MCPS Whistleblower Details Lies, Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Case

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

Robbins isn't on staff at the WaPo, so I think this is normal.

But she had been freelancing for the Post for the previous series of articles. I wonder if this has to do with the many recent staff departures at the Post; maybe an editor she had been working with is no longer on staff there.

Or, more likely, she pitched it and was told by an editor it was too thin. It's only a court filing. People make all kinds of outlandish allegations in court filings. It doesn't make them fact or true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

Oh my God, I just read the article. I am floored. I hope Walker sues. Just unbelievable that this was allowed to happen. Where was the voice of reason and the leadership to say, this has got to freaking stop. Was it really worth all this just to protect Beidleman?

+1. I just don't get it. Why were these people so set on protecting him?

Walker recalled protesting, “This isn’t the right thing to do—I really think this is sexual harassment” and Simmons replying, “If we find sexual harassment, we have to fire him”

Well yeah! That's what you should have done, Michaele!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ever since McKnight came in there has been disfunction. Her comments never clarify anything.

I know a lot this predates her leadership but she has been in central office a long time before her current appointment. She has been able to make change but hasn’t.

The longer this goes on the weaker it makes her look. Fire the damn guy.

+1 Look, I wanted to see McKnight succeed for a number of reasons, but it is clear that she's just not a good fit. She lacks the vision that it would take to make a plan and see it through, and she has consistently obfuscated and engaged in PR-speak when clear answered were needed.

Here's the deal - Dr. McKnight is a long-time MCPS administrator, assistant superintendent, acting superintendent, and superintendent. If she were going to clean house, she would have done so already. This was her shot at "the big job" and she took it, and she failed. Okay, time to move on. Pretending that she's some smol bean who had no idea what was going on and no power to change things is an insult to MCPS staff and parents, and ultimately to her.

Agreed. She's obviously in over her head and trying to just lay low until this passes over. It's getting obvious that almost everyone in her cabinet will be implicated, and at some point, the QB has to take the blame - not just the rest of the offense. You cannot pick someone who only has 7 years of classroom experience/5 in MCPS (1999-2006 & 2001-2006 respectively), 5 years of experience as a principal at one of the smallest middle schools in the district (most Supers have worked in a HS), and only 5 years of central office experience (2 of which were Leadership Development and 1 of which was a BS C-Suite role in Howard County).

Side note: this situation shows that if you ever have a complaint about illegal activity with your company, you should ALWAYS consult a lawyer first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ever since McKnight came in there has been disfunction. Her comments never clarify anything.

I know a lot this predates her leadership but she has been in central office a long time before her current appointment. She has been able to make change but hasn’t.

The longer this goes on the weaker it makes her look. Fire the damn guy.

+1 Look, I wanted to see McKnight succeed for a number of reasons, but it is clear that she's just not a good fit. She lacks the vision that it would take to make a plan and see it through, and she has consistently obfuscated and engaged in PR-speak when clear answered were needed.

Here's the deal - Dr. McKnight is a long-time MCPS administrator, assistant superintendent, acting superintendent, and superintendent. If she were going to clean house, she would have done so already. This was her shot at "the big job" and she took it, and she failed. Okay, time to move on. Pretending that she's some smol bean who had no idea what was going on and no power to change things is an insult to MCPS staff and parents, and ultimately to her.

Agreed. She's obviously in over her head and trying to just lay low until this passes over. It's getting obvious that almost everyone in her cabinet will be implicated, and at some point, the QB has to take the blame - not just the rest of the offense. You cannot pick someone who only has 7 years of classroom experience/5 in MCPS (1999-2006 & 2001-2006 respectively), 5 years of experience as a principal at one of the smallest middle schools in the district (most Supers have worked in a HS), and only 5 years of central office experience (2 of which were Leadership Development and 1 of which was a BS C-Suite role in Howard County).

Side note: this situation shows that if you ever have a complaint about illegal activity with your company, you should ALWAYS consult a lawyer first.

+1. I'll add that one should always act with integrity. If it doesn't bite you now, it'll bite you when you least expect it later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

Why just Brian Hull and not Monifa McKnight?

And Key too.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Can someone get fires please!!! As an MCPS employee, we are so incompetent! Especially at Central Office. I would say Walker goes as well since he did change his report instead of doing the right thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

Why just Brian Hull and not Monifa McKnight?

And Key too.

Yes, Key too. Completely toxic and petty. Not the tone you need from an HR director. My favorite nugget was when the investigator asked her for the MCPS policy that requires him to turn in his computer while he’s on leave (hint: there is none) and she actually responded by citing to a policy that’s about desks and chairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Can someone get fires please!!! As an MCPS employee, we are so incompetent! Especially at Central Office. I would say Walker goes as well since he did change his report instead of doing the right thing.

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If Walker’s timeline of events after he changed the report are correct, then it’s clearly retaliation. But I think he has some culpability too. Why did he agree to change the report? Why did he sign a letter he didn’t agree with? There’s more to this part of the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Can someone get fires please!!! As an MCPS employee, we are so incompetent! Especially at Central Office. I would say Walker goes as well since he did change his report instead of doing the right thing.

+1
If Walker’s timeline of events after he changed the report are correct, then it’s clearly retaliation. But I think he has some culpability too. Why did he agree to change the report? Why did he sign a letter he didn’t agree with? There’s more to this part of the story.

Who knows? Maybe it was weakness because he was having a baby and didn't want to jeopardize his job? Regardless, glad he's speaking up now. It's more than anyone else is doing.

[Anonymous]

Robbins writing this story for moco360 instead of the post is almost certainly because of the turmoil at the Post. This article is well written and well sourced. Hopefully it gets picked up elsewhere- she has done yeoman work on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

why not monifa too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

why not monifa too?

McKnight*. I haven't seen any evidence she knew what was going on. In a huge school district like MCPS, I would see how she's out of touch with things like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was very good work done by Alexandra Robbins. Interestingly she did it with MoCo 360 and not the WaPo. I wonder why that's the case?

Either way, I believe every word Khalid Walker says and I knew they were scapegoating him. Good for him for fighting back. Brian Hull has got to go.

why not monifa too?

McKnight*. I haven't seen any evidence she knew what was going on. In a huge school district like MCPS, I would see how she's out of touch with things like this.

What is your relationship to Dr. McKnight that you have an excuse for every mistake she makes? I’m intrigued.

[Anonymous]

Either McKnight knew and is involve or didn’t know and is a fool. Either way is worse than the other

[Anonymous]

^^ McKnight needs to go