Former Gaithersburg High School wrestler awarded $4 million in damages in sexual assault case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why principals can break the most important rules that keep students safe but teachers get harassed and nonrenewed for following the rules.

Back again? If you'd been competent you'd still be employed.

[Anonymous]

I don't think so. I think the bullies that lead the culture to have violence and rape normalized advance into leadership roles that further deplete important resources needed for education. I think you are personally offended because you know its true.

[Anonymous]

See you people were the same people that tried to bury the issue probably gaslighting the rape victim because it makes the school look bad. Just like the people that gas lit the teachers that were harassed at paint branch and countless other highschools. Noticing a theme Karen?

[Anonymous]

Teachers don't want to teach as the profession has no support or protection. Put on top of that a culture that goes easy on violence and rape and fires teachers who have a problem with it. Teach it yourself Karen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the court case itself?

It's sealed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Christine Handy was the principal. She was immediately transferred.

I do have inside information on this case, and I'm shocked. But I won't go into detail. It would come off as a defense of MCPS, which is not my intent. I know the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He deserved more.

Not really. He rode the coattails of the Damascus case. This was nothing close to that. The bigger issue though was the lack of supervision in the locker room. That's why they went after the school and not the person who committed the assault. They made him captain senior year (2020). So again, a MCPS coaching problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Christine Handy was the principal. She was immediately transferred.

I do have inside information on this case, and I'm shocked. But I won't go into detail. It would come off as a defense of MCPS, which is not my intent. I know the kid.

She saved herself, quickly suspending the kids and then running away. She resigned and went to be President of National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), now the President of MoCo Association of Administrators and Principals. The school is better off now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What if the teachers accidentally found out about what happened. Do you think they might have been retaliated against for trying to teach the victim when the admin was involved in the cover up. I would say many teachers were retaliated against for trying to teach and help the victim of rape.

This wasn't rape, and the teachers didn't have any knowledge or cover anything up. The kid was immediately transferred. There was no retaliation.

[Anonymous]

Tragedy and lack of transparency happen under your watch - move this woman to be leader of the leaders to show them how its done

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the court case itself?

It's sealed

No it is not. Why lie?
The Parents Coalition is reporting out the testimony.

[Anonymous]

Casey Crouse was at Damascus not Gaithersburg but now she’s on Dr McKnight’s post-Beidleman community of practice. Good lord.

[Anonymous]

We MoCo residents are to blame. MCPS can be held accountable by the BOE, but we continue to elect "yes-women" (it's all women who are elected) to those posts. Can't blame politics either -- BOE seats are non-partisan.

I voted for altennative candidates and even donated to their campaigns, but they were no match for the candidates well-funded by the teachers union (MCEA). We finally gave up and sent our kids to private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Every assault case needs to have maximum media spotlight so that MCPS understands it costs more to defend the indefensible than it is to do the right thing.

What's the "right thing" here?

Protecting kids
Establishing clear policies
Following the policies every time
Severe consequences if the policies aren't followed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We MoCo residents are to blame. MCPS can be held accountable by the BOE, but we continue to elect "yes-women" (it's all women who are elected) to those posts. Can't blame politics either -- BOE seats are non-partisan.

I voted for altennative candidates and even donated to their campaigns, but they were no match for the candidates well-funded by the teachers union (MCEA). We finally gave up and sent our kids to private.

"Yes women"? Misogynistic much?