The OIG finds that Biedleman violated MCPS policies and code of conduct

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Anonymous wrote:I am glad the teachers got out ahead of this one. Usual protocol would be to fire the lowly teachers who had issues with the admin who just like to have a little fun by messing with staff

As teachers I have been told they did everything they could before having to take it in their own hands and go to the media. The teachers union is just as useless as we all think they are

I don't know about that. The union stood up for teachers when some of the crazy parents were demanding they risk COVID when it was deadly.

The union is pretty guilty here too from what I’ve learned. Everyone wants their soundbite no one wants to solve the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I am glad the teachers got out ahead of this one. Usual protocol would be to fire the lowly teachers who had issues with the admin who just like to have a little fun by messing with staff

As teachers I have been told they did everything they could before having to take it in their own hands and go to the media. The teachers union is just as useless as we all think they are

I don't know about that. The union stood up for teachers when some of the crazy parents were demanding they risk COVID when it was deadly.

The union is pretty guilty here too from what I’ve learned. Everyone wants their soundbite no one wants to solve the problem.

+1 that’s MCEA in a nutshell I used to be pro-union but they have proven time and time again to only focus on these big issues - put out a few letters - and then pat themselves on the back for justifying the $50 a paycheck they take from teachers. They never have been there when I needed them or many many many many others.

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Anonymous wrote:I am glad the teachers got out ahead of this one. Usual protocol would be to fire the lowly teachers who had issues with the admin who just like to have a little fun by messing with staff

As teachers I have been told they did everything they could before having to take it in their own hands and go to the media. The teachers union is just as useless as we all think they are

I don't know about that. The union stood up for teachers when some of the crazy parents were demanding they risk COVID when it was deadly.

The union is pretty guilty here too from what I’ve learned. Everyone wants their soundbite no one wants to solve the problem.

+1 that’s MCEA in a nutshell I used to be pro-union but they have proven time and time again to only focus on these big issues - put out a few letters - and then pat themselves on the back for justifying the $50 a paycheck they take from teachers. They never have been there when I needed them or many many many many others.

Me too, but I also work for a conservative think tank. I always do my best to trash unions too. I hate these groups that stand up for the little guy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Beidleman had no business working in a school and there's no way McKnight didn't know.

One complainant who worked within MCPS, but not under Beidleman, told the OIG that he sent her numerous text messages containing sexually offensive comments while trying to pursue a sexual relationship with her after she expressed interest in applying to an assistant principal position at Farquhar Middle School.

"The complainant was applying for selection into the assistant principal pool during the text exchanges with Beidleman and explicitly told him early in their text exchange that she wanted to work as an assistant principal for him at Farquhar," the report reads.

While Beidleman was not directly involved in the interview or selection process, the OIG report says Beidleman made comments to the hopeful employee that led her to believe he could "exert influence" in the process.

The OIG obtained three months of text messages where the agency says Beidleman used the "illusion" of favorably influencing the employee's chances of being selected for the assistant principal position in exchange for "tolerating" his repeated unwanted sexual advances.

"In one exchange, Beidleman told her the position was hers if she wanted it," the report reads. "In a later exchange, Beidleman complained about MCPS assigning someone else to the vacant assistant principal position at Farquhar, but said, 'fingers crossed she applies for a virtual position and gets it. Then boom bam boom I have my crush at work.'"

The employee repeatedly told Beidleman she was not interested in him but he reportedly persisted by sending sexually explicit texts, the OIG said. While Beidleman described his texts with the employee as "sexting," the complainant told the OIG she believes she was not selected for the assistant principal pool because she refused to get involved with Biedleman.

An additional complainant told the OIG of times Beidleman made comments on female employees' looks, recalling one instance she said made her feel "so gross and so disgusted, and I felt so powerless." She added that Biedleman always "talked to our breasts," and that the staff went as far as adopting behaviors in order to avoid Beidleman's unwanted attention.

"Believing Beidleman preferred women with blond hair, she 'went brunette,'" the report reads.

Another employee said she changed her appearance to avoid sexual comments from Beidleman. She reported that after Beidleman told her "I didn't know I hired a Brazilian woman with long legs," she was embarrassed and never wore skirts to school again.

"She also ceased wearing makeup and began dressing in a way to avoid being noticed by [Beidleman]," the report reads. "He nonetheless continued to comment on her appearance."

The comments did not stop upon leaving school bounds either, with some employees reporting to the OIG that Beidlamn made more sexually offensive comments at events outside of school.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/investigation-misconduct-former-mcps-principal-dr-joel-beidleman-released/65-f43e0399-bfcc-4744-8519-76b62ef38588

The news will report anything that seems entertaining. In my experience some women have a hard time working for a man and assuming he is looking at them in an inappropriate manner. Sometimes it is blatant but in labor law I have seen so many instances of women accusing male bosses of looking at them inappropriately or saying things they find offensive. I have also seen where at times women will purposely flaunt in front of a male boss to receive favor at work. There are various dynamics to male bosses and female subordinates and in a profession dominated by females it is a slippery slope to climb. As I said some cases are cut and dry. This was is not. For women to change their appearance to be unattractive to a man is subjective and a judge nor employer will even take that into consideration but it does make for an entertaining story.

Surprised you're focused on this instead of McKnight like everyone else posting here.

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I’m pro-union, but these snarky, sarcastic replies are a turnoff. They are not helpful.

[Anonymous]

Mcea is a bunch of turds who love money and don't understand education

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcea is a bunch of turds who love money and don't understand education

I get that you hate unions but they have done so much good.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcea is a bunch of turds who love money and don't understand education

I get that you hate unions but they have done so much good.

Which is why teachers are on Facebook begging for classroom supplies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am glad the teachers got out ahead of this one. Usual protocol would be to fire the lowly teachers who had issues with the admin who just like to have a little fun by messing with staff

As teachers I have been told they did everything they could before having to take it in their own hands and go to the media. The teachers union is just as useless as we all think they are

I don't know about that. The union stood up for teachers when some of the crazy parents were demanding they risk COVID when it was deadly.

The union is pretty guilty here too from what I’ve learned. Everyone wants their soundbite no one wants to solve the problem.

+1 that’s MCEA in a nutshell I used to be pro-union but they have proven time and time again to only focus on these big issues - put out a few letters - and then pat themselves on the back for justifying the $50 a paycheck they take from teachers. They never have been there when I needed them or many many many many others.

Me too, but I also work for a conservative think tank. I always do my best to trash unions too. I hate these groups that stand up for the little guy.

Please direct me to a more functional union that actually HELPS individuals. Then I will be pro. You must be one of the people we pay for with our paychecks.

[Anonymous]

We need their protection when our micromanager demand falsified grade inflation. If illegal fraud is demanded or else we need protection. We pay for it but we do not get the support.

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Anonymous wrote:So troll poster/Joel. Let’s say that the folks upset about this are just looking for an excuse to get rid of Dr. McKnight. Let’s say they are racist. Let’s say that the relationship with the one teacher was consensual and she is retaliating.

I STILL don’t want a principal with crap judgment like that getting promoted. And the people above him who protected the crappy judgment? I don’t want them in charge of my kids’ education.

So mcps teachers take note… If you feel that uncomfortable please remove yourself from the situation and report it formally. I would say don’t continue to go to after school events and enjoy drinks with the person harassing you. Don’t laugh at the jokes and in turn have ones of your own. Do not send your harasser pics of yourself in a bathtub.Sounds quite simple to go to work and do your job? GUESS WHAT MCPS TEACHERS… In the real workforce people aren’t getting wasted and going to bars after work and inviting co workers to their homes to get drunk. Separate your personal and professional lives it’s just that simple. It’s like a bunch of teenagers worked at Farquhar.

He publicly shamed faculty for not showing up to social events. During faculty meetings he would scold all of us and say things like “we are still going to plan events”. And he, and his enablers, would make a big deal when teachers would show up. Like it was part of a hazing process to work at the school. Disgusting and toxic

OMG! He publicly shamed people over social events! Call the press! So bad! He should be in prison.

He doesn't have to be in prison, but he definitely shouldn't be in MCPS or any school buildings.

And he should no longer be collecting a paycheck...waiting to see if he is fired "in a swift and decisive" way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So troll poster/Joel. Let’s say that the folks upset about this are just looking for an excuse to get rid of Dr. McKnight. Let’s say they are racist. Let’s say that the relationship with the one teacher was consensual and she is retaliating.

I STILL don’t want a principal with crap judgment like that getting promoted. And the people above him who protected the crappy judgment? I don’t want them in charge of my kids’ education.

So mcps teachers take note… If you feel that uncomfortable please remove yourself from the situation and report it formally. I would say don’t continue to go to after school events and enjoy drinks with the person harassing you. Don’t laugh at the jokes and in turn have ones of your own. Do not send your harasser pics of yourself in a bathtub.Sounds quite simple to go to work and do your job? GUESS WHAT MCPS TEACHERS… In the real workforce people aren’t getting wasted and going to bars after work and inviting co workers to their homes to get drunk. Separate your personal and professional lives it’s just that simple. It’s like a bunch of teenagers worked at Farquhar.

He publicly shamed faculty for not showing up to social events. During faculty meetings he would scold all of us and say things like “we are still going to plan events”. And he, and his enablers, would make a big deal when teachers would show up. Like it was part of a hazing process to work at the school. Disgusting and toxic

OMG! He publicly shamed people over social events! Call the press! So bad! He should be in prison.

He doesn't have to be in prison, but he definitely shouldn't be in MCPS or any school buildings.

And he should no longer be collecting a paycheck...waiting to see if he is fired "in a swift and decisive" way.

The only swift and decisive action taken by Dr. McKnight's leadership team was to promote and give a pay raise to the ethics investigator who reviewed and then cleared the principal earlier this year. They just as swiftly and decisively undid the promotion and pay raise once the Washington Post reported on it.

[Anonymous]

There is literally no reason why Biedleman should still be employed by MCPS, yet he is. What a slap on the face to teachers. It's disgraceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is literally no reason why Biedleman should still be employed by MCPS, yet he is. What a slap on the face to teachers. It's disgraceful.

Due process can be painfully slow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mcea is a bunch of turds who love money and don't understand education

I get that you hate unions but they have done so much good.

Which is why teachers are on Facebook begging for classroom supplies.

That would be a budgetary issue for the BoE. If they can cut back on bloated central office positions and spend more on classrooms this wouldn't be an issue.