MCPS legal fees way up during fiscal year 2023
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Anonymous
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There is a link in the story to the MCPS memo to BOE on the matter. https://wjla.com/news/local/maryland-school-district-spent-half-million-on-legal-fees-amid-content-harassments-suits-montgomery-county-public-schools-wilmerhale-crisis-in-the-classroom-joel-beidleman# |
Anonymous
| And there is now a budget freeze and kids can’t get what they need. Mcps sucks. |
Anonymous
It's not about the kids. If it were they would get rid of all the pet projects and change things. |
Anonymous
| Dysfunction and mismanagement cost money. Monica, this doesn’t look good on you. |
Anonymous
This is BS. Kids are getting exactly what they need...an anti-racism audit, equity, an being forced to read gay books. |
Anonymous
She doesn't care. Its her job and it has zero impact on her kid in PG County. |
Anonymous
| Thank you Crisis in the Classroom for reporting this. Now keep digging into the budget and expose the mismanagement and/or lack of transparency about where taxpayer dollars are going. Show how much is actually going into the classrooms. Perfect timing given Elrich’s recent statement about wanting to fund MCPS even more |
Anonymous
| Why don't they just settle the sexual harassment case? Would the payout be so much more than the nearly 200k they've spent on lawyers to date? |
Anonymous
| They’ve already paid over 13 million to Damascus and Gaithersburg students for their sexy assault lawsuits. |
Anonymous
| There will be more payouts to come. DeAndre Thomas’s mother, Karen Thomas, is suing MCPS over the fact that they removed SROs from school and her son got shot at Magruder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/11/30/magruder-shooting-montgomery-county/ |
Anonymous
Yeah the $500K in legal fees aren't the tall pope here. The first one is crazy -- MCPS defending in Frderal court over a State law. |