MCPS Whistleblower Details Lies, Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Case

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01/17/2024 09:53

Subject: MCPS Whistleblower Details Lies, Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Case

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Anonymous wrote:Another thread by the same old failed school board candidates and MCPS malcontents. You people really need to move on.

First show me a breakdown of exactly how much these people are paid to act completely inappropriate. Beidleman is about $192,000 a year? Diane Morris is more than $200,000? Jones? Everyone else who was involved in the cover up? No one should move on until MCPS Central Office fully discloses how much damage was done. They probably want to make another BS professional development session that all the teachers have to go to because after all, we all know everything boils down to blaming the teachers.

I know some people allege there was this cover-up, but not all that clear since there are 12345 different investigations with as many different conclusions. The only thing that was clear is the main person who filed a complaint was sending him nudie pics.

There are, in fact, only four investigations over the last 12 months.

Investigation 1 was while he was incoming as PBHS principal. Based on about 13 complaints from staff, MCPS looked into his behavior. We know now that Khalid Walker found that Beidelman had violated the Code of Conduct, but that he was over-ruled and forced to engage in a cover-up by MCPS leadership reporting directly to Dr. McKnight.

Investigation 2 was after the Washington Post uncovered the allegations and spoke with 30+ victims and witnesses. This was carried out by MCPS's own attorneys, and again found that Beidelman had violated the Code of Conduct. This was also where we first learned that the results of Investigation 1 had been tampered with.

Investigation 3 was conducted by the Office of the Inspector General and looked specifically at Beidelman's conduct. It found he had violated the Code of Conduct.

Investigation 4 is ongoing, and is examining the role that MCPS leadership played in covering up Investigation 1.

Over the course of the reporting, there are now more than 80 victims and witnesses who have come forward, all saying the same thing: Beidelman engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment, bullying, and retaliation.

I know you think that the "nude pics" exonerate him, but that's the abuser mentality. Even a consensual relationship with a direct report is an abuse of power, not to mention the scores of other victims who never agreed to a consensual relationship.

I don't know who you are, but thank you for both having reading comprehension and being able to synthesize information from multiple sources and explain it clearly.

I heard there were 40 anonymous complaints. It seems like they're creating new investigations to get their preferred conclusion.

No one needs to make up fake accusations- there are plenty of very real ones.

At this point I think any adults left in Moco just want to see some level of accountability

It does seem suspect that they have to create more than one investigation for something like that.

Well, one investigation would have been sufficient if MCPS had correctly handled the matter from the beginning. This was absolutely clear-cut, but Beidelman had powerful protectors and Dr. McKnight had allowed a culture of impunity to thrive.

We now know that the investigator was forced to change his report, that the report was fraudulently backdated by senior MCPS staff, and that additional victims were never interviewed because MCPS ignored reports that came in via their own secure hotline and those that did not arrive on a specific form. This was, again, contrary to MCPS written policy. It is unclear at this time whether those rules were ignored only for complaints against Beidelman, or whether they were ignored for all victims.

The additional investigations have only been necessary because the internal MCPS processes failed. If MCPS Human Resources had handled this matter in line with their own regulations, and if Beidelman had not been protected by powerful interests, he would never have been promoted in the first place.

I felt they handled it fine, but they created a new investigation to get their preferred outcome.

This doesn't make any sense at all. MCPS leadership (specifically the CHRO and the COO) are the ones who interfered with the first investigation in order to get their preferred outcome, which was Dr. B's promotion to principal at Paint Branch.

The second investigation (by an MCPS-affiliated law firm) only happened after the Washington Post ran a story about the botched first investigation.

I know you are trying to muddy the waters here, but please try to keep it within the realm of the logical.