Public Schools spokesperson Derek Turner said Monday The Sentinel could not photograph or interview the two new associate superintendents because he didn’t want them interacting with media within their first days in office.

"We're trying to avoid schedules with media requests (for now)," said Turner. "We really want to let them fully settle into their jobs."

One of his assistants sent photographs of each person.

Turner later said, “We’re not trying to block the Sentinel or anyone in particular but with any new jobs, we let staff settle into a new position.”

Turner proposed a reporter write two questions for each person so he would send the questions to the two new staffers, and try to have the questions answered before deadline or by the following morning. Turner said he limited the reporter to two questions per person because that number would be “easy to answer” in a limited amount of time.

By Tuesday morning, Turner said in an email he had not received responses from the associate superintendents to questions the reporter sent him.

An assistant to Turner sent a response from Dr. Janet Wilson, one of the two new associate superintendents, Wednesday morning but questions though Jonathan Brice, the other new superintendent, did not respond.

Turner said Board of Education President Mike Durso told him the reporter asked two people the same question to see if they had the same story. Turner said the reporter doing this “saddened” him and told her she could only communicate with him through email and that he would arrange a phone call if she asked something he determined could be answered on the phone...

http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/newsx/local/item/3810-transparency-watch-a-look-at-transparency-in-local-government