Should MCPS loose funding for failure to protect children from sexual abuse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maryland should be proactive and deeply investigate MCPS. Governor Hogan wanted funding for an investigator to look into complaints and issues so they can be fixed and the responsible employees fired and if necessary, criminally prosecuted. I would hope he will ask again in January. Vote for candidates in November that vocally support the Governor on this issue.

What falsehood. Hogan is no friend of public school system. He is in the pockets of business interests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MCPS is doing a great job of being more transparent about these abuses in recent years and I am grateful for that. I would rather hear the bad news and be vigilant than hide my head in the sand and pretend that everything is fine like it happened in the past.

Nothing could be further from the truth. They fooled you. Score another one for the Board of Education's PR campaign.

This +100

PP, do you really think MCPS is being transparent? Ask someone at the MC Police Department what thy think of MCPS’ recent record. You would be horrified.

MCPS does not do nearly enough to ensure children’s safety. It is an entire culture of sheltering child abusers that has not improved in the slightest over the past 5 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MCPS is doing a great job of being more transparent about these abuses in recent years and I am grateful for that. I would rather hear the bad news and be vigilant than hide my head in the sand and pretend that everything is fine like it happened in the past.

Nothing could be further from the truth. They fooled you. Score another one for the Board of Education's PR campaign.

This +100

PP, do you really think MCPS is being transparent? Ask someone at the MC Police Department what thy think of MCPS’ recent record. You would be horrified.

MCPS does not do nearly enough to ensure children’s safety. It is an entire culture of sheltering child abusers that has not improved in the slightest over the past 5 years.

+1000 Ask Child Protective Services and the Montgomery County Police Department how many times MCPS employees fail to immediately report suspected child abuse and neglect. Also ask how many times they find victims that MCPS had interviewed prior to CPS/SVI doing a forensic interview.

[Anonymous]

Contact the following person if you have specific information regarding MCPS failure to protect children. If Maryland can help MCPS fix the problem, Federal funds won't be in jeopardy.

Valerie Radomsky
Director
Office of Education Accountability
[e-mail]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Contact the following person if you have specific information regarding MCPS failure to protect children. If Maryland can help MCPS fix the problem, Federal funds won't be in jeopardy.

Valerie Radomsky
Director
Office of Education Accountability
[e-mail]

Unfortunately, this is the problem. Contacting someone INSIDE MCPS doesn’t seem to help. It’s a culture of sheltering abusers.

Honestly, I would recommend also going to the Police Department at the same time if you have any specific information. It is not in MCPS’ best interest to report and investigate incidents throroughly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Contact the following person if you have specific information regarding MCPS failure to protect children. If Maryland can help MCPS fix the problem, Federal funds won't be in jeopardy.

Valerie Radomsky
Director
Office of Education Accountability
[e-mail]

Unfortunately, this is the problem. Contacting someone INSIDE MCPS doesn’t seem to help. It’s a culture of sheltering abusers.

Honestly, I would recommend also going to the Police Department at the same time if you have any specific information. It is not in MCPS’ best interest to report and investigate incidents throroughly.

She’s not in MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Contact the following person if you have specific information regarding MCPS failure to protect children. If Maryland can help MCPS fix the problem, Federal funds won't be in jeopardy.

Valerie Radomsky
Director
Office of Education Accountability
[e-mail]

Unfortunately, this is the problem. Contacting someone INSIDE MCPS doesn’t seem to help. It’s a culture of sheltering abusers.

Honestly, I would recommend also going to the Police Department at the same time if you have any specific information. It is not in MCPS’ best interest to report and investigate incidents throroughly.

To report child abuse and neglect, your first contact should always be calling Child Welfare Services and the police. Keep calling till someone contacts you back.

To report problems of MCPS failing to protect children, please contact the Office of Educational Accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does losing funding help MCPS stop this OP? If they lose funding what will they cut? Background checks on employees? Maybe Chicago has two arrests per month because they have more abusers on their payroll? Their school system is larger than our's, so it makes sense that they have a higher number of abusers in their system.

This.

MCPS will be unable to pay teachers who don’t have shady pasts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MCPS is doing a great job of being more transparent about these abuses in recent years and I am grateful for that. I would rather hear the bad news and be vigilant than hide my head in the sand and pretend that everything is fine like it happened in the past.

Nothing could be further from the truth. They fooled you. Score another one for the Board of Education's PR campaign.

This +100

PP, do you really think MCPS is being transparent? Ask someone at the MC Police Department what thy think of MCPS’ recent record. You would be horrified.

MCPS does not do nearly enough to ensure children’s safety. It is an entire culture of sheltering child abusers that has not improved in the slightest over the past 5 years.

+1000 Ask Child Protective Services and the Montgomery County Police Department how many times MCPS employees fail to immediately report suspected child abuse and neglect. Also ask how many times they find victims that MCPS had interviewed prior to CPS/SVI doing a forensic interview.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chicago Public Schools is loosing millions of dollars of Federal funding because of failure to protect children from sexual abuse.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/28/652802708/chicago-schools-lose-millions-for-allegedly-not-shielding-students-from-sexual-a?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

With almost two employees arrested per month, MCPS isn't being proactive regarding preventing child abuse and neglect. Should the US Department of Education investigation and penalize MCPS?

Yes, when government agencies fail to do their job, their funding is eliminated and they are shut down. A new agency has to be created with new safeguards. That's how government works. (As in the takeover of PG County Public Schools.)

If the Board of Education wants to protect their positions they need to act.

[Anonymous]

An example of the lack of transparency by MCPS. No community notification of the following arrest of a MCPS employee for sexual assault.

https://wjla.com/news/local/longtime-mcps-employee-accused-of-sexual-assault-violating-protective-order

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An example of the lack of transparency by MCPS. No community notification of the following arrest of a MCPS employee for sexual assault.

https://wjla.com/news/local/longtime-mcps-employee-accused-of-sexual-assault-violating-protective-order

Were the parents at DuFief ES notified at least?

I could possibly see not sending out an MCPS-wide email, but the parents at that school cluster need to be notified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:An example of the lack of transparency by MCPS. No community notification of the following arrest of a MCPS employee for sexual assault.

https://wjla.com/news/local/longtime-mcps-employee-accused-of-sexual-assault-violating-protective-order

Maybe because “the incident occurred off-campus and did not involve students, but was rather a domestic matter”. Do you think he was abusing students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maryland should be proactive and deeply investigate MCPS. Governor Hogan wanted funding for an investigator to look into complaints and issues so they can be fixed and the responsible employees fired and if necessary, criminally prosecuted. I would hope he will ask again in January. Vote for candidates in November that vocally support the Governor on this issue.

What falsehood. Hogan is no friend of public school system. He is in the pockets of business interests.

Yes, he is. Shortening the school year because of Ocean City?
I hope he gets voted out.

[Anonymous]

No, because that hurts all students for the actions of one perpetrator.

What should happen is that higher-ups are automatically implicated if a sexual assault happens. Prison time for the hierarchy. That will put the fear of God into them and trigger some investments into closer scrutiny of past employment, functional and monitored video cameras, and a greater culture of vigilance.