MCPS Guidance Counselor Arrested for 2 Sexual Assaults (not of students)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every MCPS employee is fingerprinted and has a state and FBI background check done. So whoever keeps asking about checking MCPS employees, the answer is yes they do, every teacher, sub, para, itinerant, temporary, counselor, Principal, asst Principal, ASA, Secretary, et,. Everyone. What shows up is anything you've been convicted of, and going forward anything you are convicted of (once an employer does the FBI check, the FBI notifies the employer IF something comes up in the future). Can it predict what someone *might* do in the future if their background check comes up clean? No. But if someone figures out how to predict the future that accurately please let me know, because I would like to ask you about some lottery numbers....

What you are describing is a criminal history check. Not a background check. NO MCPS employees undergo a background check. All a criminal history check does is reveal if the candidate has ever been arrested before. (some counties do not contribute to the FBI database so even that is not 100% reliable). After that the employee is on his own. Unless the employee makes it known that he has been arrested the school system will never know.

They hired a guy with a drunk driving arrest to be a guidance counselor and he ends up getting arrested. Predictable.

[Anonymous]

Best and the brightest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/counselor-at-md-high-school-arrested-for-sex-offenses-with-women-he-met-on-tinder/2017/10/19/3d723422-b4f2-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.21c30450e851#comments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every MCPS employee is fingerprinted and has a state and FBI background check done. So whoever keeps asking about checking MCPS employees, the answer is yes they do, every teacher, sub, para, itinerant, temporary, counselor, Principal, asst Principal, ASA, Secretary, et,. Everyone. What shows up is anything you've been convicted of, and going forward anything you are convicted of (once an employer does the FBI check, the FBI notifies the employer IF something comes up in the future). Can it predict what someone *might* do in the future if their background check comes up clean? No. But if someone figures out how to predict the future that accurately please let me know, because I would like to ask you about some lottery numbers....

What you are describing is a criminal history check. Not a background check. NO MCPS employees undergo a background check. All a criminal history check does is reveal if the candidate has ever been arrested before. (some counties do not contribute to the FBI database so even that is not 100% reliable). After that the employee is on his own. Unless the employee makes it known that he has been arrested the school system will never know.

Being arrested without being convicted should not be counted, or at the least, it should depend on what the arrest was for. You can be arrested for murder but still be innocent of the charges. Should that person not be hired even though he was innocent? You are saying that an arrest = guilt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every MCPS employee is fingerprinted and has a state and FBI background check done. So whoever keeps asking about checking MCPS employees, the answer is yes they do, every teacher, sub, para, itinerant, temporary, counselor, Principal, asst Principal, ASA, Secretary, et,. Everyone. What shows up is anything you've been convicted of, and going forward anything you are convicted of (once an employer does the FBI check, the FBI notifies the employer IF something comes up in the future). Can it predict what someone *might* do in the future if their background check comes up clean? No. But if someone figures out how to predict the future that accurately please let me know, because I would like to ask you about some lottery numbers....

What you are describing is a criminal history check. Not a background check. NO MCPS employees undergo a background check. All a criminal history check does is reveal if the candidate has ever been arrested before. (some counties do not contribute to the FBI database so even that is not 100% reliable). After that the employee is on his own. Unless the employee makes it known that he has been arrested the school system will never know.

When I worked for the county they did a criminal check when hired but never did regular ones. They need to do them every two years. They should also do a background check for all county and school employees. I knew several co-workers, one charged DV, one charged with child abuse, all working with kids and families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every MCPS employee is fingerprinted and has a state and FBI background check done. So whoever keeps asking about checking MCPS employees, the answer is yes they do, every teacher, sub, para, itinerant, temporary, counselor, Principal, asst Principal, ASA, Secretary, et,. Everyone. What shows up is anything you've been convicted of, and going forward anything you are convicted of (once an employer does the FBI check, the FBI notifies the employer IF something comes up in the future). Can it predict what someone *might* do in the future if their background check comes up clean? No. But if someone figures out how to predict the future that accurately please let me know, because I would like to ask you about some lottery numbers....

What you are describing is a criminal history check. Not a background check. NO MCPS employees undergo a background check. All a criminal history check does is reveal if the candidate has ever been arrested before. (some counties do not contribute to the FBI database so even that is not 100% reliable). After that the employee is on his own. Unless the employee makes it known that he has been arrested the school system will never know.

When I worked for the county they did a criminal check when hired but never did regular ones. They need to do them every two years. They should also do a background check for all county and school employees. I knew several co-workers, one charged DV, one charged with child abuse, all working with kids and families.

In MCPS you have to self-report an arrest even if you haven’t been convicted. There a many teachers who have DUIs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In MD, his only priors are a DUI from 2007 and a urinating in public from 2008.

Please tell me where you got this information. I am an Einstein parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In MD, his only priors are a DUI from 2007 and a urinating in public from 2008.

Please tell me where you got this information. I am an Einstein parent.

Probably from Maryland Case Search. Its free online if you google it. It gives you all the public court records. DC and VA have some too.

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch//processDisclaimer.jis

[Anonymous]

public urination:

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inquiryByCaseNum.jis

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:public urination:

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inquiryByCaseNum.jis

Sorry, it didn't come through, but it's there if one types in the name.

[Anonymous]

MCPS UNAWARE OF INVESTIGATION PRIOR TO HS COUNSELOR’S ARREST FOR SEX CRIMES

http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/local/item/5954-mcps-unaware-of-investigation-prior-to-hs-counselor-s-arrest-for-sex-crimes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:public urination:

http://casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inquiryByCaseNum.jis

Sorry, it didn't come through, but it's there if one types in the name.

He also peed on one of his victims as part of the assault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS UNAWARE OF INVESTIGATION PRIOR TO HS COUNSELOR’S ARREST FOR SEX CRIMES

http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/local/item/5954-mcps-unaware-of-investigation-prior-to-hs-counselor-s-arrest-for-sex-crimes

This article seems to be the most informative. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Even if Mr. Black is not convicted, who is going to want him to be their child's guidance counselor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if Mr. Black is not convicted, who is going to want him to be their child's guidance counselor?

MCPS!