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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have an answer for you, OP, but in my situation, my child was being lied about. The parents spread the lies, and the lies made their way to the teachers. I 'm not sure whether the teachers continued spreading them, but they sure as hell treated my child differently. And nobody, nobody at the school stood up for my child. At one point, a lie was told that everyone at the school knew was a lie, and the hostility toward my child ended. I'm sorry that you as the teacher are not being believed. But I would have a very hard time believing a teacher over my child after what we've been through.[/quote]

Wow.  Deja vu.  I think there are parts of MCPS that are wonderful with great teachers and a great staff, but there are parts of MCPS that are completely broken.  I even provided tons of evidence to the P that the teacher lied on multiple occasions.  There was zero accountability.

The root cause is probably a combination of two factors.
1.  Admins can jettison whistleblowers because they're not State employees, so they have no whistleblower rights in Maryland.
2. I believe one of the posters a while back that said even if a MCPS employee is a pedo, convicted of a crime, drug dealer - even that would make it tough to get rid of them.

The fix would be a universal whistleblower law (employee or not) and a clear standard for state employment?

Dunno.  It will take a lot to fix MCPS, and I don't think McKnight or Wolffe will lift a finger to do it.[/quote]

https://casetext.com/statute/code-of-maryland/article-education/division-ii-elementary-and-secondary-education/title-6-teachers-and-other-personnel/subtitle-9-public-school-employee-whistleblower-protection-act[/quote]

Yeah.  I used to think the same thing too.

"Court of Appeals Sides with MCPS in Whistleblower Case.  Richard Montgomery High School social studies teacher brought forward fears of AP enrollment inflation"
https://moco360.media/2018/07/17/court-appeals-sides-mcps-whistleblower-case/

"Donlon’s teaching contract and tax documentation list MCPS as his employer, not the state, according to testimony. An official at the Maryland Comptroller’s Office asserted under oath that Donlon was not a current or former state employee."

"While a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge agreed with Donlon’s arguments—saying it was “troubling” that MCPS could qualify as a state agency in some situations, but not all—appellate judges have not. Last year, the Court of Special Appeals overturned the circuit court judge’s decision and sided with MCPS. The Court of Appeals opinion echoed the intermediate court."

oops.[/quote]

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