Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Victims are lawyering up as well. There are many of us that experienced a hostile work environment and we will not sign an NDA. People need to know what MCPS has allowed to happen and other teachers need to feel free to come forward with their experiences with other principals.

Thank you for your bravery and willingness to speak up to change the company culture in MCPS. I am sorry that you and your colleagues had to endure what the Washington Post reported. I hope you are fairly treated during the investigations and compensated by MCPS.

I wonder what the admin assistant is saying. I hear she was his gate keeper of all secrets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Victims are lawyering up as well. There are many of us that experienced a hostile work environment and we will not sign an NDA. People need to know what MCPS has allowed to happen and other teachers need to feel free to come forward with their experiences with other principals.

Wait is MCPS trying to make people sign NDAs? Would these prevent people from talking to IGs or OCR?

Yes MCPS has made employees sign NDA in the past so it’s highly likely they are asking these victims to. I know someone who was assaulted on school property by another staff member and the offender kept their employment with mcps . Victim was asked to sign NDA

Mcps has a long history of this sickness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Victims are lawyering up as well. There are many of us that experienced a hostile work environment and we will not sign an NDA. People need to know what MCPS has allowed to happen and other teachers need to feel free to come forward with their experiences with other principals.

Wait is MCPS trying to make people sign NDAs? Would these prevent people from talking to IGs or OCR?

Yes MCPS has made employees sign NDA in the past so it’s highly likely they are asking these victims to. I know someone who was assaulted on school property by another staff member and the offender kept their employment with mcps . Victim was asked to sign NDA

Mcps has a long history of this sickness

So much for transparency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

Let’s be clear. MCPS isn’t paying. We, as taxpayers, are paying. MCPS is a public school system, funded by taxpayers.

[Anonymous]

That's why it's so tragic that people are abused and discarded when they join a selfless unfairly compensated and dangerous profession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Victims are lawyering up as well. There are many of us that experienced a hostile work environment and we will not sign an NDA. People need to know what MCPS has allowed to happen and other teachers need to feel free to come forward with their experiences with other principals.

Thank you for your bravery and willingness to speak up to change the company culture in MCPS. I am sorry that you and your colleagues had to endure what the Washington Post reported. I hope you are fairly treated during the investigations and compensated by MCPS.

I wonder what the admin assistant is saying. I hear she was his gate keeper of all secrets.

Maybe she's Machiavelli!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's why it's so tragic that people are abused and discarded when they join a selfless unfairly compensated and dangerous profession.

MCPS is in the crapper because leadership uses its power for their own personal gain and gratification. It’s a system where those who have connections get promoted no matter how badly they treat their subordinates. MCPS is a system where they threaten those who complain into silence. It’s a system of cronyism that reaches beyond the Board of Education to the County Council and State Department of Education. There’s nothing to check the abuse of power, hence why a person who had 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying went ignored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

Let’s be clear. MCPS isn’t paying. We, as taxpayers, are paying. MCPS is a public school system, funded by taxpayers.

Which is why we, as taxpayers, have a right to know how many cases were settled, for how much money, and why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

Let’s be clear. MCPS isn’t paying. We, as taxpayers, are paying. MCPS is a public school system, funded by taxpayers.

Which is why we, as taxpayers, have a right to know how many cases were settled, for how much money, and why.

+1 For every case settled, MCPS should tell taxpayers what changes they are going to make to keep the situation from happening again. There needs to be transparency but also accountability.

[Anonymous]

These 18 Teachers must all have a grudge. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These 18 Teachers must all have a grudge. Lol.

You mean documented cases of sexual harassment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

Let’s be clear. MCPS isn’t paying. We, as taxpayers, are paying. MCPS is a public school system, funded by taxpayers.

Which is why we, as taxpayers, have a right to know how many cases were settled, for how much money, and why.

+1 For every case settled, MCPS should tell taxpayers what changes they are going to make to keep the situation from happening again. There needs to be transparency but also accountability.

The politics of Montgomery County and the state of Maryland don’t support that kind of transparency and accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s what I think is going on now. Beidelman has lawyered up. He is also privy to the process and decisions that allowed him to be promoted despite being a serial sexual harasser. His legal advisor is threatening to spill the beans on who knew what unless a large severance pay-out to Beidleman is provided as well as a non-disclosure agreement about the case for all involved, to include his victims who will also be offered payouts to get them to sign.

Won't happen. MCPS spends millions to make sure they don't have to pay out for lawsuits. Think this is the first time MCPS has faced lawsuits?

It would not be the first time MCPS and individual staff members pressure the complainants for these types of cases to sign NDAs.

It also would not be the first time MCPS has paid financially to make a problem go away.

Let’s be clear. MCPS isn’t paying. We, as taxpayers, are paying. MCPS is a public school system, funded by taxpayers.

Which is why we, as taxpayers, have a right to know how many cases were settled, for how much money, and why.

+1 For every case settled, MCPS should tell taxpayers what changes they are going to make to keep the situation from happening again. There needs to be transparency but also accountability.

The politics of Montgomery County and the state of Maryland don’t support that kind of transparency and accountability.

Let a legislator propose it and let MCPS show its true colors when it opposes it.