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

[Anonymous]

Joel, don't hide behind your skin color. I work with Black male educators who live and model excellence. You made poor choices and squandered the opportunity to lead with integrity. Do better and be better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

To that end, I had read that these allegations occurred during the previous super's tenure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

None of the investigations have exonerated him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

None of the investigations have exonerated him.

That's odd I had read the first one and found no evidence of wrongdoing,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

None of the investigations have exonerated him.

That's odd I had read the first one and found no evidence of wrongdoing,

You are the one who's odd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

None of the investigations have exonerated him.

That's odd I had read the first one and found no evidence of wrongdoing,

You are the one who's odd.

Weren't you just claiming that the report that found him innocent was doctored?

[Anonymous]

Please stop engaging with the troll.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

Which report? Link it.

Or is this like the person who kept posting "Dr. McKnight wasn't even superintendent then" even though she absolutely was. Just flat-out disinformation.

If there is an exonerating report, please go ahead and share with the class.

I thought it was the first one, but they did additional investigations that reached different conclusions.

None of the investigations have exonerated him.

That's odd I had read the first one and found no evidence of wrongdoing,

Others have linked and quoted reports. So just link the "one you read." That should be easy enough.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

That would be the second report. The first report found evidence of wrongdoing. The second report was the one that was written after Joel’s friend ordered the investigator to change his findings. That was after Joel’s friend improperly leaked information about the investigation to Joel. I know there are a lot of reports to keep track of so just wanted to make sure you keep them all straight.

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Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

That would be the second report. The first report found evidence of wrongdoing. The second report was the one that was written after Joel’s friend ordered the investigator to change his findings. That was after Joel’s friend improperly leaked information about the investigation to Joel. I know there are a lot of reports to keep track of so just wanted to make sure you keep them all straight.

It seems like you have some of the facts right except about changing the findings.I haven't seen anything about that at least not anywhere credible just baseless claims from DCUM haters.

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Anonymous wrote:We can just chalk this up to admin will be admin. Wrist slap please then everyone can move on. No other action necessary. The mcps way.

Or they could launch more investigations until they get one that gives the result they want

That's exactly what the county's "independent" Office of Inspector General is known for - so I suspect that we will have multiple investigations from them all miraculously pointing to the result that they want. Just wait for it. After they released their first investigation report there all of a sudden was another report already in the works, as if the first one wasn't enough for the people who want the predetermined outcome.

This is kind of a weird response. There were always two investigations planned:

1) Did Joel Beidleman engage in bully and sexual harassment?

The report found that yes, he did. You can find the report here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGActivity/FY2024/MCPS_Beidleman.pdf

Top-line results are that he did engage in bullying, make sexually inappropriate comments to a variety of female staff, and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a direct report. That report makes it clear that he violated the Code of Conduct. I can't cut and paste, but the report is very clear that multiple people reported being sexually harassed, yelled at, intimidated, and subjected to retaliation. I'd cut and paste, but that function is turned off.

2) Did MCPS appropriately investigate and respond to reports it received regarding Beidleman leading up to the Washington Post reporting?

Given how blunt the first report was, and the documentation that appears to exist detailing the bully and harassment, I'm expecting this to be fairly scathing.

One report said this while the other one didn't. Stop cherry-picking facts and try to be objective.

Well, let's be clear:

MCPS dismissed several complaints against Beidelman, but there was never a real "investigation" before the Washington Post broke the story in August.

The first actual "investigation" was the Washington Post investigation, which found that MCPS had received 18 separate complaints about bullying and sexual harassment perpetuated by Beidelman. In total, the Washington Post interviewed 39 people who said they were subjected to harassment, bullying, or retaliation.

The second "investigation" was the Jackson Lewis investigation, which determined that an additional 7 bullying and harassment reports had been made to MCPS but MCPS had failed to log them. That brought the total to 25 official reports that had been filed against Beidelman. The Jackson Lewis summary did not comment on whether Beidelman had or had not engaged in bullying and harassment, but they did make it clear that MCPS had failed to appropriately follow up on reports made by staff. The redacted version of the Jackson Lewis report was eventually released, and made it clear that MCPS leadership had improperly altered the investigation timeline.

The third "investigation" is the OIG report, which delivered a scathing rebuke of Beidelman's conduct and stated in no understanding terms that he engaged in sexual harassment, bullying, retaliation, and made inappropriate comments to female students.

The final "investigation" is still pending, and will hopefully name names in terms of who knew about the misconduct and failed to take appropriate action.

What about the report that found no evidence of wrongdoing?

That would be the second report. The first report found evidence of wrongdoing. The second report was the one that was written after Joel’s friend ordered the investigator to change his findings. That was after Joel’s friend improperly leaked information about the investigation to Joel. I know there are a lot of reports to keep track of so just wanted to make sure you keep them all straight.

It seems like you have some of the facts right except about changing the findings.I haven't seen anything about that at least not anywhere credible just baseless claims from DCUM haters.

It was in the Jackson Lewis report. (The redacted version of the full report)

Glad to see you confirm that Joel’s friend was improperly leaking information Joel about the investigation. That was some serious wrongdoing.

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Maybe these people wanted the attention from Joel and he wouldn’t give it to them. Y’all are some sickos. Let the county do their job and shut up. What goes around comes around so wishing bad on people is not your job unless you want to feel that karma come back on you.