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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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?

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You got that right for most part. Don't leave out the CPS check portion of the story as well, which is a state law requirement.[/quote]

It seems like the issue with the delays on CPS checks is with the county/state offices who actually do them and are understaffed and way behind, right?  I guess MCPS could be prohibiting people from working until the checks go through but that sounds like it would cause a huge staffing hole if they're really thousands of new hires behind.

I guess also you could argue Taylor should have been raising the alarm and lobbying harder and sooner for the other offices to handle this better, like he started doing in July.  (It sounds like he is claiming he didn't know about it until now, though, and that he didn't get a heads' up on it from the OIG until last month.  How could he not know though? I guess HR staff treated it as normal since it had been that way for years so didn't raise it to him as a problem, and he never asked?)[/quote]

My kid had to do a CPS check to be a summer camp counselor, and it took maybe 4 weeks to get it back.[/quote]

There is usually an influx of hiring that happens after July 15 for out of county people and new graduates who were waiting for transfer Windows to close. If you factor in a week minimum to interview at schools and get an offer, 4 weeks is too long for them to start on time, I read that PGCPS pays 2 dedicated screeners who only deal with pgcps applications, maybe mcps needs to do the same to speed the process along. [/quote]

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