MOCO BOE update: Beidleman Report summary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow Dr. McKnight is asking BOE to spend 105k to hire a crisis communication firm.

I hope the BOE will recognize the optics and turn down her request. The problem is the leadership of Central Office, not spin control.

She probably cleared it with them first. I bet they bless it because they look terrible when she messes up. It won’t be enough tho. I think the reporters are just getting started.

MCPS’s problem now is that there’s just so much to find. No media outlet has ever given MCPS a hard look despite other serious scandals.

[Anonymous]

Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tomorrow Dr. McKnight is asking BOE to spend 105k to hire a crisis communication firm.

I hope the BOE will recognize the optics and turn down her request. The problem is the leadership of Central Office, not spin control.

She probably cleared it with them first. I bet they bless it because they look terrible when she messes up. It won’t be enough tho. I think the reporters are just getting started.

MCPS’s problem now is that there’s just so much to find. No media outlet has ever given MCPS a hard look despite other serious scandals.

I’m greatly thankful for the Washington Post for investigating this problem in MCPS. I’m sure there’s more to find and they are only scratching the surface.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

So basically, you're saying no formal complaints were filed partly because of clerical mistakes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

The previous super was Jack Smith. Monifa was his deputy and she was his handpicked successor.

You think he knew about it and did nothing and she didn’t know even though she was his deputy? Your spin just puts more emphasis on how Monifa failed in multiple leadership roles in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

It sure is! It is equally hard to believe the current super ignored all the complaints that came in during her tenure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

Once again, while the actual abuse spanned multiple superintendents, the behavior accelerated when Dr. McKnight came into power and the actual complaints were filed under her watch. So the matter under discussion - whether MCPS ignored sexual harassment and abuse when it was reported - all happened while Dr. McKnight was in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

The previous super was Jack Smith. Monifa was his deputy and she was his handpicked successor.

You think he knew about it and did nothing and she didn’t know even though she was his deputy? Your spin just puts more emphasis on how Monifa failed in multiple leadership roles in MCPS.

So she wasn't involved. I get it already. Either focus on Biedleman or move on. This thread isn't about your obsession with McKngiht.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

Once again, while the actual abuse spanned multiple superintendents, the behavior accelerated when Dr. McKnight came into power and the actual complaints were filed under her watch. So the matter under discussion - whether MCPS ignored sexual harassment and abuse when it was reported - all happened while Dr. McKnight was in charge.

Another poster said they were ignored because they were filed anonymously or done using the wrong forms. I can understand it if people never filed these reports correctly that there was a systemic failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

The previous super was Jack Smith. Monifa was his deputy and she was his handpicked successor.

You think he knew about it and did nothing and she didn’t know even though she was his deputy? Your spin just puts more emphasis on how Monifa failed in multiple leadership roles in MCPS.

So she wasn't involved. I get it already. Either focus on Biedleman or move on. This thread isn't about your obsession with McKngiht.

It is strange that all these posts about McKnight who wasn't even super when this went down and almost none are about Biedleman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

The previous super was Jack Smith. Monifa was his deputy and she was his handpicked successor.

You think he knew about it and did nothing and she didn’t know even though she was his deputy? Your spin just puts more emphasis on how Monifa failed in multiple leadership roles in MCPS.

So she wasn't involved. I get it already. Either focus on Biedleman or move on. This thread isn't about your obsession with McKngiht.

It is strange that all these posts about McKnight who wasn't even super when this went down and almost none are about Biedleman.

Stop lying to protect your bff McKnight.

[Anonymous]

I love how the arguments are:

1. McKnight couldn't have been involved because as the Superintendent it's the people below her that made these decisions.
AND
2. McKnight wasn't involved because she was in other leadership roles below Superintendent when this happened (which is blatantly false, but whatever).

In fact, it's abundantly clear that:

1. MCPS has a practice of moving problematic leaders around, often offering more compensation, rather than firing them
2. McKnight was well aware of this practice
3. McKnight has done nothing to change this practice during her tenure as Superintendent or her previous leadership roles.
4. Nobody on the BOE or the County Council is willing to stand up to her.

[Anonymous]

McKnight isn’t to blame. It is those under her. They cover for each other. It is a you wash my back and I will wash yours organization. It’s a big frat of people who aren’t going to tell on their frat brother. It’s the thinking that one day he may be in a leadership position and they may need him to do them a favor. Mcknight would not cover for someone like him directly. You think she has time to focus on a principal of one of the smallest middle schools in the county? Stop focusing on her and focus on her direct reports that failed to tell her and Starr. Such as Diane Morris and Elizabeth Thomas whom are both known to be sexually explicit in the work place. They laugh at disgusting humor. It is mcps culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just think what it took for MCPS to ignore 18 complaints of sexual harassment and bullying with the same perpetrator for a six year period. It’s an organization from the top down designed to ignore complaints. There has to be other situations that were reported via formal complaints, written complaints but considered informal because it wasn’t on the correct form, and anonymous complaints that were ignored.

I know! It's hard to believe the previous super ignored these.

The previous super was Jack Smith. Monifa was his deputy and she was his handpicked successor.

You think he knew about it and did nothing and she didn’t know even though she was his deputy? Your spin just puts more emphasis on how Monifa failed in multiple leadership roles in MCPS.

So she wasn't involved. I get it already. Either focus on Biedleman or move on. This thread isn't about your obsession with McKngiht.

As deputy superintendent, Monifa most definitely would have been involved.

Furthermore, many of the complaints were filed when she was acting supe or supe, so again, I don't know why you keep towing this line that this all happened before her tenure. It didn't. The timeline has been posted for you multiple times.