MoCo OIG Blasts Taylor and MCPS for lies over backlog and non-compliance with background and CPS checks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those blaming the BOE, remember who voted them in.

Was there a choice, Silvestre?

Obviously there were choices, and people chose. Also there is always the choice that you can run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an MCPS employee. What really bothered me is that Taylor wrote us a "tongue in cheek" kind of email about the compliance training we had to do. Maybe he was trying to be funny but it really rubbed me the wrong way with all this stuff going on.

Anonymous wrote:And yet, Taylor, Jones and Moran had plenty of time to make their stupid snow day video. Priorities.

He says he has a funny side or some crap when introducing himself early on. Take your funnies and hang out with your son if you want to act that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those blaming the BOE, remember who voted them in.

Was there a choice, Silvestre?

Obviously there were choices, and people chose. Also there is always the choice that you can run.

There were no choices

[Anonymous]

All farce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All farce

What's a farce?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All farce

What's a farce?

Each and everything

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those blaming the BOE, remember who voted them in.

Was there a choice, Silvestre?

Obviously there were choices, and people chose. Also there is always the choice that you can run.

+1. So many people here constantly criticize the board and MCPS, but then when it's election time, the pickings are so slim.

[Anonymous]

Parents: contact your STATE elected Delegates and State Senators

[Anonymous]

In response to the OIG's report, MCPS repeatedly agrees with the OIG on the need for "formal processes" for a number of things.

This is the same thing that was brought up with the Beidleman scandal, that MCPS had an incredible lack of "formal processes" for things the average parent or Montgomery County would have ASSUMED were standard practices for MCPS.

Given how brutal that episode was, how was it not a mandate from the BOE and Taylor for review all critical operations, identify areas that lacked formal documentation, and close that gap?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All farce

What's a farce?

Each and everything

That's helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In response to the OIG's report, MCPS repeatedly agrees with the OIG on the need for "formal processes" for a number of things.

This is the same thing that was brought up with the Beidleman scandal, that MCPS had an incredible lack of "formal processes" for things the average parent or Montgomery County would have ASSUMED were standard practices for MCPS.

Given how brutal that episode was, how was it not a mandate from the BOE and Taylor for review all critical operations, identify areas that lacked formal documentation, and close that gap?

Cram doing damage control
Do your fckkng work, mcps, so no board has to be following up with you like you're a toddler or a teenager.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents: contact your STATE elected Delegates and State Senators

+1

Parents MUST let the state know that we want and expect them to reign MCPS in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents: contact your STATE elected Delegates and State Senators

Yep, each family who are concerned

[Anonymous]

So am I understanding correctly that the main issue here is that when MCPS started participating in the "Rap Back" system in 2019 that automatically notifies them of new criminal background check issues that come up for staff, they didn't go back and add existing employees to that system, and still haven't as of 2025? And the OIG notified Taylor of this a few months ago but he decided that since it would be expensive/inconvenient to assign a ton of CO staff to get them all entered ASAP (or hire a bunch of temps to do so), and since his predecessors since 2019 hadn't treated it with that level of urgency, he wouldn't either? And then in the last month (presumably because of the report coming out) he decided to do it after all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm an MCPS employee. What really bothered me is that Taylor wrote us a "tongue in cheek" kind of email about the compliance training we had to do. Maybe he was trying to be funny but it really rubbed me the wrong way with all this stuff going on.

Anonymous wrote:And yet, Taylor, Jones and Moran had plenty of time to make their stupid snow day video. Priorities.

Fellow MCPS employee, and I agree.

Also, MCPS’ hiring process moves so slowly - I am shocked they’re having trouble finding the time to complete background checks.