B-CC principal will be the new assistant principal at Einstein

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Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Who at Central office authorized that letter which contained the quote?

Who knows. But there was a different chain of command at the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Once Mooney admitted in court that he "made up part of the quote about the teacher" (!!!) last week, there had to be consequences. I'm just surprised MCPS actually did anything.

You mean shuffled their staff to a new school? Where are the consequences for those at Central office who allegedly told Mooney to fabricate or was that a rumor?

Correct. Why are Sean McGee and Peter Moran off the hook here?

If someone from the central office literally told a principal to fabricate a quote about the teacher, I hope they get fired (or demoted, because I guess that's what MCPS does when it can be bothered to lift a finger.) It's a tough enough life being a teacher without having admins actively harm them.

I'm not sure where the claim is coming from that Mooney was "told to lie." In court, Mooney admitted he fabricated the quote and his then-director Sean McGee said he didn't bother to fact-check the quote because it was Mooney's job as principal to make sure his investigation was accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Way too many top leaders. They need to take a pay cut or go, and we'd have more money to build additions and renovate old A/C systems and remediate mold.

+2025

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Who at Central office authorized that letter which contained the quote?

Who knows. But there was a different chain of command at the time.

And that's where you expect the BOE to find out what exactly happened. Hello, BOE, you were elected!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once Mooney admitted in court that he "made up part of the quote about the teacher" (!!!) last week, there had to be consequences. I'm just surprised MCPS actually did anything.

You mean shuffled their staff to a new school? Where are the consequences for those at Central office who allegedly told Mooney to fabricate or was that a rumor?

Correct. Why are Sean McGee and Peter Moran off the hook here?

If someone from the central office literally told a principal to fabricate a quote about the teacher, I hope they get fired (or demoted, because I guess that's what MCPS does when it can be bothered to lift a finger.) It's a tough enough life being a teacher without having admins actively harm them.

I'm not sure where the claim is coming from that Mooney was "told to lie." In court, Mooney admitted he fabricated the quote and his then-director Sean McGee said he didn't bother to fact-check the quote because it was Mooney's job as principal to make sure his investigation was accurate.

So McGee got promoted since then while he himself didn't do his end of the investigating?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Who at Central office authorized that letter which contained the quote?

Who knows. But there was a different chain of command at the time.

And that's where you expect the BOE to find out what exactly happened. Hello, BOE, you were elected!

Those are the kinds of issues that get talked about in closed sessions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, it took a lawsuit for Mooney to get demoted but glad it's finally happening. It would be better if he was completely fired from MCPS instead of being demoted, but I know MCAAP won't let that happen.

I don't think he merits being fired. He has not sexually harassed anyone, like Beidleman, or done anything too terrible. The demotion is justified, however.

The lawsuit was not the only failing. There were also several high-profile safety and security failures at BCC that warrant his firing.

I'm a B-CC parent. I think the made-up quote warrants this demotion. The security stuff isn't his fault. I think the school adequately followed lockdown/shelter in place protocols as needed and I felt like I had the information I needed through text messages as they were able to provide it. There was no B-CC specific security fail in the two years my child has been at B-CC. Kids fighting/gun at the park was a failure of keeping kids in the building during school hours, which happens at every school in MCPS, unfortunately - B-CC and other schools need alarms on doors, etc., but that's not on Mooney. And I bet there are students with guns at almost every school in MCPS on any given day. It's sad and scary, but I don't think it's a B-CC/Mooney issue (and I also understand it's incredibly expensive to have metal detectors at every HS in the county plus additional staff to monitor as students walk through, maintenance, etc.). But he lost all credibility for me by making up that quote. I need to be able to trust the communication that comes from my child's principal.

There was a shooting 0.5 miles from campus and he didn't put the school on lockdown for 45 minutes. It was well known that certain parts of campus had doors that subs were unable to lock (so they couldn't during a lockdown) and nothing was done for months. Any improvements you've seen the past year and a half are a result of really hard and persistent work by the PTSA to get MCPS to (finally) hold Mooney accountable and make him improve.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it took a lawsuit for Mooney to get demoted but glad it's finally happening. It would be better if he was completely fired from MCPS instead of being demoted, but I know MCAAP won't let that happen.

I don't think he merits being fired. He has not sexually harassed anyone, like Beidleman, or done anything too terrible. The demotion is justified, however.

The lawsuit was not the only failing. There were also several high-profile safety and security failures at BCC that warrant his firing.

I'm a B-CC parent. I think the made-up quote warrants this demotion. The security stuff isn't his fault. I think the school adequately followed lockdown/shelter in place protocols as needed and I felt like I had the information I needed through text messages as they were able to provide it. There was no B-CC specific security fail in the two years my child has been at B-CC. Kids fighting/gun at the park was a failure of keeping kids in the building during school hours, which happens at every school in MCPS, unfortunately - B-CC and other schools need alarms on doors, etc., but that's not on Mooney. And I bet there are students with guns at almost every school in MCPS on any given day. It's sad and scary, but I don't think it's a B-CC/Mooney issue (and I also understand it's incredibly expensive to have metal detectors at every HS in the county plus additional staff to monitor as students walk through, maintenance, etc.). But he lost all credibility for me by making up that quote. I need to be able to trust the communication that comes from my child's principal.

Question is was he asked to make up the quote by someone over him at Central? In which case he should not have and he should have decided to take the high road and leave if he was being asked to make up such a thing. But if he made it up via discussions with students who were involved (who are now probably in college or college bound) or when debriefing with one of his APs or counselors, then yep, he should face consequences.

From news reports, witnesses (students) were asked to write down statements about what happened. Some of them were factually wrong (which happens and is normal for witnesses). Instead of personally interviewing witnesses, he relied on their incorrect statements to write this letter with Central Office. He did not interview the accused teacher, who was not given any opportunity to explain himself. I think failure to gather first-hand accounts from everyone is the real mistake here. Central Office wasn't there, and could only rely on what the school provided. Did Central Office tell him not to engage directly? Why didn't anyone think to ask the teacher for their side of the story? I don't know. Later it transpired in court that other students in the room could corroborate the teacher's statements. I think MCPS as a whole is responsible, and Mooney personally deserves his demotion because he did not conduct an investigation with the proper thoroughness. I am glad that the poor teacher got some measure of reparation.

My kids have attended 2 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools in MCPS. The best Principals were the ones who took decisive actions by themselves, were smart enough for those decisions to be the correct ones, and squared it with Central Office with the requisite paperwork, diplomacy and some sleight of hand - I was on the PTA board of a school where it seemed the Principal and staff worked together to do their best for students even if it meant not doing everything by the book vis-a-vis Central. If you're a Principal who is dumb enough to be spoon fed directions by Central Office, who isn't on the ground and can't read everyone's minds, then obviously mistakes will be made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Who at Central office authorized that letter which contained the quote?

Who knows. But there was a different chain of command at the time.

Sean McGee for sure was part of the approval chain. You would presume Peter Moran as Chief of Schools was as well, but who knows.

[Anonymous]

16:08 : maybe you can say instead "to get MCPS to (finally) hold..." themselves [MCPS] accountable and make improvements? Why can't MCPS do their F-ing job and make security improvements to ALL schools? School safety and security should be the number one priority to allow students to perform and grow like MCPS wants them to and for staff to perform and work as MCPS wants staff to work!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once Mooney admitted in court that he "made up part of the quote about the teacher" (!!!) last week, there had to be consequences. I'm just surprised MCPS actually did anything.

You mean shuffled their staff to a new school? Where are the consequences for those at Central office who allegedly told Mooney to fabricate or was that a rumor?

Correct. Why are Sean McGee and Peter Moran off the hook here?

If someone from the central office literally told a principal to fabricate a quote about the teacher, I hope they get fired (or demoted, because I guess that's what MCPS does when it can be bothered to lift a finger.) It's a tough enough life being a teacher without having admins actively harm them.

I'm not sure where the claim is coming from that Mooney was "told to lie." In court, Mooney admitted he fabricated the quote and his then-director Sean McGee said he didn't bother to fact-check the quote because it was Mooney's job as principal to make sure his investigation was accurate.

So McGee got promoted since then while he himself didn't do his end of the investigating?

Bingo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Zarchin or McGee overseeing BCC?

Zarchin is the current director over BCC. Zarchin reports to Tamitha Campbell, area associate superintendent, who reports to Moran, chief of schools.

Who at Central office authorized that letter which contained the quote?

Who knows. But there was a different chain of command at the time.

Sean McGee for sure was part of the approval chain. You would presume Peter Moran as Chief of Schools was as well, but who knows.

Do you think Taylor will actually get to the bottom of this and place consequences on them too if needed? Ha! What a question, right?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, it took a lawsuit for Mooney to get demoted but glad it's finally happening. It would be better if he was completely fired from MCPS instead of being demoted, but I know MCAAP won't let that happen.

I don't think he merits being fired. He has not sexually harassed anyone, like Beidleman, or done anything too terrible. The demotion is justified, however.

Maybe? But what kind of PD is he getting to make sure he doesn’t continue to fabricate facts in emails?

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/bcc-principal-resigns/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it took a lawsuit for Mooney to get demoted but glad it's finally happening. It would be better if he was completely fired from MCPS instead of being demoted, but I know MCAAP won't let that happen.

I don't think he merits being fired. He has not sexually harassed anyone, like Beidleman, or done anything too terrible. The demotion is justified, however.

The lawsuit was not the only failing. There were also several high-profile safety and security failures at BCC that warrant his firing.

I'm a B-CC parent. I think the made-up quote warrants this demotion. The security stuff isn't his fault. I think the school adequately followed lockdown/shelter in place protocols as needed and I felt like I had the information I needed through text messages as they were able to provide it. There was no B-CC specific security fail in the two years my child has been at B-CC. Kids fighting/gun at the park was a failure of keeping kids in the building during school hours, which happens at every school in MCPS, unfortunately - B-CC and other schools need alarms on doors, etc., but that's not on Mooney. And I bet there are students with guns at almost every school in MCPS on any given day. It's sad and scary, but I don't think it's a B-CC/Mooney issue (and I also understand it's incredibly expensive to have metal detectors at every HS in the county plus additional staff to monitor as students walk through, maintenance, etc.). But he lost all credibility for me by making up that quote. I need to be able to trust the communication that comes from my child's principal.

Question is was he asked to make up the quote by someone over him at Central? In which case he should not have and he should have decided to take the high road and leave if he was being asked to make up such a thing. But if he made it up via discussions with students who were involved (who are now probably in college or college bound) or when debriefing with one of his APs or counselors, then yep, he should face consequences.

From news reports, witnesses (students) were asked to write down statements about what happened. Some of them were factually wrong (which happens and is normal for witnesses). Instead of personally interviewing witnesses, he relied on their incorrect statements to write this letter with Central Office. He did not interview the accused teacher, who was not given any opportunity to explain himself. I think failure to gather first-hand accounts from everyone is the real mistake here. Central Office wasn't there, and could only rely on what the school provided. Did Central Office tell him not to engage directly? Why didn't anyone think to ask the teacher for their side of the story? I don't know. Later it transpired in court that other students in the room could corroborate the teacher's statements. I think MCPS as a whole is responsible, and Mooney personally deserves his demotion because he did not conduct an investigation with the proper thoroughness. I am glad that the poor teacher got some measure of reparation.

My kids have attended 2 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 2 high schools in MCPS. The best Principals were the ones who took decisive actions by themselves, were smart enough for those decisions to be the correct ones, and squared it with Central Office with the requisite paperwork, diplomacy and some sleight of hand - I was on the PTA board of a school where it seemed the Principal and staff worked together to do their best for students even if it meant not doing everything by the book vis-a-vis Central. If you're a Principal who is dumb enough to be spoon fed directions by Central Office, who isn't on the ground and can't read everyone's minds, then obviously mistakes will be made.

+1. Central staff should be required to go into each school for full school days at a time multiple times throughout the school year.