MOCO BOE update: Beidleman Report summary

[Anonymous]

I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For anyone ignoring how broken MCPS is:

https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcea-on-redacted-beidleman-report-mcpss-central-office-culture-is-corrupt-and-corrosive/

MCEA burned their credibility supporting BOE candidates that didn’t support them back. They honestly would have been better off endorsing and getting folks like Steven Austin and Ester Wells on the BOE who would share their belief that it is corrupt and would actually hold MCPS accountable. Karla Silvestre standing arm-in-arm with McKnight through this scandal is a big red flag.

No one would have been better off with Steven Austin.

Go ahead and keep electing useless people like Karla Silvestre, Shebra L. Evans, Lynne Harris, Brenda Wolff... and see if the system changes.

Those are great leaders. You really need to educate yourself.

Great leaders who promoted a serial sex harasser and then claimed they knew nothing about his past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

+1 it's preposterous that the Jackson Lewis report says nobody involved in the promotion process engaged in intentional misconduct. I guess someone who had nothing to do with the promotion process decided all on their own to protect those who did promote him by changing the dates. GTFOOH. The rot starts at the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

+1 it's preposterous that the Jackson Lewis report says nobody involved in the promotion process engaged in intentional misconduct. I guess someone who had nothing to do with the promotion process decided all on their own to protect those who did promote him by changing the dates. GTFOOH. The rot starts at the top.

My takeaway from the Jackson Lewis report was that they didn’t engage in intentional misconduct only because they weren’t organized enough to make plan all this out. It was a lot of incompetence layered upon layers of incompetence and tied together with the report backdating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

+1 it's preposterous that the Jackson Lewis report says nobody involved in the promotion process engaged in intentional misconduct. I guess someone who had nothing to do with the promotion process decided all on their own to protect those who did promote him by changing the dates. GTFOOH. The rot starts at the top.

My takeaway from the Jackson Lewis report was that they didn’t engage in intentional misconduct only because they weren’t organized enough to make plan all this out. It was a lot of incompetence layered upon layers of incompetence and tied together with the report backdating.

Actually their specific conclusion is that they didn't find enough evidence of intentional misconduct by the people involved in the promotion. Backdating the report is misconduct. Someone did it. I doubt they did it on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For anyone ignoring how broken MCPS is:

https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcea-on-redacted-beidleman-report-mcpss-central-office-culture-is-corrupt-and-corrosive/

MCEA burned their credibility supporting BOE candidates that didn’t support them back. They honestly would have been better off endorsing and getting folks like Steven Austin and Ester Wells on the BOE who would share their belief that it is corrupt and would actually hold MCPS accountable. Karla Silvestre standing arm-in-arm with McKnight through this scandal is a big red flag.

No one would have been better off with Steven Austin.

Go ahead and keep electing useless people like Karla Silvestre, Shebra L. Evans, Lynne Harris, Brenda Wolff... and see if the system changes.

Those are great leaders. You really need to educate yourself.

Great leaders who promoted a serial sex harasser and then claimed they knew nothing about his past.

I didn't realize he'd already been convicted, let alone investigated. It makes it really hard to take you seriously because you're so biased that you are always ready to believe the worst before facts or evidence has been presented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

+1 it's preposterous that the Jackson Lewis report says nobody involved in the promotion process engaged in intentional misconduct. I guess someone who had nothing to do with the promotion process decided all on their own to protect those who did promote him by changing the dates. GTFOOH. The rot starts at the top.

My takeaway from the Jackson Lewis report was that they didn’t engage in intentional misconduct only because they weren’t organized enough to make plan all this out. It was a lot of incompetence layered upon layers of incompetence and tied together with the report backdating.

Actually their specific conclusion is that they didn't find enough evidence of intentional misconduct by the people involved in the promotion. Backdating the report is misconduct. Someone did it. I doubt they did it on their own.

I didn't see that. Can you share a link to where you saw this information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read through all 87 pages of this thread, but I did read in the most recent WaPo article that someone in Central Office deliberately backdated some document related to Beidleman. This was since the newspaper started investigating. The implication is that they knew that their response would look bad (to something?) and they were fixing the dates so it looked like they wouldn't know something.

Maybe McKnight didn't know, but people in Central Office certainly did. If you look at that list of who is in the office of school support it's like a who's who of TERRIBLE teachers! David Chia was a disaster of a principal at Rock Creek Forest, for just one example. And now he's in there protecting people like Beidleman.

It's really really disillusioning. I'm glad the Post is investigating. It's like the Globe and the Catholic church! Shed some light on this ugly ugly system where bad teachers get moved around until it's too hot and then they go to the Vatican/Central office!

+1 it's preposterous that the Jackson Lewis report says nobody involved in the promotion process engaged in intentional misconduct. I guess someone who had nothing to do with the promotion process decided all on their own to protect those who did promote him by changing the dates. GTFOOH. The rot starts at the top.

My takeaway from the Jackson Lewis report was that they didn’t engage in intentional misconduct only because they weren’t organized enough to make plan all this out. It was a lot of incompetence layered upon layers of incompetence and tied together with the report backdating.

Actually their specific conclusion is that they didn't find enough evidence of intentional misconduct by the people involved in the promotion. Backdating the report is misconduct. Someone did it. I doubt they did it on their own.

I didn't see that. Can you share a link to where you saw this information?

The backdating this is from the most recent WaPo article. I'll try to find it.

[Anonymous]

from the article:

Approximately a month later, one day after The Post filed a Maryland Public Information Act request for Beidleman’s personnel file, a central office employee ordered a change to the draft report “to reflect that there was not enough evidence to substantiate” the social studies teacher’s claim. The revision took effect July 12 and was finalized by the Office of General Counsel on July 21.

[Anonymous]

The Jackson Lewis Report states they were layers hired by MCPS working under attorney client privilege. Their interpretation of data is skewed. The IG investigators may have a different opinion. With people leaving and on administrative leave after this scandal, MCPS thinks some people demonstrated behavior that rises to the level of being let go or disciplined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:from the article:

Approximately a month later, one day after The Post filed a Maryland Public Information Act request for Beidleman’s personnel file, a central office employee ordered a change to the draft report “to reflect that there was not enough evidence to substantiate” the social studies teacher’s claim. The revision took effect July 12 and was finalized by the Office of General Counsel on July 21.

It seems like a completely benign and legitimate annotation, but the poster made it sound like something nefarious. Seems like a lot of posters are trying to make nothing into something here instead of being objective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:from the article:

Approximately a month later, one day after The Post filed a Maryland Public Information Act request for Beidleman’s personnel file, a central office employee ordered a change to the draft report “to reflect that there was not enough evidence to substantiate” the social studies teacher’s claim. The revision took effect July 12 and was finalized by the Office of General Counsel on July 21.

It seems like a completely benign and legitimate annotation, but the poster made it sound like something nefarious. Seems like a lot of posters are trying to make nothing into something here instead of being objective.

You are not a credible judge of anyone's objectivity, given your staunch and unrelenting defense of Monifa and all things in MCPS. Go away.

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine works for Central and said it is a hot mess. Everyone is freaking out right now. McKnight needs to get it together

[Anonymous]

From page 8 of the redacted report (which clearly states the below constitutes misconduct):

"On July 21, 2023, REDACTED was requested to and did submit an investigation timeline to REDACTED. See exhibit 16. According to REDACTED, REDACTED simply copied the timeline that REDACTED provided to REDACTED for the timeline that REDACTED instructed REDACTED to change June 12, 2023 on July 11, 2023. See exhibit 18. However, the timeline that REDACTED provided to REDACTED modified REDACTED timeline to reflect that REDACTED instructed REDACTED to change REDACTED June 12, 2023 report on June 26, 2023 and not July 11, 2023. The REDACTED finding is unclear; however, June 26, 2023 is both before REDACTED promotion and before Mr. Chaney contacted REDACTED. We find that REDACTED altered the REDACTED investigation timeline in violation of MCPS's Employee Code of Conduct, which prohibits submitting incorrect or false information to MCPS and requires employees to act honestly in the completion of their job duties."

Since some of you lack basic Google skills, here is the link to the redacted report:

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/boe/boe-news/230908-jackson-lewis-report.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of mine works for Central and said it is a hot mess. Everyone is freaking out right now. McKnight needs to get it together

Who does your friend in CO blame for the hot mess? Monifa?