which schools in the county have some bad reputation in terms of environment and recent news headlines?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My school business administrator is a crook. She runs a real estate business from her office, killed both the ptsa and booster club because they wanted money to go to students. She literally steals money from families to fund programs for teachers she likes, and when mcps is informed, they disregard it and shame you for daring to challenges her. We don’t have a school newspaper because they tried to expose her and they got shut down. She’s had at least 2 principals removed by making false allegations against them when they found out what she was up to.

IF this is true, why isn’t the OIG involved?

Because people in MCPS don't tell on their co-workers. There's a bizarre code of silence that exists among MCPS staff.

Including yourself? Those are some pretty serious allegations you made.

This is out of the words of MCPS staffers. They don't tell for fear of retaliation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school business administrator is a crook. She runs a real estate business from her office, killed both the ptsa and booster club because they wanted money to go to students. She literally steals money from families to fund programs for teachers she likes, and when mcps is informed, they disregard it and shame you for daring to challenges her. We don’t have a school newspaper because they tried to expose her and they got shut down. She’s had at least 2 principals removed by making false allegations against them when they found out what she was up to.

IF this is true, why isn’t the OIG involved?

Because people in MCPS don't tell on their co-workers. There's a bizarre code of silence that exists among MCPS staff.

Including yourself? Those are some pretty serious allegations you made.

This is out of the words of MCPS staffers. They don't tell for fear of retaliation.

Feel free to report it to the MCPS Hotline for Fraud, Waste and Abuse. Throwing shade on DCUM is pointless.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/fraudhotline/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school business administrator is a crook. She runs a real estate business from her office, killed both the ptsa and booster club because they wanted money to go to students. She literally steals money from families to fund programs for teachers she likes, and when mcps is informed, they disregard it and shame you for daring to challenges her. We don’t have a school newspaper because they tried to expose her and they got shut down. She’s had at least 2 principals removed by making false allegations against them when they found out what she was up to.

IF this is true, why isn’t the OIG involved?

Because people in MCPS don't tell on their co-workers. There's a bizarre code of silence that exists among MCPS staff.

Including yourself? Those are some pretty serious allegations you made.

This is out of the words of MCPS staffers. They don't tell for fear of retaliation.

Feel free to report it to the MCPS Hotline for Fraud, Waste and Abuse. Throwing shade on DCUM is pointless.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/fraudhotline/

I’m not the same PP who works at the school with crooked SBA. I have nothing to report. Just telling you what I’ve read and heard from people who do work for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

The schools that get taunted on DCUM for headlines, usually the Ws, because everyone likes to knock them off their pedestals, are actually the better schools. A story here or there about one or two kids out of thousands doesn't bring down test scores or college admissions or the cohort at the school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My school business administrator is a crook. She runs a real estate business from her office, killed both the ptsa and booster club because they wanted money to go to students. She literally steals money from families to fund programs for teachers she likes, and when mcps is informed, they disregard it and shame you for daring to challenges her. We don’t have a school newspaper because they tried to expose her and they got shut down. She’s had at least 2 principals removed by making false allegations against them when they found out what she was up to.

IF this is true, why isn’t the OIG involved?

Because people in MCPS don't tell on their co-workers. There's a bizarre code of silence that exists among MCPS staff.

Including yourself? Those are some pretty serious allegations you made.

This is out of the words of MCPS staffers. They don't tell for fear of retaliation.

Feel free to report it to the MCPS Hotline for Fraud, Waste and Abuse. Throwing shade on DCUM is pointless.
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/fraudhotline/

I’m not the same PP who works at the school with crooked SBA. I have nothing to report. Just telling you what I’ve read and heard from people who do work for MCPS.

In other words, you're just spreading more rumors.
Got it. It wouldn't be DCUM.

[Anonymous]

It seems people don't trust the hotline either due to the chance if retaliation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They all do.

That's wrong; MCPS is fantastic. Ignore these people. They like to complain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They all do.

That's wrong; MCPS is fantastic. Ignore these people. They like to complain.

Found the MCPS employee.

[Anonymous]

Any school in the NEC or DCC need a serious eval by parents. They are not all bad but one must ask the question why the lower test avg schools are are lumped together. What type of choice is that or than misdirection to stabilize property values so people think they don’t have to go to their home school. All the desirable schools are not part of choice program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any school in the NEC or DCC need a serious eval by parents. They are not all bad but one must ask the question why the lower test avg schools are are lumped together. What type of choice is that or than misdirection to stabilize property values so people think they don’t have to go to their home school. All the desirable schools are not part of choice program.

That's not entirely true. Blair is very desirable and it's part of the DCC. But yes, the other schools in the DCC and NEC are certainly way bumpier academically and environmentally compared to Blair.

[Anonymous]

MCPS is gonna MCPS, really, no getting around it. I have personally witnessed central office's efforts to encourage fewer problematic reports from being sent to them. That sends a message to principals to do what they can to bury evidence or complaints. And the fear of retaliation is certainly spot-on. 🤔

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any school in the NEC or DCC need a serious eval by parents. They are not all bad but one must ask the question why the lower test avg schools are are lumped together. What type of choice is that or than misdirection to stabilize property values so people think they don’t have to go to their home school. All the desirable schools are not part of choice program.

That's not entirely true. Blair is very desirable and it's part of the DCC. But yes, the other schools in the DCC and NEC are certainly way bumpier academically and environmentally compared to Blair.

That’s not completely true, the magnet is desirable for kids on high level college track families or those who aspire to be. It not like they are excited to go to Blair and often hump across the county. The only other people who think highly of Blair are the people facing worse options in the DCC. Most of Blair is just your avg DCC school in a middling area. It’s desirable by comparison not in reality

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any school in the NEC or DCC need a serious eval by parents. They are not all bad but one must ask the question why the lower test avg schools are are lumped together. What type of choice is that or than misdirection to stabilize property values so people think they don’t have to go to their home school. All the desirable schools are not part of choice program.

That's not entirely true. Blair is very desirable and it's part of the DCC. But yes, the other schools in the DCC and NEC are certainly way bumpier academically and environmentally compared to Blair.

That’s not completely true, the magnet is desirable for kids on high level college track families or those who aspire to be. It not like they are excited to go to Blair and often hump across the county. The only other people who think highly of Blair are the people facing worse options in the DCC. Most of Blair is just your avg DCC school in a middling area. It’s desirable by comparison not in reality

It's the most desirable school not just in the county,
but in the damn whole state.
Your jealousy and envy are showing through your post.

[Anonymous]

Every school in MCPS can be said to have a "bad" reputation

NEC - low test scores, low graduation
DCC - just read about what some people have said on this board about Kennedy and kids with ankle bracelets
BCC - violent fights caught on video after the football game
Sherwood - racist taunting at sports games
Churchill - high pressure leading to mental health issues
RM - high profile security incidents recently

We could go on. Name a school and people on this board will give you the bad. In reality all MCPS high schools are basically very good schools but all of them have some negative aspects because no place is perfect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every school in MCPS can be said to have a "bad" reputation

NEC - low test scores, low graduation
DCC - just read about what some people have said on this board about Kennedy and kids with ankle bracelets
BCC - violent fights caught on video after the football game
Sherwood - racist taunting at sports games
Churchill - high pressure leading to mental health issues
RM - high profile security incidents recently

We could go on. Name a school and people on this board will give you the bad. In reality all MCPS high schools are basically very good schools but all of them have some negative aspects because no place is perfect

I don't know, if you talk to kids that recently went to certain schools they might say differently. Students in schools with large percentages of low-income kids see a lot in their time there. And recent MCPS grads say their schools didn't adequately prepare them for college. https://wjpitch.com/top-stories/2021/01/15/does-mcps-prepare-students-for-future-success/

FWIW I have a kid in a DCC ES. We plan on staying in the system, but we're not going to pretend it's awesome. We want awareness of MCPS's failures so they get their act together.