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MOCO BOE update: Beidleman Report summary
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Anonymous
Yes, they aren't even focused on Biedleman. Their goal is to discredit McKngiht so nothing else matters including the truth. |
Anonymous
Yeah it's so silly to care about whether MCPS leadership is willing to place staff and student safety first. Like, I am sure Biedleman is just a bad apple and the 18 complaints against him were all BS and there can't possibly be any others like him in the system that are still being protected. |
Anonymous
| A different example but as a MCPS teacher I appealed a student special education decision. I don't know how often staff does that, but I was appalled that my student had been unfairly denied services and I had the child's parents' blessing to appeal. The MCPS lawyer denied my appeal with no reason given. That decision was turned around so quickly I can't imagine they took it seriously, but there wasn't really anything else I could do at that point as neither the parents nor I had money to throw at an outside attorney. I believe MCPS makes the most expedient and least expensive decision every time, even if that means ignoring evidence or failing to do more than a cursory investigation. Just my two cents. |
Anonymous
Folks are focused on both, but there is some indication Beidelman will be held accountable for his actions. However, there's no indication that the systemic issues that allowed his abuse to flourish and in fact intensify over recent years has been addressed. There will always be abusive sexually aggressive men in leadership. The question is whether the system identifies and removes them, or whether the system protects them. In this case, MCPS under Dr. McKnight protected and promoted such an individual, hence the focus on her and the system she leads. |
Anonymous
I know if they were really concerned about MCPS safety this conversation would be about Beadleman but instead they're fixed on McKnight largely because they can't stand that an AA woman is running the schools. |
Anonymous
+1 million & thanks to the teacher who tried (& failed) to appeal the special education decision for your student who was denied services. Former public school teacher, union supporter, MCPS parent, and FULLY upset community member. Not buying the troll saying folks are just attacking McKnight because of her race. This timeline clearly implicates her lack of leadership in this matter. Honestly, the last straw for me is Walker's promotion (?!?) which was scrapped only because, once again, the WaPo uncovered it. Who would have thought local journalists would shine such a spotlight? Still so grateful for their reporting, without which, MCPS would have done nothing to address any of these issues. |
Anonymous
| PP, Black, White and posters of other racial backgrounds have all posted here to share that they're upset and disappointed with the state of things in MCPS and with Dr. McKnight's leadership. Yeah there probably are some racists out there who don't like Dr McKnight just because she's Black, but I think the vast majority of posters on here want better leadership, period and don't care about their race. |
Anonymous
Of course. Which is the sane thing to do. But the pro-MCPS posters who keep repeating ridiculous talking points that are verifiably untrue do not care about facts or the truth. They have an agenda. I just don't know why they think posting that crap anonymously on DCUM is doing anything, especially since we keep calling them out and refuting their lies. |
Anonymous
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None of this will keep pro-MCPS posters from using the race card or Dr. Mcknight from bringing the Black pastors to future hearings to show that they support her. She did the same thing when the unions voted no confidence as she was interviewing for the job - got the Black pastors to send a letter of support that basically said anyone who criticized her was doing it because of race.
It was a cynical and calculated move and had it not happened, maybe we would have had a different superintendent who actually reformed the culture at Central Office. |
Anonymous
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The biggest takeaway for me after all this...
For once this is not going away. The Post has done Yeoman reporting. Even when they tried to shuffle Walker to a few positions, they were all over it. If MCPS, the BOE, and Council think this one will just blow over- for once it will not. |
Anonymous
Agree there are a dozen people between McKnight and Biedleman who would've reviewed and recommended his promotion. McKnight is just going on what she's been told by those who are familiar with and responsible for these decisions, but of course, we want to blame her regardless of the reality. I also find it odd this thread focuses on the super from years after Biedleman harassed all these people. |
Anonymous
How is this any different from the CEOs of companies who get held responsible for the poor performance of her hires and direct reports? We have always said either Monifa was in cahoots with the cover up or she was such a poor leader that she allowed it to happen under her watch due to poor management. It sounds like you think this was a case of poor management, but the superintendent of a school is still responsible for the people who report to her if they fail to do their job. That's what comes with the territory of any leadership position. The fact that you can't seem to grasp that is mind boggling. |
Anonymous
| What is the point of the Superintendent approving promotions if she won't so much as ask about school climate survey results? I find it implausible she didn't know what was going on. She obviously knew about the complaints and was aware he was being moved to placate the Faruquar staff. A promotion of a principal is not some little administrative task. |
Anonymous
Especially since she literally reserves the right to veto the person. We went through the principal selection process and the candidate we all picked was punted back by Monifa and we had to come back for a second round of candidates and interviews. At least, that's what we were told. |
Anonymous