Freedom Hill principal going to Haycock

[Anonymous]

Actually I think it is appropriate for him to be fired regardless of his reporting behavior in this particular instance. The 1st responsibility of a principal is to keep the children in their care safe- and he failed miserably in that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Assistant principal leaving for a principal position at another school.

I know who are you referring to. The other school has its problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the principal thought it had been reported by the note-taker, he had no duty to report. If the principal did not have a reasonable belief that a kid was abused, he had no duty to report.

No one on the board know exactly what the orincioal was told by the note taker or what the notes revealed. We don't know if he should have reasonably suspected child abuse.

The fact that we now know there was abuse is irrelevant to his obligation at the time.

You clearly don't know the law, so please don't speak to it. It's not the principal's job to adjudicate whether there was abuse. The principal's job is to report any incident (suspected or confirmed) and let CPS/Police figure out what happened. Any school professional is REQUIRED to report, and that's it. There is a reason why a room full of men and women indicted him on that charge--because they saw/heard the evidence and realized he should have filed a report. Please understand before you spread garbage on here.

Honey, I am a lawyer.

Even you stipulate that he had to suspect abuse. The ststute says that a person must have reason to suspect abuse. Without knowing exactly what the note taker said to Bloom or what the notes said, we cannot know whether it was reasonable to suspect abuse. Also, the statute specifically says that you do not have to report suspected abuse if you know that someone else has reported the same instances. Read the VA statute.

OK, "lawyer" ... I'm sure the DA's office must be conspiring against Scott Bloom because that's what they do ... target unsuspecting principals at FCPS to go after them ... and then to BLAST him all over social and traditional media. Sure, he didn't know or suspect, he was just the dumb principal in the wrong place at the wrong time. Good luck with that defense. Hopefully, you're not signing up to be his defense attorney!

I never once said he was innocent. I said we don't know what the facts are for him and it is premature to call for him to be fired.

What the facts are is that he didn't report it and now because of that serious lapse of judgment his whole life will be turned upside down. At a minimum, he won't be principal at Haycock (because the Haycock parents will tar and feather him as he enters the halls!) and at the worst the DA can go after his license (though I don't think they will). He made a VERY VERY poor decision. He is GUILTY of that. He should have covered his own ass and reported the incident.

[Anonymous]

He should be fired because his lapse in judgment led to more abuse inflicted on those children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He should be fired because his lapse in judgment led to more abuse inflicted on those children.

What about the person who reported it to him? At our FCPS training about reporting child abuse, all instructional staff are obligated to report it to CPS. Reporting to the principal is not the same as reporting to CPS. The training specifically noted that you should inform your principal, but not being able to do that (let’s say your principal is out at a meeting all day) does not preclude you from making the call to CPS.

[Anonymous]

I cant believe people want to go after the person who documented the abuse and actually TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I swear you are just trying to distract everyone from Bloom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cant believe people want to go after the person who documented the abuse and actually TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I swear you are just trying to distract everyone from Bloom.

Calm down. Can you even entertain that BOTH Bloom AND the reporting staff member had a legal obligation to report to CPS?

[Anonymous]

FCPS FLE lessons don’t mention that adult abusers are around in schools. Because of this I opt out my children from those lessons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He should be fired because his lapse in judgment led to more abuse inflicted on those children.

What about the person who reported it to him? At our FCPS training about reporting child abuse, all instructional staff are obligated to report it to CPS. Reporting to the principal is not the same as reporting to CPS. The training specifically noted that you should inform your principal, but not being able to do that (let’s say your principal is out at a meeting all day) does not preclude you from making the call to CPS.

In this specific scenario, the staff was able to report to principal with a log book. If I were staff, my next assumption would be that the principal would report it to CPS. We can blame the staff all we want, but there's a reason the police didn't charge the staff person who went to Bloom but charged Bloom. And, the DA corroborated that by not going after the staff as well. So, perhaps they are aware of something the rest of us are not aware of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Assistant principal leaving for a principal position at another school.

I know who are you referring to. The other school has its problems.

Did the alleged abuse happen last year? If so, our current principal was VP at FH when this happened. Have to wonder what he knew.

[Anonymous]

What's the background and qualifications of the 2 abusers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cant believe people want to go after the person who documented the abuse and actually TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I swear you are just trying to distract everyone from Bloom.

FCPS requires all mandatory reporting to go to the Principal FIRST. The Principal then makes the report. The teacher followed the procedures.

My boss would have an apoplectic fit if I'd go over his head to report and I'd get in trouble. What makes you think FCPS is different? There's no protection for whistleblowers in real life, let's be serious.

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BAG7W84E9409/$file/R5770.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He should be fired because his lapse in judgment led to more abuse inflicted on those children.

What about the person who reported it to him? At our FCPS training about reporting child abuse, all instructional staff are obligated to report it to CPS. Reporting to the principal is not the same as reporting to CPS. The training specifically noted that you should inform your principal, but not being able to do that (let’s say your principal is out at a meeting all day) does not preclude you from making the call to CPS.

The person who reported it to him is a hero. This person reported to CPS, how do you think it was found out? Not from Bloom. I hope this teacher will be able to keep her job and not suffer retaliation, although it is highly unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the background and qualifications of the 2 abusers?

A pulse, apparently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cant believe people want to go after the person who documented the abuse and actually TRIED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

I swear you are just trying to distract everyone from Bloom.

Calm down. Can you even entertain that BOTH Bloom AND the reporting staff member had a legal obligation to report to CPS?

You are ridiculously naive and don't know how things work. In most schools, that documenting staff member would be fired.