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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://twitter.com/kolbiereports/status/1486141379571032065?s=21

Watch the interview.. really upsetting.  [/quote]

umm I think this is tragic but don't see how this is an issue for the board of education[/quote]

umm I think you need to watch the Twitter feed at the beginning of the post?  There seemed to be three points the BoE didn't act upon?

1. Put an end to the bullying
2. Change program curriculums
3. Not be sent back into the Public School where he was being bullied[/quote]

The bullying motive is b.s. on the day he was murdered he went to meet the bullies. Why do you go to a secluded place to meet people who are bullying you? For those who are moaning about violence in MCPS why don’t you come out and say it? It comes from the black community and an accepted part of their culture. Ask any teacher about where their biggest problems come from? Privately they will tell you but no administrator or public official will admit it.[/quote]

First answer: blackmail, extortion, threat to harm family.  I can think of a lot of reasons.
Second:  violence is not an "accepted part" of black culture.    So many things to say about this comment.   Wow. [/quote]

+1 The mother reported the bullying BEFORE he was murdered. The BOE could have offered a COSA so the child could finish out his education in a safe school. The BOE could have asked for results from MCPS to address the bullying including transferring the bullies out of Northwest to a school for troubled youth.

There should be a separate General Counsel for the BOE and MCPS. So many opportunities are missed to fix serious problems in the school system because the MCPS General Counsel Office is the puppeteer behind every level of review. There’s no independent review and far too often, parents are told no problems exist. This is an example of how the BOE’s lack of consideration cost a student his life. MCPS and BOE need to do better to keep students safe and address bullying in schools.[/quote]

[b]Does the BOE really approve every COSA request? [/b]You'd think they dealt with larger issues and these things are addressed by some low-level functionary at the central office. However, that being said  is there any evidence that. a request was even properly filed?[/quote]

No, COSA requests are approved or denied by the Division of Pupil Personnel and Attendance Services (in central office). Decisions can first be appealed to the COO/Superintendent's office, and then those decisions can be appealed yet again to the BOE. It is a legitimate question to ask which of these steps had been taken in this case.[/quote]

Whose to say the mother didn’t exhaust all levels of appeal? She said the issue was reviewed by the Board of Education and denied.[/quote]

That means that Dr. McKnight also denied the request and is also culpable in failing to protect the student from bullying that eventually led to his murder by classmates.[/quote]
Or Dr Smith. When did it happen?[/quote]

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