Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/08/22/even-more-conflicts-with-mcps-investigation/



"Counting Jackson Lewis attorneys Weldon Latham and Michael Hatcher and its PAC, Jawando’s state and federal committees have received six checks totaling $5,450 from the firm since 2016. This indicates the possibility of a deeper relationship between the two going beyond just one recent PAC check. Given the firm’s “union avoidance” activities, this is intensely awkward for Jawando, who has relied on union endorsements throughout his political career. What will his union supporters think once they learn of his long-time support from a firm that specializes in stopping their organizing campaigns?"

Please publicize this beyond DCUM.

[Anonymous]

MCPS promises to do better next time. Vigna, Damascus, now this..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think (because of the public outcry and the excellent post reporting only), that Biedleman himself will be fired. It won't be the usual course of action where is given a cushy job in central office like always. But the buck will stop with him.

No consequences for Eric Minus, McKnight keeps her gig, and no justice of course for the teachers who were wronged by Biedleman.

I'd love to be wrong about that, but thats how I see it playing out.

Eric Minus doesn't even work for MCPS anymore and hasn't for years.

I understand that. I think he will have no professional fallout though, and obviously should.

I hear Eric Minus is with Baltimore county schools. I hope his bosses are aware of what he was involved in so it doesn’t happen again in their district. He should have known better but that’s how it goes in these types of clubs.

I am sure it already has.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think (because of the public outcry and the excellent post reporting only), that Biedleman himself will be fired. It won't be the usual course of action where is given a cushy job in central office like always. But the buck will stop with him.

No consequences for Eric Minus, McKnight keeps her gig, and no justice of course for the teachers who were wronged by Biedleman.

I'd love to be wrong about that, but thats how I see it playing out.

I hope the reporters keep digging. They may win a Pulitzer Prize.

I hope the teachers find a good law firm to represent them. The lawyers have an incentive to dig deeper to win a bigger settlement.

This! Thank you WaPo and Montgomery perspective. This is journalism at its finest. I hope it brings about the obviously much needed changes. Please keep the heat on MCPS, the BOE and the county council.

+1 If it wasn’t for the Washington Post, the teacher complaints would have been completely covered up. If an outside reporter could link the 18 cases, why couldn’t MCPS? Why was the guy given a promotion?

There’s still a lot of unanswered questions but either the top brass knew of the complaints and did nothing or they are doing a horrible job managing the school system. 18 complaints about the same staff member should have flagged their attention.

Correct. And this fundamental disconnect is not addressed in ANY of the statements that McKnight, Silvestre or the BOE has made, which is what makes them all fall flat.

Even if the investigation needs to happen to sort out ALL of the details, at this point, they should have put out SOMETHING that addresses either how the system was so poorly mismanaged and siloed that no one connected the dots, or how corrupt individuals (to be named post-investigation) purposefully failed at their job and will be held accountable.

Silvestre speaking for herself

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/08/breaking-board-of-education-president.html?m=1

This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Why is Karla (or the BOE) so protective? Let an independent agency review. It will help with rebuilding trust and help hold everyone accountable.

(Also is it just me or is tomorrow’s BOE meeting being held on a number of back to school night meeting for parents?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think (because of the public outcry and the excellent post reporting only), that Biedleman himself will be fired. It won't be the usual course of action where is given a cushy job in central office like always. But the buck will stop with him.

No consequences for Eric Minus, McKnight keeps her gig, and no justice of course for the teachers who were wronged by Biedleman.

I'd love to be wrong about that, but thats how I see it playing out.

I hope the reporters keep digging. They may win a Pulitzer Prize.

I hope the teachers find a good law firm to represent them. The lawyers have an incentive to dig deeper to win a bigger settlement.

This! Thank you WaPo and Montgomery perspective. This is journalism at its finest. I hope it brings about the obviously much needed changes. Please keep the heat on MCPS, the BOE and the county council.

+1 If it wasn’t for the Washington Post, the teacher complaints would have been completely covered up. If an outside reporter could link the 18 cases, why couldn’t MCPS? Why was the guy given a promotion?

There’s still a lot of unanswered questions but either the top brass knew of the complaints and did nothing or they are doing a horrible job managing the school system. 18 complaints about the same staff member should have flagged their attention.

Correct. And this fundamental disconnect is not addressed in ANY of the statements that McKnight, Silvestre or the BOE has made, which is what makes them all fall flat.

Even if the investigation needs to happen to sort out ALL of the details, at this point, they should have put out SOMETHING that addresses either how the system was so poorly mismanaged and siloed that no one connected the dots, or how corrupt individuals (to be named post-investigation) purposefully failed at their job and will be held accountable.

Silvestre speaking for herself

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/08/breaking-board-of-education-president.html?m=1

This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Why is Karla (or the BOE) so protective? Let an independent agency review. It will help with rebuilding trust and help hold everyone accountable.

(Also is it just me or is tomorrow’s BOE meeting being held on a number of back to school night meeting for parents?)

The BOE meeting is at 1pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think (because of the public outcry and the excellent post reporting only), that Biedleman himself will be fired. It won't be the usual course of action where is given a cushy job in central office like always. But the buck will stop with him.

No consequences for Eric Minus, McKnight keeps her gig, and no justice of course for the teachers who were wronged by Biedleman.

I'd love to be wrong about that, but thats how I see it playing out.

I hope the reporters keep digging. They may win a Pulitzer Prize.

I hope the teachers find a good law firm to represent them. The lawyers have an incentive to dig deeper to win a bigger settlement.

This! Thank you WaPo and Montgomery perspective. This is journalism at its finest. I hope it brings about the obviously much needed changes. Please keep the heat on MCPS, the BOE and the county council.

+1 If it wasn’t for the Washington Post, the teacher complaints would have been completely covered up. If an outside reporter could link the 18 cases, why couldn’t MCPS? Why was the guy given a promotion?

There’s still a lot of unanswered questions but either the top brass knew of the complaints and did nothing or they are doing a horrible job managing the school system. 18 complaints about the same staff member should have flagged their attention.

Correct. And this fundamental disconnect is not addressed in ANY of the statements that McKnight, Silvestre or the BOE has made, which is what makes them all fall flat.

Even if the investigation needs to happen to sort out ALL of the details, at this point, they should have put out SOMETHING that addresses either how the system was so poorly mismanaged and siloed that no one connected the dots, or how corrupt individuals (to be named post-investigation) purposefully failed at their job and will be held accountable.

Silvestre speaking for herself

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/08/breaking-board-of-education-president.html?m=1

This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Why is Karla (or the BOE) so protective? Let an independent agency review. It will help with rebuilding trust and help hold everyone accountable.

(Also is it just me or is tomorrow’s BOE meeting being held on a number of back to school night meeting for parents?)

The BOE meeting is at 1pm.

Ah thank you! Sorry about that.

[Anonymous]

Has the agenda for tomorrow's BOE meeting been sent out yet? It'll be interesting to see how they show up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has the agenda for tomorrow's BOE meeting been sent out yet? It'll be interesting to see how they show up.

Yes

http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CTTMA95A3880

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS doesn’t admit to problems with staff and therefore MCPS doesn’t fix problems with staff. This has made MCPS a safe haven for sexual harassers, bullies, and predators.

It doesn’t have to admit let alone fix problems with staff because no one cares long enough to make the board experience consequences.

It's hard to "make the board experience consequences" when the pickings are so slim. Julie Yang is one of the new board members that ousted an incumbent. Look at her Twitter over the last week. Nothing, zilch about this issue. Lynne Harris beat the union-backed candidate. She "didn't see the e-mails". The other contenders that don't get elected tend to be a variety of combinations of crazy/racist/ignorant. Voters do want better board members but they have few options, and it's not hard to see why. No way I would take that job unless I was independently wealthy or retired and bored.

This! Everyone constantly shouting "Vote!" ...whole time I'm like for who? nobody wants this job! I don't blame them.

[Anonymous]

Video testimony by Jennifer Martin of MCEA:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1afKybg8aTH0u0odwgphJ-e3AhAjIuMNY/view

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has the agenda for tomorrow's BOE meeting been sent out yet? It'll be interesting to see how they show up.

Yes

http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CTTMA95A3880

There is a rally and press conference tomorrow at the central office, but it's not by MCEA...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has the agenda for tomorrow's BOE meeting been sent out yet? It'll be interesting to see how they show up.

Yes

http://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CTTMA95A3880

Thank you!

Jennifer Martin from the MCEA has a pretty damning video testimony:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1afKybg8aTH0u0odwgphJ-e3AhAjIuMNY/view

[Anonymous]

According to the agenda, the board will be conducting a closed session from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm where the Beidleman issue will be discussed.

Why not just say that in the previous statements instead of acting like they've been doing something they haven't been doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think (because of the public outcry and the excellent post reporting only), that Biedleman himself will be fired. It won't be the usual course of action where is given a cushy job in central office like always. But the buck will stop with him.

No consequences for Eric Minus, McKnight keeps her gig, and no justice of course for the teachers who were wronged by Biedleman.

I'd love to be wrong about that, but thats how I see it playing out.

I hope the reporters keep digging. They may win a Pulitzer Prize.

I hope the teachers find a good law firm to represent them. The lawyers have an incentive to dig deeper to win a bigger settlement.

This! Thank you WaPo and Montgomery perspective. This is journalism at its finest. I hope it brings about the obviously much needed changes. Please keep the heat on MCPS, the BOE and the county council.

+1 If it wasn’t for the Washington Post, the teacher complaints would have been completely covered up. If an outside reporter could link the 18 cases, why couldn’t MCPS? Why was the guy given a promotion?

There’s still a lot of unanswered questions but either the top brass knew of the complaints and did nothing or they are doing a horrible job managing the school system. 18 complaints about the same staff member should have flagged their attention.

Correct. And this fundamental disconnect is not addressed in ANY of the statements that McKnight, Silvestre or the BOE has made, which is what makes them all fall flat.

Even if the investigation needs to happen to sort out ALL of the details, at this point, they should have put out SOMETHING that addresses either how the system was so poorly mismanaged and siloed that no one connected the dots, or how corrupt individuals (to be named post-investigation) purposefully failed at their job and will be held accountable.

Silvestre speaking for herself

https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/08/breaking-board-of-education-president.html?m=1

This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Why is Karla (or the BOE) so protective? Let an independent agency review. It will help with rebuilding trust and help hold everyone accountable.

(Also is it just me or is tomorrow’s BOE meeting being held on a number of back to school night meeting for parents?)

The BOE meeting is at 1pm.

Yes but Open House at our school is at 2:30 tomorrow, too. Hmmm...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the agenda, the board will be conducting a closed session from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm where the Beidleman issue will be discussed.

Why not just say that in the previous statements instead of acting like they've been doing something they haven't been doing?

Beidleman is not on the agenda.