Washington Post article about Former Farquhar Administrator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There should be a process where every complaint gets an outside investigation. This scenario plays out over and over again till a news agency like the Washington Post shines light on the coverup.

This one employee is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many others that were reported but MCPS swept the complaints under the rug. Sometimes the victim was a staff member. Sometimes it was a student. The end result of an internal MCPS investigation is a finding that the complaints are unsubstantiated and victims are severely retaliated.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I'll play: is it B-CC? Even though it doesn't have a W...

It's not. And at the end of the day, you still read it because you commented it. And how is that shallow "I ain't reading all that" bs moving the conversation forward?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

Top of her class at Yale and has written for half a dozen publications at the very top of American journalism, and she's not legit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

Top of her class at Yale and has written for half a dozen publications at the very top of American journalism, and she's not legit?

Saying the email address is not really Robbins email address (not that she is not legit )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

Top of her class at Yale and has written for half a dozen publications at the very top of American journalism, and she's not legit?

Saying the email address is not really Robbins email address (not that she is not legit )

Again, this takes away from the main purpose of the thread. Make another one discussing all of that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There should be a process where every complaint gets an outside investigation. This scenario plays out over and over again till a news agency like the Washington Post shines light on the coverup.

This one employee is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many others that were reported but MCPS swept the complaints under the rug. Sometimes the victim was a staff member. Sometimes it was a student. The end result of an internal MCPS investigation is a finding that the complaints are unsubstantiated and victims are severely retaliated.

+1

+1000

Mcps cannot be trusted to handle their own affairs or keep their employees safe. Something needs to change. Hopefully boe members and council members are reading this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

Top of her class at Yale and has written for half a dozen publications at the very top of American journalism, and she's not legit?

Saying the email address is not really Robbins email address (not that she is not legit )

Again, this takes away from the main purpose of the thread. Make another one discussing all of that


I can see why someone would be hesitant to email a non verified email address with personal stories but Alexandra Robbins posted the same email on FB today. It’s her email account (mcps teacher here )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

Top of her class at Yale and has written for half a dozen publications at the very top of American journalism, and she's not legit?

Saying the email address is not really Robbins email address (not that she is not legit )

Proton has free email addresses that don't use your ip and are untraceable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bullying and retaliation behaviors were not limited to just sexual harassment. He was toxic across all gender and race lines.

So glad I didn’t get a teaching position there. He gave me some weird vibes just in passing. Just the way some one judges you and immediately dismisses you based on appearance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[quote/] "My former principal brought vodka to school and was just as vindictive as this guy. Just as many complaints. He is going to be admin at a different school now. We are scared of retaliation so in same position.

Hi, Alexandra Robbins here. If any of you on this thread would like to share your experiences with admin or central office for a potential future article, please feel free to email me at [e-mail]

Even if an anonymous email is sent, people can track the IP address and names can still be gathered from the information indirectly. I'll share my story here. I'm a former MCPS student who went to an East County school from K-8, and a W school from 9-12 (parents got a promotion so we moved).

My first month of freshman year, I was elected to a student council leadership position, and a couple of people decided it was OK to call me (a non-White but straight male) a "monkey" in a group chat one weekend. Someone sent it over to me. Needless to say, I had prepared to non-violently but firmly & loudly confront the two individuals. It's not my fault that I simply wanted belonging in a new environment and wanted to hone/share my talents. So, I confronted them the minute I got to school that Monday, and, of course, it was a whole scene where people were confused and "calling me angry", which feeds into long-standing stereotypes. The AP of my grade (who was a Black man) chastises me for being angry at them, even when I was literally attacked. He promises to do an investigation and loop me in, but he never speaks to the 2 perpetrators. Instead, he thinks it's a good decision to say "turn the other cheek" and play kumbaya. He was also the sponsor for the Minority Scholars Program at my school, which I also belonged to, and we worked together on student council stuff. So for all 4 years, I had to deal with his indignant, passive aggressive, quick to blame, snarky attitude -- all because he wanted to look good for our new principal and not ruffle any feathers. He became an AP at another school and pushed out of the county because he was also creepy in his mannerisms. Nobody liked him, but hey, MCAAP is a powerful union and almost every school needs a token POC administrator. He was totally ineffective otherwise. Did I probably have the ability to handle it better? Yes, but it was warranted as I stand by the substance behind it. In my time of need and in the face of blatant racism, a culture of looking the other way reared its head, and to this day, I have been scared to speak about things. This long, drawn out process has also driven me to constant depression, anxiety, binge eating, etc. and I am always reminded of it.

Then, at the same school, there was a Pre-Calculus teacher who was older and very racist. Everyone reported her form every background. She would barely help the Black kids or be very short with them. One time, I had a personal issue and tried to go to her with some homework I had made up. Keep in mind that math is not my strength due to ADHD - I'm more of a humanities person, especially English and History. It's bad enough that I hate math and only took that class because it was part of the math pathway for college. When I try to see her at the end of the day, she literally barks at me "I'm tired of grading" and shoos me out of there. I reported her to my AP and counselor, but because it's very hard to find a pre-calc teacher, she knew she was protected. "Oh, I'm conservative, people of color should work for what they want" OK, with your wrinkly ass. You know nothing about me. I used to be proud of MCPS, but we are absolutely slipping as a system because of good old boy behavior, tenure rules, half-assed processes, etc.

I ain’t reading all that. I’m happy for you, or sorry that happened to you

I hope nobody actually emails this fake troll gmail account. Pretty sure robbins would have a post email

She doesn’t work at the post. She is an author who submitted an article that the post fact checked and ran.

[Anonymous]

Robbins is not a Post employee. She's a freelancer. She co-wrote the article with a Post writer. The email is legit.

[Anonymous]

A comment on a YouTube video of JB:

“I can’t believe this man was once my principal, and now knowing the things he did while I was a student at his school leaves me horrified…”

I would love to hear more what current and former students have to say. Good that they recognize what he did was indeed horrifying.

[Anonymous]

Has McKnight made a statement at all
about the article?

[Anonymous]

They are not going to recruit many teachers when they are constantly harassing them to fudge the numbers then threatening their careers.