Background re-screening adds additional $1.9 million cost to FY26 budget

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But I know nothing will happen to him. BOE will treat him like a god because they can't fire another superintendent in a roll.

The BOE also needs to be held accountable countable for the lack of accountability. The problem is finding people competent to run such a large school system.

You could find people who would do the job if the BOE either compensated competitively (corporate board seats typically pay on average $250,000) or was full-time with moderate compensation (similar to the County Council).

????? Paying the BOE does nothing to hire competent staff in MCPS.

Paying the BOE allows them to be accountable for true oversight.

Also, the BOE votes on a SLEW of administrative appointments. Maybe they could start by vetting and rejecting some of the candidates the superintendent puts forward for those positions instead of rubberstamping all of them.

Thank you. Central office has proven time and time again how incompetent or ignorant they are to the law and policy.

It’s what happens when you hire education majors to lead the business side of things.

[Anonymous]

Darlene Harris was the director over of the fingerprinting office for the past 3 years. She was just promoted to Ombudsperson for the BOE. Nobody is ever held accountable, especially if you have friends in high places at the board table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Darlene Harris was the director over of the fingerprinting office for the past 3 years. She was just promoted to Ombudsperson for the BOE. Nobody is ever held accountable, especially if you have friends in high places at the board table.

Darlene should be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's ok, the county council will just give them more money upon demand... no accountability.

Do you want it done or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ok, the county council will just give them more money upon demand... no accountability.

Do you want it done or not?

It’s important but they should be required to pay from the budget and have consequences. .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ok, the county council will just give them more money upon demand... no accountability.

Do you want it done or not?

It’s important but they should be required to pay from the budget and have consequences. .

Precisely. Isn't it funny how MCPS is tying itself up in knots to revise the student code of conduct in the name of giving students more consequences but the adults, who are supposed to run the system and fail at it, have none?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ok, the county council will just give them more money upon demand... no accountability.

Do you want it done or not?

It’s important but they should be required to pay from the budget and have consequences. .

Precisely. Isn't it funny how MCPS is tying itself up in knots to revise the student code of conduct in the name of giving students more consequences but the adults, who are supposed to run the system and fail at it, have none?

The adults need to set the example. Why should students take them seriously when they don’t follow through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ok, the county council will just give them more money upon demand... no accountability.

Do you want it done or not?

It’s important but they should be required to pay from the budget and have consequences. .

Precisely. Isn't it funny how MCPS is tying itself up in knots to revise the student code of conduct in the name of giving students more consequences but the adults, who are supposed to run the system and fail at it, have none?

The adults need to set the example. Why should students take them seriously when they don’t follow through.

This is EXACTLY why we have so many behavioral issues in MCPS schools.

[Anonymous]

News article on this morning's county council meeting. Check out Dr. Taylor's response to who should be hold accountable. He is good at ducking.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/09/26/mcps-background-re-screening/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And yet no one will be fired for this gross oversight and failure.

Brian Hull?

He is long gone. I truly hope Dr. Taylor will be hold accountable, given his intentionally ignorance of the issue that appeared to his face since he took of the leadership last summer. He has nearly a year to deal with it, but he failed by intentionally hiding away from in-person meetings and then pointing the gun to the State Dept. of Education.

He promised accountability and transparency.

We are truly getting neither from him. I worried about hiring someone who operated a small school district, fearing that he wouldn't be prepared to oversee a system as large as MCPS. So far, Taylor has shown he is not up to the job.

[Anonymous]

Taylor said Friday he will not ask the council for additional funding to cover the costs and would deal with the cost with their existing budget.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Darlene Harris was the director over of the fingerprinting office for the past 3 years. She was just promoted to Ombudsperson for the BOE. Nobody is ever held accountable, especially if you have friends in high places at the board table.

Darlene should be held accountable.

And instead, Darlene got a promotion...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taylor said Friday he will not ask the council for additional funding to cover the costs and would deal with the cost with their existing budget.

Of course he isn't going to make that ask. WTH?

He'll probably take it out of the school maintenance budget. Seems like that is his go-to budget to hit. And our moldy, decrepit schools can't take that hit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Darlene Harris was the director over of the fingerprinting office for the past 3 years. She was just promoted to Ombudsperson for the BOE. Nobody is ever held accountable, especially if you have friends in high places at the board table.

Darlene should be held accountable.

And instead, Darlene got a promotion...

She used to be an executive director. Not a promotion.