MOCO BOE update: Beidleman Report summary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:this will be dragged on and on. who does the super report to? who oversees schools at the state level? they need to clean up shop at so many levels.

The super reports to the BOE. The state superintendent (who's been having his own problems lately) and state BOE oversee at the state level.

And now he's outta there:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/15/maryland-mohammed-choudhury-school-superintendent/

Wow! Good on Gov. Moore and the state on pushing him out.

I wonder what that means for Monifa.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb question, but jsut to prove this isnt an after-the-fact, CYA attempt from the MCEA, do they have the supposed sent emails?

They need to release them (redacted to protect members and others). Nowhere does the Jackson Lewis report say the superintendent’s or BOE’s emails were among the 30,000 documents.

It’s really not about the emails though. If neither the superintendent nor the board knew, they should have known.

It says: "After searching the MCPS servers and interviewing several witnesses, Jackson Lewis found that neither the Superintendent nor the Board received an alleged May 3, 2022 anonymous email and a May 9, 2022 email from an MCEA representative containing anonymous allegations."

I'll be interested to see if MCEA can turn up a sent version of this. If they can't or won't, it will be a major black eye for them as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question, but jsut to prove this isnt an after-the-fact, CYA attempt from the MCEA, do they have the supposed sent emails?

They need to release them (redacted to protect members and others). Nowhere does the Jackson Lewis report say the superintendent’s or BOE’s emails were among the 30,000 documents.

It’s really not about the emails though. If neither the superintendent nor the board knew, they should have known.

It says: "After searching the MCPS servers and interviewing several witnesses, Jackson Lewis found that neither the Superintendent nor the Board received an alleged May 3, 2022 anonymous email and a May 9, 2022 email from an MCEA representative containing anonymous allegations."

Where does that specify that Jackson Lewis had access to or searched the emails accounts of McKnight or the BOE members? Remember this is a report prepared by their defense lawyer. MCPS could have scoped those email accounts out of the search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question, but jsut to prove this isnt an after-the-fact, CYA attempt from the MCEA, do they have the supposed sent emails?

They need to release them (redacted to protect members and others). Nowhere does the Jackson Lewis report say the superintendent’s or BOE’s emails were among the 30,000 documents.

It’s really not about the emails though. If neither the superintendent nor the board knew, they should have known.

It says: "After searching the MCPS servers and interviewing several witnesses, Jackson Lewis found that neither the Superintendent nor the Board received an alleged May 3, 2022 anonymous email and a May 9, 2022 email from an MCEA representative containing anonymous allegations."

I'll be interested to see if MCEA can turn up a sent version of this. If they can't or won't, it will be a major black eye for them as well.

I don't know what the MCEA is waiting on if they have that sent email.

That should've been the first thing they sent out in response to this report from Jackson Lewis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question, but jsut to prove this isnt an after-the-fact, CYA attempt from the MCEA, do they have the supposed sent emails?

They need to release them (redacted to protect members and others). Nowhere does the Jackson Lewis report say the superintendent’s or BOE’s emails were among the 30,000 documents.

It’s really not about the emails though. If neither the superintendent nor the board knew, they should have known.

It says: "After searching the MCPS servers and interviewing several witnesses, Jackson Lewis found that neither the Superintendent nor the Board received an alleged May 3, 2022 anonymous email and a May 9, 2022 email from an MCEA representative containing anonymous allegations."

Where does that specify that Jackson Lewis had access to or searched the emails accounts of McKnight or the BOE members? Remember this is a report prepared by their defense lawyer. MCPS could have scoped those email accounts out of the search.

There would be no way for them to say that the Super or the BOE DID NOT receive an email if those email accounts were scoped out of the search.

I'm not saying that Jackson Lewis isn't in the business of making the BOE or Monifa look good, but they pretty clearly state that they did not find evidence of those emails to Monifa or the Board, after searching through MCPS servers. That's very clear.

[Anonymous]

MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

Got it.

Well, MCEA has the trump card then, cause they should have a copy of the sent email.

[Anonymous]

Again, as to my original "dumb question", if the MCEA sent the email, than they would at least have an authenticated, time stamped "SENT".

That would call out MCPS for saying they never received it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

That makes no sense. What is your source for this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

That makes no sense. What is your source for this?

It is true but I would venture to guess somewhere on some server there are backups.

[Anonymous]

Em Espey's latest article, with links to the addendum letter hiring Jackson Lewis, and the statement from MCEA:

https://moco360.media/2023/09/15/beidleman-report-shows-significant-and-troubling-failures-by-top-mcps-officials/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dumb question, but jsut to prove this isnt an after-the-fact, CYA attempt from the MCEA, do they have the supposed sent emails?

They need to release them (redacted to protect members and others). Nowhere does the Jackson Lewis report say the superintendent’s or BOE’s emails were among the 30,000 documents.

It’s really not about the emails though. If neither the superintendent nor the board knew, they should have known.

It says: "After searching the MCPS servers and interviewing several witnesses, Jackson Lewis found that neither the Superintendent nor the Board received an alleged May 3, 2022 anonymous email and a May 9, 2022 email from an MCEA representative containing anonymous allegations."

Where does that specify that Jackson Lewis had access to or searched the emails accounts of McKnight or the BOE members? Remember this is a report prepared by their defense lawyer. MCPS could have scoped those email accounts out of the search.

There would be no way for them to say that the Super or the BOE DID NOT receive an email if those email accounts were scoped out of the search.

I'm not saying that Jackson Lewis isn't in the business of making the BOE or Monifa look good, but they pretty clearly state that they did not find evidence of those emails to Monifa or the Board, after searching through MCPS servers. That's very clear.

They could have just looked at emails sent from other MCPS accounts (like the general superintendent mailbox) to her personal account on the MCPS email server but not searched her own account. In that case, if MCEA emailed her personal MCPS account directly, the message wouldn’t have come up in the search. Same with the board members.

Saying you didn’t find evidence is different from saying you searched her account. In fact saying you didn’t find evidence without explaining how you searched is totally meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

For the person defending Jackson Lewis, an honest firm would have noted the timeframe its email search covered instead of just presenting a lack of evidence as exculpatory information.

[Anonymous]

We don't know what level of detail is in the full report sent to the IGs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS only retains email for a year. If MCEA sent something in May of 2022, it most likely was no longer accessible on the servers.

For the person defending Jackson Lewis, an honest firm would have noted the timeframe its email search covered instead of just presenting a lack of evidence as exculpatory information.

I am not the one defending the firm, but I didn't interpret the statement as "exculpatory" - just that they didn't find the emails.

That said, a reputable defense firm would advise its client to retain all documents, including emails, relevant to pending investigations, given the inevitable litigation.