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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A complete disgrace.  I am so embarrassed to have a child in MCPS.  I wish I could move or afford private.  This is getting very scary.  [/quote]

MCPS had a contract with Towson-based Oak Contracting. Oak Contracting was contractually obligated to submit background check information about their employees to MCPS before allowing their employees to work on MCPS property. But they didn't do what their contract required them to do.

Also, it's not clear that there is any connection between his work and the rape.

So blaming MCPS for this is, at best, premature.[/quote]

I think MCPS should audit their contractors on a routine basis. It's hard to audit them all, but at least the larger ones. Or just require them to submit backgroudn check paperwork on each person on the job.[/quote]

Why not require MCPS contractors to wear ID badges to show they provided a background check to MCPS?  No MCPS  badge then no work at a location with students.  School security should monitor contractors for badges.

The real problem, same for MCPS employees, is that background checks only shows someone has a clean record at the time of the check.  A person can later be arrested for a serious crime. How long would it take for MCPS to find out?

I blame MCPS for being complacent because clearly this person had a record dealing drugs so he should not be at a school site. To say that the contractor was responsible still shows that MCPS is failing to check up on its contractors. The contract should be terminated and MCPS should stop using Oak Contracting for future projects as a penalty.  However, the "may" clause for terminating the contract means MCPS will never enforce it.

Let's face it,  safety is not a priority for the administrators who run MCPS. [/quote]

+ 1,000,000[/quote]

DCUM:   We need more magnet programs!  Why is there no money for it???

Also DCUM:  We need to spend our money on background checks on everyone our vetted vendors hire and provide them with ID badges and should be renewed every month!

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The contractor pays for the background check.  That is the same requirement currently in place.  The only difference I proposed is that MCPS issues badges to the person that the contractor turns in a background check for so school security can easily identify if a contract employee has the credentials to work at a school site with children.  The only extra cost to MCPS would be the plastic for the badges.

The current system allows for no on site checks that contract workers have the necessary background check on file with MCPS.  MCPS needs to close that security gap asap.[/quote]

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