
The facts are, that Beidleman's bad behavior was complained about and under investigation while Monifa was DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, ACTING SUPERINTENDENT and SUPERINTENDENT. She was in the line of fire for a good chunk of this. Furthermore, she specifically promoted him under her tenure as Superintendent this year. She is not absolved or cleared of any wrongdoing. Why do you keep lying about this blatantly, even though multiple posters have corrected you and your ilk on this repeatedly? The lies will not win. Monifa is not blameless. She's either been complicit or completely ignorant of what is going on under her watch. Neither looks good on her as a leader of MCPS. |
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True but why let facts stand in the way of a good narrative? |
A fact is something true. The statement "these incidents happened before she was super" is a bald-faced lie. |
I have no idea what is going through the mind of the "she wasn't in charge" person, who I actually think is different from "Leave Joel Alone!" person but here's a timeline.
Even if we leave aside her as term Director for Secondary Leadership Development Programs, Dr. McKnight returned to MCPS as a Deputy Superintendent in summer 2019. From 2019 - 2023, Central Office staff confirmed they heard rumors and stories of Beidelman's behavior In June 2021, she became Acting Superintendent. The following events all happened after[/i] that time: Fall 2021: At least one teacher reports Beidelmen to Safe Schools Maryland May 2022, the union informed the district of “egregious reports” of sexual harassment at Farquhar. Spring 2022: At least one more teacher reports Beidelman to Safe Schools Maryland February 2023, the social studies teacher targeted by Beidelman for sexual harassment files an official complaint with more than 20 documented instances of abuse and harassment. March 2023, workplace bullying case is filed, including clear allegations of retaliation Spring 2023: Central Office had access to school wellness survey results showing FMS had the second-lowest results of any MS in MCPS July 2023: Dr. McKnight personally approves the promotion to principal of PBHS August 2023: Washington Post story breaks and Beidelman is put on leave October 2023: Khalid Walker, who closed/refused to investigate several cases against Beidelman, is given a 12K raise and a promotion October 2023: Washington Post asks about the promotion, Walker is reassigned again at his previous salary ($132K) to work on "special projects" in the HR division Taken together, it's pretty clear that something rotten in MCPS and it has been rotten before McKnight came to the scene but also while she was in senior leadership positions including Acting and then permanent Superintendent. She did not "clean up" the mess. Rather, she promoted a serial sexual harasser and then promoted the guy who protected him. Literally the only reason we know about any of this is because of the Washington Post, not McKnight and certainly not the rest of the Central Office. |
It's truly stunning she promoted someone with such poor survey results and nobody on the BOE questioned her about this when they approved the promotion and nobody on the Council asked her about this last week. The councilmembers stuck to approved questions and half hearted demands to release the report.knowing MCPS and the BOE can just ignore those requests. There is no accountability, and there will be no accountability and I don't understand why.
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That they keep repeating, despite multiple corrections. |
NOW THESE ARE FACTS. Thank you. DCUM trolls who keep parroting that this stuff happened before her tenure, please SHUT UP and get a new talking point. |
Thank you for this. The CO troll is working extra hard this morning. |
I know people keep repeating the lies. Everyone knows she wasn't super when this all went down. They just want to find fault with McKngith regardless of the facts. |
Nah, she and many more need to lose their jobs just like they cut teachers when we don't inflate the grades or give students write ups for crime in the classroom. We teachers get fired for doing our jobs and higher ups get promoted for not doing their. That is how it works in MCPS. |
Alright, come clean now. Which corrupt person are you? Marc Elrich? Sidney Katz? Someone from from MCPS CO? |
You are really this committed to being the Scooby Doo villain of the week, huh? Quite pathetic if you ask me. |
I don't Marc Elrich is invested in covering for Monifa. This has to be a flack in CO. |
Absolutely. No one has the time and energy to troll this hard unless they are being paid to do so. |