Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's absurd that the council, and/or the BOE isnt demanding answers.

We still dont know if Jackson is doing the investigatiion or the state AG. As far as we know Beidleman is still being paid, and there have been no consequences for any of his superiors who let his behavior go, and promoted him.

And why do you think you have the right to know? Who are you for them to communicate with on the investigation?

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Anonymous wrote:It's absurd that the council, and/or the BOE isnt demanding answers.

We still dont know if Jackson is doing the investigatiion or the state AG. As far as we know Beidleman is still being paid, and there have been no consequences for any of his superiors who let his behavior go, and promoted him.

And why do you think you have the right to know? Who are you for them to communicate with on the investigation?

The amount of time and energy to put into this is absurd. You people want to see this man suffer so badly that you’re turning him into the victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was anything said about this at 8/24 BOE meeting?

Not outside of those who addressed it during the public comments portion of the meeting.

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Anonymous wrote:It's absurd that the council, and/or the BOE isnt demanding answers.

We still dont know if Jackson is doing the investigatiion or the state AG. As far as we know Beidleman is still being paid, and there have been no consequences for any of his superiors who let his behavior go, and promoted him.

And why do you think you have the right to know? Who are you for them to communicate with on the investigation?

The amount of time and energy to put into this is absurd. You people want to see this man suffer so badly that you’re turning him into the victim.

Are you his relative? His BFF? Or is this Beidleman himself posting anonymously in his own defense?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I would describe it as "punching down" when an anonymous rando on an internet message board mischaracterizes a Washington Post staff writer as an intern. Though yes, I do wonder what motivates the anonymous rando to keep insisting that Beidleman won't lose his job.

I guess you're presuming it's an innocent mistake, whereas I'm seeing it as the poster purposely attempting to diminish the credibility of the people behind the reporting, in an attempt to minimize the seriousness of the situation. To what end, I don't know.

Maybe they work for MCPS and they just want to brag about how untouchable the system is and rub it in our faces that those of us who cited this as a watershed moment are foolish, because the system will always win?

It's weird, TBH.

PP you're responding to, and no, I actually don't think it's an innocent mistake. Maybe it would be accurate to describe it as "attempting to punch down."

Also, no, I don't think they work for MCPS.

Also, the system may or may not always win, but Beidleman will definitely not win.

You're right she's not an intern anymore. Now she's a contractor.

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-roles-on-the-washington-posts-education-team,242371

The Post hasn't written a story about Biedelman in a week. It's dead now. Nicole Asbury has moved on to writing about other things. The Post doesn't have the resources to follow up on local investigative work these days.

I have a feeling you're going to be proven very wrong. Alexandra is literally watching this thread and working on follow-up stories as we speak....

Alexandra is a freelancer, not an employee. The kind of deep investigative reporting you're talking about requires a dedicated staff.

The Washington Post wrote a few stories. MCPS issued a couple of press releases and had a press conference, and they've already won.

She has done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years!

More what??? Clothes shoping?

Alex Robbins had done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years. She interviewed victims and found similar complaints at multiple schools.

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We file complaints over and over again. We learn that an admin’s illegal behavior, bringing/drinking liquor to school, and harassment has been an issue at his previous school, and that multiple complaints have been issued about him at his school, yet he still got promoted to our school.

Hi, this is Alexandra Robbins. I'd be interested in hearing more about this if you're open to chatting (anonymously is fine). You can reach me at [e-mail], via my website at alexandrarobbins.com or an email to my attention via Nicole Asbury at [e-mail] - however you'd be most comfortable contacting me. Thank you!

Alexandra and Nicole, investigate how MCPS handles teachers and other staff who are put on paid leave for sexual allegations. Look into what that investigation involves because it’s mostly just wait time to see if anyone else comes out of the woodwork or if they can put them back in their school or another school without getting pushback.

Can you please look into principals and APs who keep bringing alcohol to school and then get put on paid leave OVER AND OVER while they are in rehab for substance abuse? I’m all for helping people get help, but when a principal has gone to rehab 4 times in 3 years, it seems unfair that the county keeps paying them their huge salaries.

Check the public court records for some of the people who have been moved around...data doesn't lie.

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Anonymous wrote:My bet is this is the last straw with Dr. McKnight. She will be gone before the next school year.

The board can’t get rid of her without destroying itself. She’s won. The board has won. Just give it a few weeks. Biedelman may or may not be gone but all of the unsustained complaints will be made out to be the victims’ fault. That’s why Jackson Lewis is on the case.

No one is going to believe that 18 complaints were the victims’ fault. No one is going to believe that Dr. McKnight didn’t know about complaints regarding Biedleman. The BOE will be questioning MCPS real hard why they weren’t informed about the complaints when he was put forward for a promotion. There’s no good way for Dr. McKnight to spin this disaster. She is either asleep at the wheel or knowingly promoted a sexual harasser and bully within the school system.

What makes you think the board will be questioning MCPS real hard? When was the last time the BOE asked the staff tough questions? Usually they just ask questions they’ve had staff approve in advance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My bet is this is the last straw with Dr. McKnight. She will be gone before the next school year.

The board can’t get rid of her without destroying itself. She’s won. The board has won. Just give it a few weeks. Biedelman may or may not be gone but all of the unsustained complaints will be made out to be the victims’ fault. That’s why Jackson Lewis is on the case.

No one is going to believe that 18 complaints were the victims’ fault. No one is going to believe that Dr. McKnight didn’t know about complaints regarding Biedleman. The BOE will be questioning MCPS real hard why they weren’t informed about the complaints when he was put forward for a promotion. There’s no good way for Dr. McKnight to spin this disaster. She is either asleep at the wheel or knowingly promoted a sexual harasser and bully within the school system.

What makes you think the board will be questioning MCPS real hard? When was the last time the BOE asked the staff tough questions? Usually they just ask questions they’ve had staff approve in advance.

If they truly was blindsided by this scandal because the complaints were withheld from them when they were considering his promotion, then you can bet they will at least in closed session have some harsh questions for their staff and MCPS. This personally made them look bad. They will be looking for a scapegoat even if it’s McKnight herself.

I’m sure Dr. McKnight will also be looking for a scapegoat for the scandal. She looks like she doesn’t know what is going on in her school system or she ignored the 18 complaints. If I was a board member, I would want to know why she is so out of touch that these complaints were not addressed and Biedleman was promoted.

[Anonymous]

BOE basically confirming Inspectors General investigation will conclude after Jackson Lewis and they've been collaborating with them on it.

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous! Why is anyone letting MCPS pay for their own investigation? Isn’t this why we have state agencies? It would be different if it was a law firm hired by a state agency.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I would describe it as "punching down" when an anonymous rando on an internet message board mischaracterizes a Washington Post staff writer as an intern. Though yes, I do wonder what motivates the anonymous rando to keep insisting that Beidleman won't lose his job.

I guess you're presuming it's an innocent mistake, whereas I'm seeing it as the poster purposely attempting to diminish the credibility of the people behind the reporting, in an attempt to minimize the seriousness of the situation. To what end, I don't know.

Maybe they work for MCPS and they just want to brag about how untouchable the system is and rub it in our faces that those of us who cited this as a watershed moment are foolish, because the system will always win?

It's weird, TBH.

PP you're responding to, and no, I actually don't think it's an innocent mistake. Maybe it would be accurate to describe it as "attempting to punch down."

Also, no, I don't think they work for MCPS.

Also, the system may or may not always win, but Beidleman will definitely not win.

You're right she's not an intern anymore. Now she's a contractor.

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-roles-on-the-washington-posts-education-team,242371

The Post hasn't written a story about Biedelman in a week. It's dead now. Nicole Asbury has moved on to writing about other things. The Post doesn't have the resources to follow up on local investigative work these days.

I have a feeling you're going to be proven very wrong. Alexandra is literally watching this thread and working on follow-up stories as we speak....

Alexandra is a freelancer, not an employee. The kind of deep investigative reporting you're talking about requires a dedicated staff.

The Washington Post wrote a few stories. MCPS issued a couple of press releases and had a press conference, and they've already won.

She has done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years!

More what??? Clothes shoping?

Alex Robbins had done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years. She interviewed victims and found similar complaints at multiple schools.

We the taxpayers pay 3 billion dollars a year for the school system, yet we must rely on a freelance journalist to keep the system clean.

Something is seriously wrong here.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I would describe it as "punching down" when an anonymous rando on an internet message board mischaracterizes a Washington Post staff writer as an intern. Though yes, I do wonder what motivates the anonymous rando to keep insisting that Beidleman won't lose his job.

I guess you're presuming it's an innocent mistake, whereas I'm seeing it as the poster purposely attempting to diminish the credibility of the people behind the reporting, in an attempt to minimize the seriousness of the situation. To what end, I don't know.

Maybe they work for MCPS and they just want to brag about how untouchable the system is and rub it in our faces that those of us who cited this as a watershed moment are foolish, because the system will always win?

It's weird, TBH.

PP you're responding to, and no, I actually don't think it's an innocent mistake. Maybe it would be accurate to describe it as "attempting to punch down."

Also, no, I don't think they work for MCPS.

Also, the system may or may not always win, but Beidleman will definitely not win.

You're right she's not an intern anymore. Now she's a contractor.

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-roles-on-the-washington-posts-education-team,242371

The Post hasn't written a story about Biedelman in a week. It's dead now. Nicole Asbury has moved on to writing about other things. The Post doesn't have the resources to follow up on local investigative work these days.

I have a feeling you're going to be proven very wrong. Alexandra is literally watching this thread and working on follow-up stories as we speak....

Alexandra is a freelancer, not an employee. The kind of deep investigative reporting you're talking about requires a dedicated staff.

The Washington Post wrote a few stories. MCPS issued a couple of press releases and had a press conference, and they've already won.

She has done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years!

More what??? Clothes shoping?

Alex Robbins had done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years. She interviewed victims and found similar complaints at multiple schools.

We the taxpayers pay 3 billion dollars a year for the school system, yet we must rely on a freelance journalist to keep the system clean.

Something is seriously wrong here.

At least we still have a free press (for now). This highlights the importance of a free press.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think I would describe it as "punching down" when an anonymous rando on an internet message board mischaracterizes a Washington Post staff writer as an intern. Though yes, I do wonder what motivates the anonymous rando to keep insisting that Beidleman won't lose his job.

I guess you're presuming it's an innocent mistake, whereas I'm seeing it as the poster purposely attempting to diminish the credibility of the people behind the reporting, in an attempt to minimize the seriousness of the situation. To what end, I don't know.

Maybe they work for MCPS and they just want to brag about how untouchable the system is and rub it in our faces that those of us who cited this as a watershed moment are foolish, because the system will always win?

It's weird, TBH.

PP you're responding to, and no, I actually don't think it's an innocent mistake. Maybe it would be accurate to describe it as "attempting to punch down."

Also, no, I don't think they work for MCPS.

Also, the system may or may not always win, but Beidleman will definitely not win.

You're right she's not an intern anymore. Now she's a contractor.

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-roles-on-the-washington-posts-education-team,242371

The Post hasn't written a story about Biedelman in a week. It's dead now. Nicole Asbury has moved on to writing about other things. The Post doesn't have the resources to follow up on local investigative work these days.

I have a feeling you're going to be proven very wrong. Alexandra is literally watching this thread and working on follow-up stories as we speak....

Alexandra is a freelancer, not an employee. The kind of deep investigative reporting you're talking about requires a dedicated staff.

The Washington Post wrote a few stories. MCPS issued a couple of press releases and had a press conference, and they've already won.

She has done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years!

More what??? Clothes shoping?

Alex Robbins had done more in 5 months than MCPS did in 12 years. She interviewed victims and found similar complaints at multiple schools.

We the taxpayers pay 3 billion dollars a year for the school system, yet we must rely on a freelance journalist to keep the system clean.

Something is seriously wrong here.

At least we still have a free press (for now). This highlights the importance of a free press.

+1 It’s amazing that a freelance journalist could link the 18 complaints to the same individual but MCPS thought that they could ignore the complaints. Truly amazing work for someone who is not a staff reporter for the Post. Lots to fix in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

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BOE basically confirming Inspectors General investigation will conclude after Jackson Lewis and they've been collaborating with them on it.

Fact finding mission by Jackson Lewis my a$$. The law firm is being paid by a client who later might need their representation if the staff members who were sexually harassed decide to sue. Jackson Lewis is paid to represent MCPS. That’s far different than an impartial party seeking the truth.

So disappointed that the Inspectors General are sitting by and allowing evidence and witnesses being tainted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous! Why is anyone letting MCPS pay for their own investigation? Isn’t this why we have state agencies? It would be different if it was a law firm hired by a state agency.

+1 Does anyone know how much Jackson Lewis is making for their investigation? Just our tax dollars being flushed down the toilet to cover the a$$es of the BOE and top brass at Central Office.