MOCO BOE update: Beidleman Report summary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading all of the Post articles about MCPS is making me sick that my kids go to MCPS schools. What a corrupt and incompetent organization. I feel sorry for teachers who are stuck under these bozos

Who elected the BOE members to run MCPS year after year? The voters of Montgomery County.

Yep. This is what we voted for.

Like they say - you really do get what you vote for. The BOE has had a political agenda for years. And they push that agenda at the expense of our kids.

What's their agenda again? I forgot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading all of the Post articles about MCPS is making me sick that my kids go to MCPS schools. What a corrupt and incompetent organization. I feel sorry for teachers who are stuck under these bozos

Who elected the BOE members to run MCPS year after year? The voters of Montgomery County.

Yep. This is what we voted for.

Like they say - you really do get what you vote for. The BOE has had a political agenda for years. And they push that agenda at the expense of our kids.

What's their agenda again? I forgot?

I’m not sure what PP was referring to but it definitely wasn’t governing the school system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reading all of the Post articles about MCPS is making me sick that my kids go to MCPS schools. What a corrupt and incompetent organization. I feel sorry for teachers who are stuck under these bozos

Who elected the BOE members to run MCPS year after year? The voters of Montgomery County.

Yep. This is what we voted for.

Like they say - you really do get what you vote for. The BOE has had a political agenda for years. And they push that agenda at the expense of our kids.

What's their agenda again? I forgot?

Remember Jill Ortman-Fouse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think our county leaders have really.underestimated what this scandal is doing to MCPS's reputation. For those of us who are relative outsiders, planning on sending our kids to public school in the next few years, this is devastating. Our community loves our local ES and I am sure it is very well run, but the behavior of central office with respect to Biedleman gives me zero confidence that serious problems, should they arise, would be properly addressed. Maybe this scandal will be the catalyst for change, but I will believe it when I see it.

I have been an MCPS parent for over a decade. We will not see change - I am certain of that.

We thought we might see change after the Damascus and Rockville sexual assault/tape cases.

We thought we might see changes after multiple individuals were accused of sexual assault.

MCPS is a mess. It is disheartening and disappointing and our kids are suffering due to all of this.

+1 Prior to the Pandemic, MCPS was sending out almost monthly Reports to the Community of staff being arrested for sexual child abuse. That’s when the State of Maryland and MCPS promoted the Maryland Safe Tip Line so anonymous complaints could be made. The purpose was to make schools safer.

How does not investigating anonymous tips promote school safety?

[Anonymous]

I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

I doubt that's right. I just don't see that she would be all that concerned about a situation that happened before she was even super.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

I doubt that's right. I just don't see that she would be all that concerned about a situation that happened before she was even super.

She is not concerned. You are right. She doesn’t care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

I doubt that's right. I just don't see that she would be all that concerned about a situation that happened before she was even super.

The superintendent has now admitted that this happened under her own watch and released a plan for fixing it. You should check back for new talking points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

I doubt that's right. I just don't see that she would be all that concerned about a situation that happened before she was even super.

What happened after she was super? Literally the majority of complaints contained in the report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m now convinced they McKnight’s continued leadership of MCPS is untenable.

She’s now got the ADL and the environmentalists angry at her and even embarrassed Jamie Raskin.

No way she can survive now.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/10/12/are-heads-starting-to-roll-at-mcps/

https://twitter.com/ChispaMaryland/status/1712443675807002687

https://twitter.com/MontCoExec/status/1584571726586937345

I doubt that's right. I just don't see that she would be all that concerned about a situation that happened before she was even super.

She is not concerned. You are right. She doesn’t care.

+1 I find her reactions to this situation so bizarre. I'd expect a leader to show concern and compassion and urgency for fixing the situation. Instead, from the beginning she has focused on moving on and not getting distracted by this. Wtf. Can't believe she hasn't been fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think our county leaders have really.underestimated what this scandal is doing to MCPS's reputation. For those of us who are relative outsiders, planning on sending our kids to public school in the next few years, this is devastating. Our community loves our local ES and I am sure it is very well run, but the behavior of central office with respect to Biedleman gives me zero confidence that serious problems, should they arise, would be properly addressed. Maybe this scandal will be the catalyst for change, but I will believe it when I see it.

I have been an MCPS parent for over a decade. We will not see change - I am certain of that.

We thought we might see change after the Damascus and Rockville sexual assault/tape cases.

We thought we might see changes after multiple individuals were accused of sexual assault.

MCPS is a mess. It is disheartening and disappointing and our kids are suffering due to all of this.

+1 Prior to the Pandemic, MCPS was sending out almost monthly Reports to the Community of staff being arrested for sexual child abuse. That’s when the State of Maryland and MCPS promoted the Maryland Safe Tip Line so anonymous complaints could be made. The purpose was to make schools safer.

How does not investigating anonymous tips promote school safety?

I don’t think we should give up on MCPS. If enough parents complain to the board of education about the state of things, they will be forced into action

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

ModeratelyMoco wrote:Update: Email sent out to staff from McKnight about Beidleman report, staffing changes, action plan and support.

https://moderatelymoco.com/email-to-mcps-employees-from-dr-mcknight-about-beidleman-report-staffing-changes-action-plan-and-support/

Do you see the people that they are bringing out of retirement!?! This is the best that they could do? The first two were long overdue for retirement when they called it quits back in 2018. A lot has happened in MCPS since they retired. How can they possibly jump back in next week ready to hit the ground running? What a disaster.

Fascinating list of ways to report with no commitment that reports made in these ways (eg Lighthouse, MD Safe Schools) will be investigated fully.

[Anonymous]

At least one of the people Dr. McKnight is bringing back will further lower staff morale. I know this is a short term solution but it shows she's not at all in touch with the needs of the shell-shocked staff members watching this play out in disbelief. There's a reason so many see leaving the system as their only option for self-preservation. I'm so disappointed in the BOE. They've been fed lies for years and accept them as gospel. How much evidence do they need to see they got this wrong? Time to exercise courage and find stronger leadership who can dig us out of this hole.

[Anonymous]

This is really a BOE fault. They establish the culture. Their fake concern is pathetic. Stop voting for people that cannot see outside of their own circle. People that actually care about making things better. Not their personal agendas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is really a BOE fault. They establish the culture. Their fake concern is pathetic. Stop voting for people that cannot see outside of their own circle. People that actually care about making things better. Not their personal agendas.

Pay the BoE appropriate to their authority and maybe we'll get better candidates.