Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:his former supervisor is now working for baltimore public schools. what are the odds anything happens to him. he protected JB and dismissed the complaints

This. Somebody needs to send the article to the Baltimore County School Board to make sure that Eric Minus, enabler-in-chief, face the music.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/11/joel-beidleman-montgomery-county-principal/

Very disturbing allegations against current administrator of Paint Branch HS, who was formerly at Farquhar MS, Joel Beidleman. I wonder what MCPS will do about this.

Given the nature of the allegations, parents should ask their daughters what interactions they had with this predator

I had the same thought. Unfortunately there may be girls who were victimized. Men like this don’t leave children alone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Basically if not for wapo absolutely nothing would have been done despite long term, egregious, well documented, long paper/text trail, 20+ witnesses having, serial harassment. I mean wtaf, mcps? It actually takes a lot to shock me but I am truly shocked.

There’s no guarantee anything will happen now either.

It may sound silly but it’s true-he’s slated to work at a high school now and I promise you teen girls are absolutely not having this. they will be legit ungovernable if asked to carry on with this serial harasser and misogynist as their principal. It just won’t work, any more than asking them to carry on with school as usual if it came out their new principal was an avid klan member. In short, teenage girls are absolutely willing and able to make this man’s life hell (whereas mcps chose to take the same evidence and promote and praise him.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an MCPS employee and I want an apology from McNight and some transparency. Also, I have spent year after year watching compliance training videos including being a mandatory reporter. Do the higher ups not have to watch these???? Makes my blood boil.

An apology and her resignation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:his former supervisor is now working for baltimore public schools. what are the odds anything happens to him. he protected JB and dismissed the complaints

He can protect himself by talking about how his bosses told him to protect JB, and he had no choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It boggles my mind that any organization would continue to cover up for these types of people. Why, why, why?

At least one person who covered up for him was known to be inappropriate with female HS students himself. But he was untouchable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:his former supervisor is now working for baltimore public schools. what are the odds anything happens to him. he protected JB and dismissed the complaints

This. Somebody needs to send the article to the Baltimore County School Board to make sure that Eric Minus, enabler-in-chief, face the music.

This!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:his former supervisor is now working for baltimore public schools. what are the odds anything happens to him. he protected JB and dismissed the complaints

This. Somebody needs to send the article to the Baltimore County School Board to make sure that Eric Minus, enabler-in-chief, face the music.

+1

[Anonymous]

I agree McKnight needs to go. Just one disaster after another. It seems people of the preferred race category get away with anything and get choice positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make me wonder what other complaints staff have attempted to bring forward to MCPS and were tossed aside with no regard. I bet there are hundreds of staff who have deserved better

This exactly. Nothing sees daylight unless the press gets hold of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an MCPS employee and I want an apology from McNight and some transparency. Also, I have spent year after year watching compliance training videos including being a mandatory reporter. Do the higher ups not have to watch these???? Makes my blood boil.

THIS!!! I am an employee as well and immediately thought about that compliance training. He did everything in that video that we are not supposed to do. Like how was the investigation closed with all that evidence? They always say "It's not what you know but who you know" in MCPS. WE NEED A SHIFT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING DOWN FAST.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree McKnight needs to go. Just one disaster after another. It seems people of the preferred race category get away with anything and get choice positions.

Not the time nor place for the last part of that statement.

[Anonymous]

A sad state of affairs all around. What about the children? We're T-minus 2 Mondays away from the 1st day of school and they are once again caught smack-dab in a cesspool of mistrust, mismanagement and the mishandling of information by a system of greed and incompentence. Who's the "trusted adult" for the staff and APs? The firing/removal/retirement of Dr. McKnight and all those who were in the know, will only be a bandaid on a "systemic" crisis. The nepotism and good'ole boy/girl network has been in existence in MCPS at every level (regardless of race) for years. "Woke" stakeholders are coming for their stake. Interesting sidenote: how is it the entire Administrative staff @ FMS is female?🙄🤔

[Anonymous]

https://moco360.media/2023/08/11/mcps-launches-sexual-harassment-investigation-into-paint-branch-principal/

In a statement sent to MoCo360 on Friday, MCPS spokesperson Chris Cram said the school district has identified an “external and independent investigation team with expertise in education and employment law” to investigate the allegations published by the Post. He clarified that Beidleman has been placed on “administrative leave” in the interim.

[Anonymous]

This article is a bomb! Heads should roll for this.