Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

They knew this was coming which is why they had their “external” team ready to go and had JB on leave already. Too little too late. Especially consider he’s sitting at home collecting a fat paycheck for absolutely nothing while tax dollars are wasted on this investigation and potential lawsuit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

They knew this was coming which is why they had their “external” team ready to go and had JB on leave already. Too little too late. Especially consider he’s sitting at home collecting a fat paycheck for absolutely nothing while tax dollars are wasted on this investigation and potential lawsuit

I hope some very good lawyers specializing in sexual harassment in workplace will bring the BOE to court.

[Anonymous]

Heads roll? More like eyes roll. Here we go again ...

[Anonymous]

Mcps teacher here. This is one of many situations where this happens in mcps. Not surprised, the guy is a creep.

What’s sadder is that McKnight just promotes her friends.

[Anonymous]

MCPS teachers and staff en masse should refuse to complete the sexual harassment compliance training until this predator is fired.

[Anonymous]

What’s sadder is that McKnight just promotes her friends......

And so did Jerry Weast, Jack Smith and others in the same role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcps teacher here. This is one of many situations where this happens in mcps. Not surprised, the guy is a creep.

What’s sadder is that McKnight just promotes her friends.

If he is her friend, she chooses ****y friends. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

They knew this was coming which is why they had their “external” team ready to go and had JB on leave already. Too little too late. Especially consider he’s sitting at home collecting a fat paycheck for absolutely nothing while tax dollars are wasted on this investigation and potential lawsuit

MCPS can’t even be transparent about who the external team is. They’re going to sweep this under the rug just like they did before.

[Anonymous]

McKnight’s people are promoted and protected. I hope this is the first step in the discovery process and her entire squad is exposed for their predatory and corrupt practices. Learning and achievement specialists and directors have so much power and yet do absolutely NOTHING other then take away funds from students and teachers that actually work with kids. Look who has been promoted these past two years- it’s all on Twitter (X). It’s all public info on the MCPS website. Unfortunately there are also a handful of principals that also behave this way and have blackballed teacher’s careers for attempting to get the union involved. I am a few years into an admin like role and have personally witnessed how these people get into these positions of power and how central office ignores complaints and does not follow through. Those that try to speak up or go against the status quo of mcps will never make it to higher positions and so the good ones never make it to the top.

[Anonymous]

I had to read that article twice because I just couldn’t believe what I was reading. It was not just one or two things, it was one after the other, and each one felt like it was getting worse. I feel so bad for the teachers and staff who didn’t feel like they had anybody they can turn to because of fears of retaliation. Thankfully, the media finally got involved I guess that’s what you need to do if you are an MC PS it’s go straight to the media.

[Anonymous]

“Allegations of sexual harassment committed against employees and/or third parties by employees, third parties, and/or students will be investigated by DCI, with support as appropriate by the Office of District Operations, Student Welfare and Compliance, and in accordance with requirements of state and federal laws.“

Here’s the team that would have handled and covered up these allegations-

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/directory/directory_Boxoffice.aspx?processlevel=61831

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/directory/directory_Boxoffice.aspx?processlevel=40661

[Anonymous]

I hope the external team will look at not just the case against jb but also what in the damn world went wrong (repeatedly, over many years) that this was able to continue. I mean I feel terrible for these women of course but the most shocking thing is there is no reason to think there aren’t a dozen more like this guy out there. And not to go all “think of the children” but seriously-this is such an egregious error in judgement (or rather series of errors) that it really is concerning how they handle anything competently.

[Anonymous]

I’d love an ama with that teacher who praised him to wapo (though apparently knew the allegations were true.) girl, you need to run your media decisions by someone else next time.

[Anonymous]

I bet he’s sleeping with someone high up. Can’t wait to watch this unfold with a bag of popcorn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s sadder is that McKnight just promotes her friends......

And so did Jerry Weast, Jack Smith and others in the same role.

Name a similar situation involving Weast or Smith. We’ll wait.

The suggestion that it’s “our turn” to have a corrupt and/or incomplete superintendent sounds like Marion Barry-era excuse making. And it’s what a lot of families were hoping to avoid by moving to MoCo.