MCPS Whistleblower Details Lies, Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Case

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Anonymous wrote:Another Biedleman thread to rehash the same cherry picked facts. Can you people give this a rest already?

Thanks for the reminder that this is theoretically a Beidleman thread. Somehow it's turned into a metal detectors thread now.

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Anonymous wrote:Saying a problem is nationwide does not absolve Dr. McKnight or MCPS from criticism for its response to these national problems.

No one is saying MCPS uniquely created the chronic absenteeism issue. But it is a fact that MCPS’s lax enforcement of its attendance policies and refusal to hold kids and families accountable has put gasoline on this fire.

Copy and paste this response to any number of issues MCPS gets flack for.

Here’s another one: Dr. McKnight isn’t responsible for kids bringing guns to schools. Fine. But what MEANINGFUL steps has she taken to minimize the odds a gun is brought into the school building from a security perspective since 2021 when the Magruder shooting happened? Nothing.

What exactly do you expect her to do in terms of MEANINGFUL steps? And I’m asking sincerely. She and her staff have worked to ramp up mental health by adding social workers. They’ve worked directly with HS students to create an App. They are adding cameras in other schools including ES. They added TJ coaches. They created a different SRO model. They’ve established a dedicated line with MCPD and hired a new Chief. Like the only thing I’ve heard people call for is STO’s and metal detectors. Reinstating SROs would go against student wishes and the county council both of which are groups that she and the system have to work with. And metal detectors are controversial and come with a host of logistics and expense (there are 21 HS and two more in plan for construction).

1. Ask for more security personnel than we currently have in plan. They added a mere 11 security assistants in 2023. That’s it. 11 security assistant doesn’t even give one more per high school.

2. The reworked CEO model is an abysmal failure. Because of this new model, the BCC principal and head of security were attacked by students with no police backup because the CEO was attending to another call, since in the new model, they’re a shared resource and not dedicated at each high school. Furthermore, there is division over SROs but it is not true that all students are against them. Furthermore, the majority of principals were overwhelmingly in favor of retaining SROs. Their opinion, since they’re in charge of running schools, should not have been dismissed in favor of activists’s opinions who make a lot of noise and aren’t responsible for the consequences of a less secure school environment.

3. The asks for investment in security equipment should have been greater after Magruder. She did nothing and another gun was brought into campus at Walter Johnson, and more recently another student at Richard Montgomery was caught with a gun on campus. At some point, those who are against weapon detectors have to answer the question: do you hate weapon detectors more than you hate students bringing guns to school? Cause adding no kind of screening means you’re ok with more guns coming onto campus. Why is that ok?

Or instead of making schools into kid prisons they might consider focusing on education like in the old days

Your response is nonsense and doesn't address any of the points raised. Part of making education like in the old days is going back to a time when students didn't have to worry about their peers bringing guns and hardcore drugs into the school environment. What's your plan to get us back to that point?

What’s your plan to get us to that point. Because metal detectors certainly haven’t accomplished that goal in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Saying a problem is nationwide does not absolve Dr. McKnight or MCPS from criticism for its response to these national problems.

No one is saying MCPS uniquely created the chronic absenteeism issue. But it is a fact that MCPS’s lax enforcement of its attendance policies and refusal to hold kids and families accountable has put gasoline on this fire.

Copy and paste this response to any number of issues MCPS gets flack for.

Here’s another one: Dr. McKnight isn’t responsible for kids bringing guns to schools. Fine. But what MEANINGFUL steps has she taken to minimize the odds a gun is brought into the school building from a security perspective since 2021 when the Magruder shooting happened? Nothing.

What exactly do you expect her to do in terms of MEANINGFUL steps? And I’m asking sincerely. She and her staff have worked to ramp up mental health by adding social workers. They’ve worked directly with HS students to create an App. They are adding cameras in other schools including ES. They added TJ coaches. They created a different SRO model. They’ve established a dedicated line with MCPD and hired a new Chief. Like the only thing I’ve heard people call for is STO’s and metal detectors. Reinstating SROs would go against student wishes and the county council both of which are groups that she and the system have to work with. And metal detectors are controversial and come with a host of logistics and expense (there are 21 HS and two more in plan for construction).

1. Ask for more security personnel than we currently have in plan. They added a mere 11 security assistants in 2023. That’s it. 11 security assistant doesn’t even give one more per high school.

2. The reworked CEO model is an abysmal failure. Because of this new model, the BCC principal and head of security were attacked by students with no police backup because the CEO was attending to another call, since in the new model, they’re a shared resource and not dedicated at each high school. Furthermore, there is division over SROs but it is not true that all students are against them. Furthermore, the majority of principals were overwhelmingly in favor of retaining SROs. Their opinion, since they’re in charge of running schools, should not have been dismissed in favor of activists’s opinions who make a lot of noise and aren’t responsible for the consequences of a less secure school environment.

3. The asks for investment in security equipment should have been greater after Magruder. She did nothing and another gun was brought into campus at Walter Johnson, and more recently another student at Richard Montgomery was caught with a gun on campus. At some point, those who are against weapon detectors have to answer the question: do you hate weapon detectors more than you hate students bringing guns to school? Cause adding no kind of screening means you’re ok with more guns coming onto campus. Why is that ok?

1)Just because something is asked for does not mean it will be granted. A Superintendent and their staff still have to work with schools, students, the county council and MPD.

2) The principal and head of security were not attacked they intervened to break up a fight.

3)Those who are against metal/weapon detectors in schools are a large portion of the constituents in the county. And has already been pointed out in just the HS’ alone it would be a huge investment to outfit them with weapons detection. There are multiple entrances to schools, there is personnel needed all day. There is logistics to consider as kids move from indoors to portables. So yes while it can be done it won’t be without adding a huge amount of money to the budget or diverting it from elsewhere in the budget. Get to campaigning with the county council and your neighbors about a tax increase.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saying a problem is nationwide does not absolve Dr. McKnight or MCPS from criticism for its response to these national problems.

No one is saying MCPS uniquely created the chronic absenteeism issue. But it is a fact that MCPS’s lax enforcement of its attendance policies and refusal to hold kids and families accountable has put gasoline on this fire.

Copy and paste this response to any number of issues MCPS gets flack for.

Here’s another one: Dr. McKnight isn’t responsible for kids bringing guns to schools. Fine. But what MEANINGFUL steps has she taken to minimize the odds a gun is brought into the school building from a security perspective since 2021 when the Magruder shooting happened? Nothing.

What exactly do you expect her to do in terms of MEANINGFUL steps? And I’m asking sincerely. She and her staff have worked to ramp up mental health by adding social workers. They’ve worked directly with HS students to create an App. They are adding cameras in other schools including ES. They added TJ coaches. They created a different SRO model. They’ve established a dedicated line with MCPD and hired a new Chief. Like the only thing I’ve heard people call for is STO’s and metal detectors. Reinstating SROs would go against student wishes and the county council both of which are groups that she and the system have to work with. And metal detectors are controversial and come with a host of logistics and expense (there are 21 HS and two more in plan for construction).

1. Ask for more security personnel than we currently have in plan. They added a mere 11 security assistants in 2023. That’s it. 11 security assistant doesn’t even give one more per high school.

2. The reworked CEO model is an abysmal failure. Because of this new model, the BCC principal and head of security were attacked by students with no police backup because the CEO was attending to another call, since in the new model, they’re a shared resource and not dedicated at each high school. Furthermore, there is division over SROs but it is not true that all students are against them. Furthermore, the majority of principals were overwhelmingly in favor of retaining SROs. Their opinion, since they’re in charge of running schools, should not have been dismissed in favor of activists’s opinions who make a lot of noise and aren’t responsible for the consequences of a less secure school environment.

3. The asks for investment in security equipment should have been greater after Magruder. She did nothing and another gun was brought into campus at Walter Johnson, and more recently another student at Richard Montgomery was caught with a gun on campus. At some point, those who are against weapon detectors have to answer the question: do you hate weapon detectors more than you hate students bringing guns to school? Cause adding no kind of screening means you’re ok with more guns coming onto campus. Why is that ok?

Or instead of making schools into kid prisons they might consider focusing on education like in the old days

Your response is nonsense and doesn't address any of the points raised. Part of making education like in the old days is going back to a time when students didn't have to worry about their peers bringing guns and hardcore drugs into the school environment. What's your plan to get us back to that point?

What’s your plan to get us to that point. Because metal detectors certainly haven’t accomplished that goal in the US.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saying a problem is nationwide does not absolve Dr. McKnight or MCPS from criticism for its response to these national problems.

No one is saying MCPS uniquely created the chronic absenteeism issue. But it is a fact that MCPS’s lax enforcement of its attendance policies and refusal to hold kids and families accountable has put gasoline on this fire.

Copy and paste this response to any number of issues MCPS gets flack for.

Here’s another one: Dr. McKnight isn’t responsible for kids bringing guns to schools. Fine. But what MEANINGFUL steps has she taken to minimize the odds a gun is brought into the school building from a security perspective since 2021 when the Magruder shooting happened? Nothing.

What exactly do you expect her to do in terms of MEANINGFUL steps? And I’m asking sincerely. She and her staff have worked to ramp up mental health by adding social workers. They’ve worked directly with HS students to create an App. They are adding cameras in other schools including ES. They added TJ coaches. They created a different SRO model. They’ve established a dedicated line with MCPD and hired a new Chief. Like the only thing I’ve heard people call for is STO’s and metal detectors. Reinstating SROs would go against student wishes and the county council both of which are groups that she and the system have to work with. And metal detectors are controversial and come with a host of logistics and expense (there are 21 HS and two more in plan for construction).

1. Ask for more security personnel than we currently have in plan. They added a mere 11 security assistants in 2023. That’s it. 11 security assistant doesn’t even give one more per high school.

2. The reworked CEO model is an abysmal failure. Because of this new model, the BCC principal and head of security were attacked by students with no police backup because the CEO was attending to another call, since in the new model, they’re a shared resource and not dedicated at each high school. Furthermore, there is division over SROs but it is not true that all students are against them. Furthermore, the majority of principals were overwhelmingly in favor of retaining SROs. Their opinion, since they’re in charge of running schools, should not have been dismissed in favor of activists’s opinions who make a lot of noise and aren’t responsible for the consequences of a less secure school environment.

3. The asks for investment in security equipment should have been greater after Magruder. She did nothing and another gun was brought into campus at Walter Johnson, and more recently another student at Richard Montgomery was caught with a gun on campus. At some point, those who are against weapon detectors have to answer the question: do you hate weapon detectors more than you hate students bringing guns to school? Cause adding no kind of screening means you’re ok with more guns coming onto campus. Why is that ok?

Or instead of making schools into kid prisons they might consider focusing on education like in the old days

Your response is nonsense and doesn't address any of the points raised. Part of making education like in the old days is going back to a time when students didn't have to worry about their peers bringing guns and hardcore drugs into the school environment. What's your plan to get us back to that point?

What’s your plan to get us to that point. Because metal detectors certainly haven’t accomplished that goal in the US.

Which means you don’t have an answer and like many like to dwell in performative solutions than things that actually have a chance of getting done and working.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another Biedleman thread to rehash the same cherry picked facts. Can you people give this a rest already?

Thanks for the reminder that this is theoretically a Beidleman thread. Somehow it's turned into a metal detectors thread now.

Technically it’s a Walker thread and a good reminder that even if Walker was bad at his job, MCPS handled his personnel actions so poorly that it makes you wonder how they could ever terminate or discipline anyone and have it stick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Saying a problem is nationwide does not absolve Dr. McKnight or MCPS from criticism for its response to these national problems.

No one is saying MCPS uniquely created the chronic absenteeism issue. But it is a fact that MCPS’s lax enforcement of its attendance policies and refusal to hold kids and families accountable has put gasoline on this fire.

Copy and paste this response to any number of issues MCPS gets flack for.

Here’s another one: Dr. McKnight isn’t responsible for kids bringing guns to schools. Fine. But what MEANINGFUL steps has she taken to minimize the odds a gun is brought into the school building from a security perspective since 2021 when the Magruder shooting happened? Nothing.

What exactly do you expect her to do in terms of MEANINGFUL steps? And I’m asking sincerely. She and her staff have worked to ramp up mental health by adding social workers. They’ve worked directly with HS students to create an App. They are adding cameras in other schools including ES. They added TJ coaches. They created a different SRO model. They’ve established a dedicated line with MCPD and hired a new Chief. Like the only thing I’ve heard people call for is STO’s and metal detectors. Reinstating SROs would go against student wishes and the county council both of which are groups that she and the system have to work with. And metal detectors are controversial and come with a host of logistics and expense (there are 21 HS and two more in plan for construction).

1. Ask for more security personnel than we currently have in plan. They added a mere 11 security assistants in 2023. That’s it. 11 security assistant doesn’t even give one more per high school.

2. The reworked CEO model is an abysmal failure. Because of this new model, the BCC principal and head of security were attacked by students with no police backup because the CEO was attending to another call, since in the new model, they’re a shared resource and not dedicated at each high school. Furthermore, there is division over SROs but it is not true that all students are against them. Furthermore, the majority of principals were overwhelmingly in favor of retaining SROs. Their opinion, since they’re in charge of running schools, should not have been dismissed in favor of activists’s opinions who make a lot of noise and aren’t responsible for the consequences of a less secure school environment.

3. The asks for investment in security equipment should have been greater after Magruder. She did nothing and another gun was brought into campus at Walter Johnson, and more recently another student at Richard Montgomery was caught with a gun on campus. At some point, those who are against weapon detectors have to answer the question: do you hate weapon detectors more than you hate students bringing guns to school? Cause adding no kind of screening means you’re ok with more guns coming onto campus. Why is that ok?

Or instead of making schools into kid prisons they might consider focusing on education like in the old days

Your response is nonsense and doesn't address any of the points raised. Part of making education like in the old days is going back to a time when students didn't have to worry about their peers bringing guns and hardcore drugs into the school environment. What's your plan to get us back to that point?

What’s your plan to get us to that point. Because metal detectors certainly haven’t accomplished that goal in the US.

Exactly, LA County is now removing them after having spent millions on them because they just make things worse.

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Dumpster fire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another Biedleman thread to rehash the same cherry picked facts. Can you people give this a rest already?

There was actually new information given the explosive reporting. Sorry you don't like it.

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Anonymous wrote:He is no longer getting paid. Give it a rest. You witches got what you wanted. Ruining this man’s life and his children. Job well done.

How do you know this? Has he been terminated? What about Munsey? Are they all sharing a cubicle in HR?

Yeah I was wondering this as well. I'd be shocked if he isnt receiving full pay.

[Anonymous]

Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

First show me a breakdown of exactly how much these people are paid to act completely inappropriate. Beidleman is about $192,000 a year? Diane Morris is more than $200,000? Jones? Everyone else who was involved in the cover up? No one should move on until MCPS Central Office fully discloses how much damage was done. They probably want to make another BS professional development session that all the teachers have to go to because after all, we all know everything boils down to blaming the teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

First show me a breakdown of exactly how much these people are paid to act completely inappropriate. Beidleman is about $192,000 a year? Diane Morris is more than $200,000? Jones? Everyone else who was involved in the cover up? No one should move on until MCPS Central Office fully discloses how much damage was done. They probably want to make another BS professional development session that all the teachers have to go to because after all, we all know everything boils down to blaming the teachers.

I know some people allege there was this cover-up, but not all that clear since there are 12345 different investigations with as many different conclusions. The only thing that was clear is the main person who filed a complaint was sending him nudie pics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

First show me a breakdown of exactly how much these people are paid to act completely inappropriate. Beidleman is about $192,000 a year? Diane Morris is more than $200,000? Jones? Everyone else who was involved in the cover up? No one should move on until MCPS Central Office fully discloses how much damage was done. They probably want to make another BS professional development session that all the teachers have to go to because after all, we all know everything boils down to blaming the teachers.

I know some people allege there was this cover-up, but not all that clear since there are 12345 different investigations with as many different conclusions. The only thing that was clear is the main person who filed a complaint was sending him nudie pics.

There have been a lot of investigations because no one can accept that the superintendent is to blame. The first finding of a coverup was in the first investigation by the school’s own lawyer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

First show me a breakdown of exactly how much these people are paid to act completely inappropriate. Beidleman is about $192,000 a year? Diane Morris is more than $200,000? Jones? Everyone else who was involved in the cover up? No one should move on until MCPS Central Office fully discloses how much damage was done. They probably want to make another BS professional development session that all the teachers have to go to because after all, we all know everything boils down to blaming the teachers.

I know some people allege there was this cover-up, but not all that clear since there are 12345 different investigations with as many different conclusions. The only thing that was clear is the main person who filed a complaint was sending him nudie pics.

There are, in fact, only four investigations over the last 12 months.

Investigation 1 was while he was incoming as PBHS principal. Based on about 13 complaints from staff, MCPS looked into his behavior. We know now that Khalid Walker found that Beidelman had violated the Code of Conduct, but that he was over-ruled and forced to engage in a cover-up by MCPS leadership reporting directly to Dr. McKnight.

Investigation 2 was after the Washington Post uncovered the allegations and spoke with 30+ victims and witnesses. This was carried out by MCPS's own attorneys, and again found that Beidelman had violated the Code of Conduct. This was also where we first learned that the results of Investigation 1 had been tampered with.

Investigation 3 was conducted by the Office of the Inspector General and looked specifically at Beidelman's conduct. It found he had violated the Code of Conduct.

Investigation 4 is ongoing, and is examining the role that MCPS leadership played in covering up Investigation 1.

Over the course of the reporting, there are now more than 80 victims and witnesses who have come forward, all saying the same thing: Beidelman engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation.

I know you think that the "nude pics" exonerate him, but that's the abuser mentality. Even a consensual relationship with a direct report is an abuse of power, not to mention the scores of other victims who never agreed to a consensual relationship.