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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pat O'Neill has done more for kids in this county than you ever will, and in a good way.  As for being a bully, your imagination is running away from reality.

This was a heinous act.  And, they are kids.  It is not up to MCPS what happens to these kids, it is up to the MoCo police and justice system.  It is not up to anyone here to be judge and jury.  [b]Recall the Rockville HS case, which when the FACTS came out, it turned out NOT to be rape (not saying this is the case here, just that we do not know all the facts) [/b][/quote]

The Board is absolutely at fault in the Rockville case, for being silent.

Whether it was rape or consensual, it showed that the security set-up at the high school was such that it was possible this could happen. Parents were rightfully concerned about the security at their own child's schools. A good Board would have at least not remained silent on the general security situation at MCPS. Maybe they could have said they're reviewing security at all MCPS schools, or putting in new policies or whatever. Instead, they said nothing. That's incompetence.[/quote]

Those weren’t the facts, dearie - either someone paid off that family to be quiet or they threatened them. But ‘facts’? No. Don’t be stupid. It was going to be national news forever - and now it’s not. All gone![/quote]

I’m not the PP, but man I hate it when people use words like “dearie” or “honey” to condescend to someone. The larger point is that big changes are needed. People in MCPS would be the first to tell you that. Too few people at the top are making all the (crappy) decisions and non-decisions, and too many people (teachers, coaches etc.) are allowed to work when there are active red flags or they’re being investigated. The people working one level below the decision-makers are demoralized because they are watching their leaders make expedient or cost-saving decisions that hurt kids. [/quote]

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