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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]They should be doing yearly background checks on all employees.[/quote]

What do you think that would accomplish? Do you think teachers are being arrested with the school never finding out?[/quote]

Apparently, they’re hiring them without realizing they have an arrest record, as was the case with Magid.[/quote]

Do you a DUI/attempted DUI should disqualify someone from ever teaching?[/quote]

This is my question.
So a recovered alcoholic for example?[/quote]

Recovered alcoholic? I think that’s fine. Someone who’s two years fresh from their latest charge? I would argue that I’m not sure that person qualifies as recovered and should be hired by MCPS.[/quote]

How long is an appropriate period? I suspect most alcoholics drive drunk although I could be wrong. My guess is that being charged wth a DUI (or not) as an alcoholic is thus a function of luck. [/quote]

Not sure. It would be good if MCPS HR hired some subject matter experts who could guide them to some standard that they can align to. State and federal agencies have had those standards in place for years if they want to mimic those.[/quote]

DUIs do not typically disqualify someone from state or federal employment.[/quote]

Uh, for an illegally controlled substance they do. Magid had a DUI for alcohol in 2010 and a drug DUI in 2020. Her 2020 DUI definitely would have disqualified her for federal and state employment, which is crazy since MCPS teachers are definitely government employees technically, since MCPS is a service provided by our county government.[/quote]

I'm not aware of any such prohibition for federal employment, although perhaps state laws are more strict.[/quote]

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