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MCPS says anti‑racist audit is being embedded in strategic planning but implementation is uneven
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Dr. Naya Hamlet told the County Council committee that MCPS is integrating anti‑racist audit commitments into strategic plan scorecards and school improvement plans, but she and other leaders said monitoring, leadership capacity and public tracking must be strengthened; the director of systemwide equity position is expected to be filled in February.
Montgomery County Public Schools officials told the County Council’s Education and Culture Committee that progress is under way to move recommendations from the district's anti‑racist audit from a stand‑alone tracker into the district’s strategic planning and school improvement processes—but that the work remains uneven across schools.
"Anti‑racist commitments only move when they are grounded in written expectations, monitored for implementation, and tied to outcomes," Dr. Naya Hamlet, the district’s equity leader, told the committee. Hamlet said the district has started embedding audit action steps into strategic plan scorecards and school improvement plans (SIPs) to make equity expectations part of routine implementation and monitoring.
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