Beidleman Coat Tax Payers More than $2 Million

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

She was anything but "fine."

"According to interviews with more than three dozen current and former central office employees and school administrators, allegations of cronyism and a lack of accountability, collaboration and clear communication have been ongoing themes of McKnight’s superintendency that have eroded educators’ trust in MCPS leadership, as a disproportionately high number of district officials and principals have left the school system. "


https://moco360.media/2024/02/01/principals-administrators-depart-as-mcps-faces-cronyism-accountability-concerns/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

She was anything but "fine."

"According to interviews with more than three dozen current and former central office employees and school administrators, allegations of cronyism and a lack of accountability, collaboration and clear communication have been ongoing themes of McKnight’s superintendency that have eroded educators’ trust in MCPS leadership, as a disproportionately high number of district officials and principals have left the school system. "


https://moco360.media/2024/02/01/principals-administrators-depart-as-mcps-faces-cronyism-accountability-concerns/

It's not hard to find a few disgruntled employees if that's what you're looking for. MCPS is a big system with literally thousands of employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

That wasn't my take away at all. Seems like the board was also covering it up and she took the bullet for them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

She was anything but "fine."

"According to interviews with more than three dozen current and former central office employees and school administrators, allegations of cronyism and a lack of accountability, collaboration and clear communication have been ongoing themes of McKnight’s superintendency that have eroded educators’ trust in MCPS leadership, as a disproportionately high number of district officials and principals have left the school system. "


https://moco360.media/2024/02/01/principals-administrators-depart-as-mcps-faces-cronyism-accountability-concerns/

It's not hard to find a few disgruntled employees if that's what you're looking for. MCPS is a big system with literally thousands of employees.

Sure. Let us know when a reporter interviews three dozen people who say she was awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

That wasn't my take away at all. Seems like the board was also covering it up and she took the bullet for them.

You mean she took $1.3 million from them.

[Anonymous]

What happens to Beidleman? Lawsuits? Criminal charges? Or is he just off reinventing himself elsewhere, if that's possible. I can't help but think he needs to be held accountable beyond just being fired.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

She was anything but "fine."

"According to interviews with more than three dozen current and former central office employees and school administrators, allegations of cronyism and a lack of accountability, collaboration and clear communication have been ongoing themes of McKnight’s superintendency that have eroded educators’ trust in MCPS leadership, as a disproportionately high number of district officials and principals have left the school system. "


https://moco360.media/2024/02/01/principals-administrators-depart-as-mcps-faces-cronyism-accountability-concerns/

She was a big part of the problem but this did start before her and why wasn't the BOE held equally accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

The BOE only let her go after public outrage. Otherwise they didn't care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

The BOE only let her go after public outrage. Otherwise they didn't care.

They scapegoated her to cover their failings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

The BOE only let her go after public outrage. Otherwise they didn't care.

They scapegoated her to cover their failings.

The BoE's primary failing was giving her the job to begin with, when she wasn't ready. From Day 1, she demonstrated that she took the job too soon and didn't have the requisite experience or judgement to carry the district forward. It is always hard to "come up" from inside, given various histories and loyalties and back-scratching, but Dr. McKnight was particularly unsuited to be elevated because she had more to hide, and was less secure in her role.

That's why you saw her immediately bring in a bunch of cronies to scaffold her. That a move made out of weakness, not strength.

[Anonymous]

Worry about the BOE this thread is full of gas lights and unfactual info

Moms 4 Liberty Reardon Sullivan Endorsed Diaz still has a slight shot keep her off the board. Also endorsed by Unified Against Racism in Education code for racist garbage

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the reason we gave her millions of our tax dollars regardless of corruption was for her to f off and go have fun retiring on our hard earned money. Why cant hiring personell admit this is a ridiculously moronic and hazardous decision? I hope someone is fired for this but my intuition says this is more reflective of the degraded standards and inaccountibility to the people who fund thwir bloated salaries.

Meanwhile we had schools without copy paper or toilet paper. Wish we did have to give Monifa McKnight a payout but I guess the increased cost of lawyers would have made up the difference. As a future employer, UMD had to know she was trouble.

She is trouble with connections at the state level to get that UMD job, about which the dean of the College of Education is well aware. McKnight has a thinly conceived job description at UMD, and she won't be in charge of supervising people or programs. While she is probably making decent money, she can't easily destroy lives at UMD. If she is smart, she will keep her head down and just draw that paycheck for however long that fellowship carries her.

She was a fine super. She took a bullet for the BoE, but blaming her for the failures of her predecessors hardly seems fair.

What McKnight did was lie to the BOE about the whole Beidleman mess. Once she lied to the board, and those members found out about her lies through the investigations, that was it. She was shown the exit door, despite a few personal friends on the board pushing for support.

The BOE only let her go after public outrage. Otherwise they didn't care.

They scapegoated her to cover their failings.

The BoE's primary failing was giving her the job to begin with, when she wasn't ready. From Day 1, she demonstrated that she took the job too soon and didn't have the requisite experience or judgement to carry the district forward. It is always hard to "come up" from inside, given various histories and loyalties and back-scratching, but Dr. McKnight was particularly unsuited to be elevated because she had more to hide, and was less secure in her role.

That's why you saw her immediately bring in a bunch of cronies to scaffold her. That a move made out of weakness, not strength.

Yes. How bad were the other candidates in 2022 for them to have selected McKnight as the best, especially given the votes of no confidence she had received? I wonder if Taylor had applied for the position then too.