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Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator
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Anonymous
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I very much believe in the diversity. I even have one of those signs in my front yard that every stand up comedian mocks. But I’m going to call this for what I see it.
A male POC in a white female dominated profession continues to get promoted despite known workplace toxicity that he fosters and egregious sexual harassment. And he’s mentored - and even aided - by Eric Minus, another male POC, who knows exactly how the system operates and how you can get away with anything so long as you put on a good face to the people up high and fly the flag of underrepresented populations in education leadership. It is disgusting. It gives equity, diversity, and public education a bad name. |
Anonymous
| The obvious solution is to at least include teacher reports as part of an admin evaluation in order to prevent bad actors from moving up to higher positions. Currently, this is not the case. Teachers are pretty good BS detectors and are smart enough to document any instances. |
Anonymous
It's a pretty reasonable assumption actually. I am someone who really believes in racial equity but there is definitely a culture of "white people bad, Black people good" in the racial equity space. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
As a teacher I would not put quite put it that grossly but in general there are efforts to encourage leadership among POC teachers. My impression is that it has always been about helping our most disadvantaged students get more guidance and better role models. But this principal is clearly a protected serial predator/abuser and shatters that kind of thinking. |
Anonymous
| I wonder if the teachers who filed these complaints will also file a lawsuit since their complaints went unaddressed by MCPS. It seems there is sufficient evidence for one but I’m not a lawyer |
Anonymous
I don’t know what you’re “ewing” and “yucking” about. You don’t know me, my experiences or my identity but you’re assuming I’m speaking from assumptions rather than draw from firsthand and lived experiences with MCPS and how things roll. |
Anonymous
| Mcps just celebrated him in June https://twitter.com/mcps/status/1673784794306555911?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ |
Anonymous
No. No, it's not. And your statement says a lot about you too. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
+1 I came to say this. The PP is being too broad, but there are several factors in play here. In general, men are fast-tracked in educational settings, because they are rare and because society tells them that they deserve to be in leadership. In almost every setting in the United States, being a Black man is harder than not being a Black man, but education is an exception. Given the strong pressure for culturally responsive schools, and addressing historical wrongs through specialized programs to get more BIPOC men in administrative/leadership roles, you do find that Black men are coddled, mentored, coached, and excused in situations where others would find themselves disciplined or "stalled" career-wise. You can't look at this situation without a racial and gender lens. Men protecting men, yes. But also a rare commodity (a Black man in leadership) being protected because it was deemed more important that Black boys have a role model than for teachers of any race to feel physically or emotionally safe in the workplace. |
Anonymous
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From the Post article:
In February 2022, Farquhar math teachers concluded that some students needed grade-level classes, thanks to pandemic setbacks, rather than the advanced classes Beidleman required for every seventh- and eighth-grader. Less than three hours after the department head advocated for the change, Beidleman told her and the leadership team he would remove her from her leadership position and would “be providing you an involuntary transfer letter,” according to emails obtained by The Post. Because of strong support from her department, she was able to keep her job. When she reported the events to Walker this March as part of a workplace bullying complaint, she and a witness said Walker called her retaliation claim a “clear case.” Nevertheless, Walker denied her claim in an April 4 letter, saying her “allegations did not meet the definition of retaliation or workplace bullying.” Beidleman told The Post his actions were focused on equity and that he didn’t want an “on-level class overrepresented by students of color.” |
Anonymous
Well said |
Anonymous
It sure does. That I am knowledgeable about current trends in the racial equity space. It's definitely an important field, but in an effort to counteract White supremacy there is definitely a simplistic approach to understanding different groups. |
Anonymous
Not only is it simplistic, but it is toxic and hostile to the very people it claims to advocate for: People of color. |