MoCo OIG Blasts Taylor and MCPS for lies over backlog and non-compliance with background and CPS checks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the CPS check requires is a filled out notarized form. Maybe if MCPS included a station at orientation with a notary and the required paper work, we wouldn’t have almost 5,000 employees who haven’t been properly screened. Those of you saying that this is a farce or making excuses ….are you MCPS staff? Central office? I don’t understand why anyone would defend this. We should all want our students to be safe.

It sounds like the issue isn't that the CPS checks haven't been submitted properly, it's that the county office is really slow in processing them, and that rather than raising hell over it, MCPS has just said "they've always been slow, we'll live with it and send people out to start work while we're waiting for the results to come in."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the CPS check requires is a filled out notarized form. Maybe if MCPS included a station at orientation with a notary and the required paper work, we wouldn’t have almost 5,000 employees who haven’t been properly screened. Those of you saying that this is a farce or making excuses ….are you MCPS staff? Central office? I don’t understand why anyone would defend this. We should all want our students to be safe.

That's the only conclusion I can draw. And if they are MCPS employees, (most likely CO and/or admin) it's alarming that they're defending this serious breach of trust in the first place, and then desperate enough to come and fight anonymously with online critics about this major systemic failure in the second place.

Tell me you have no idea of what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea of what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All the CPS check requires is a filled out notarized form. Maybe if MCPS included a station at orientation with a notary and the required paper work, we wouldn’t have almost 5,000 employees who haven’t been properly screened. Those of you saying that this is a farce or making excuses ….are you MCPS staff? Central office? I don’t understand why anyone would defend this. We should all want our students to be safe.

That's the only conclusion I can draw. And if they are MCPS employees, (most likely CO and/or admin) it's alarming that they're defending this serious breach of trust in the first place, and then desperate enough to come and fight anonymously with online critics about this major systemic failure in the second place.

Tell me you have no idea of what you're talking about without telling me you have no idea of what you're talking about.

Tell me you're a hit dog that's hollering without telling me you're a hit dog that's hollering.

[Anonymous]

Given recent MCPS history and the reason that we needed to hire a new superintendent, you would think Taylor would have stayed on top of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given recent MCPS history and the reason that we needed to hire a new superintendent, you would think Taylor would have stayed on top of this.

Right! That was my confusion too. He fully knew the mess he was walking in to and saw how similar missteps took down McKnight, so why wasn’t he more prepared and vigilant?

Perhaps he thought he wouldn’t be held to the same standard?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Given recent MCPS history and the reason that we needed to hire a new superintendent, you would think Taylor would have stayed on top of this.

Right! That was my confusion too. He fully knew the mess he was walking in to and saw how similar missteps took down McKnight, so why wasn’t he more prepared and vigilant?

Perhaps he thought he wouldn’t be held to the same standard?

Maybe he was sabotaged by his lieutenants?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s inexcusable and bizarre. I worked in PGCPS before MCPS. They have mandatory new teacher orientation where they fingerprint you, run your background check, the whole thing. When I got hired in MCPS the new teacher orientation was a ton of speeches, kid performances, and then almost a full day of getting curriculum slides read to me. MCPS gets away with SO much because of reputation. State test security and special education services need to be investigated next.

MCPS fingerprints all new employees. You know, unless youre lying, that MCPS orientation is AFTER youve been cleared. It states this on all orientation materials, you can't attend until you have been. This report is speaking to cps checks not fingerprints or background checks, they are separate

No, the report is not JUST speaking to CPS checks. It also speaks to background checks. You need to re-read the report before yourself before you attempt to accuse and chastise others for getting information wrong.

No 'attempt' here. The information that mcps does not screen new employees is wrong. Full stop. You can't even register or enroll in payroll before your screening is completed.

The poster you are attempting to correct did NOT claim that MCPS "does not screen new employees." The poster compared the serious, business-focused nature of new teacher orientation at PGCPS, which included the fingerprint and background screening, compared to MCPS's light, fluffy, child-like new teacher orientation, which focused on content delivery from reading slides verbatim.

Your reading comprehension is lacking. Go back to school.

So MCPS = word salad
and
PGCPS = meat salad
?

Neither one cares much about students.

[Anonymous]

State law requires CPS and criminal background checks for new employees in school districts.

MCPS can not do them on its own. The state has to complete the background check. The IG report reveals the school district's CPS clearance is backlogged

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/montgomery-county-public-schools-background-checks-sex-offender-mcps-education-marc-elrich-child-protective-services-safety-education-classroom-maryland-oig

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State law requires CPS and criminal background checks for new employees in school districts.

MCPS can not do them on its own. The state has to complete the background check. The IG report reveals the school district's CPS clearance is backlogged

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/montgomery-county-public-schools-background-checks-sex-offender-mcps-education-marc-elrich-child-protective-services-safety-education-classroom-maryland-oig

Mcps has to submit the paperwork and pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:State law requires CPS and criminal background checks for new employees in school districts.

MCPS can not do them on its own. The state has to complete the background check. The IG report reveals the school district's CPS clearance is backlogged

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/montgomery-county-public-schools-background-checks-sex-offender-mcps-education-marc-elrich-child-protective-services-safety-education-classroom-maryland-oig

I urge everyone to read this article, especially those who continue to make excuses for MCPS. Using a paper system in 2025? Physically transporting the papers between agencies? It’s inexcusable and embarrassing. MCPS has a 5000 person backlog while PGCPS is fully up to date.

[Anonymous]

Let’s keep in mind that Taylor made clear to all employees that compliance training needed to be completed before interacting with students. Meaning that they all needed to be well-versed in gender identity language and gender affirming terms.
But backgrounds checks….who cares??
Inexcusable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the CPS check requires is a filled out notarized form. Maybe if MCPS included a station at orientation with a notary and the required paper work, we wouldn’t have almost 5,000 employees who haven’t been properly screened. Those of you saying that this is a farce or making excuses ….are you MCPS staff? Central office? I don’t understand why anyone would defend this. We should all want our students to be safe.

How could you question anyone not wanting it to be safe? The question is why hasn't it been?!!!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s inexcusable and bizarre. I worked in PGCPS before MCPS. They have mandatory new teacher orientation where they fingerprint you, run your background check, the whole thing. When I got hired in MCPS the new teacher orientation was a ton of speeches, kid performances, and then almost a full day of getting curriculum slides read to me. MCPS gets away with SO much because of reputation. State test security and special education services need to be investigated next.

MCPS fingerprints all new employees. You know, unless youre lying, that MCPS orientation is AFTER youve been cleared. It states this on all orientation materials, you can't attend until you have been. This report is speaking to cps checks not fingerprints or background checks, they are separate

No, the report is not JUST speaking to CPS checks. It also speaks to background checks. You need to re-read the report before yourself before you attempt to accuse and chastise others for getting information wrong.

No 'attempt' here. The information that mcps does not screen new employees is wrong. Full stop. You can't even register or enroll in payroll before your screening is completed.

The poster you are attempting to correct did NOT claim that MCPS "does not screen new employees." The poster compared the serious, business-focused nature of new teacher orientation at PGCPS, which included the fingerprint and background screening, compared to MCPS's light, fluffy, child-like new teacher orientation, which focused on content delivery from reading slides verbatim.

Your reading comprehension is lacking. Go back to school.

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No, the poster was trying to purposefully mislead.
Read between the lines. It's obvious it's your reading comprehension that is lacking.

I’m the poster and I assure you I was not trying to mislead. I was just sharing my experience. The attitude that MCPS is infallible needs to change. I don’t know how we can make improvements when there are so many people that refuse to admit when there are issues. That mindset is why employees were still filling out paper time sheets up until last year. Other districts aren’t having these problems so MCPS needs to adapt and get with the times.

MCPS’ issues are no different than any other district. They are just much bigger so everything is amplified.

I’m not saying there aren’t concerns but they are similar to what is going on across the country.

Too bad for across the country....Now, back to MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given recent MCPS history and the reason that we needed to hire a new superintendent, you would think Taylor would have stayed on top of this.

Shoulda coulda didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:State law requires CPS and criminal background checks for new employees in school districts.

MCPS can not do them on its own. The state has to complete the background check. The IG report reveals the school district's CPS clearance is backlogged

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/montgomery-county-public-schools-background-checks-sex-offender-mcps-education-marc-elrich-child-protective-services-safety-education-classroom-maryland-oig

I urge everyone to read this article, especially those who continue to make excuses for MCPS. Using a paper system in 2025? Physically transporting the papers between agencies? It’s inexcusable and embarrassing. MCPS has a 5000 person backlog while PGCPS is fully up to date.

Let some high school students figure out how to make it more efficient. Pay them those bloated salaries.