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[quote=Anonymous]As a parent of a child who reported what was going on at my child's school, MCPS used the following tactics:

* If this is going on, why haven't other children come forward?

* Why didn't your child advocate for himself for the abuse to stop?

* As parents, we must have had a role to play in what happened.

MCPS said they investigated but did not interview other children that would have been witnesses or potential witnesses.  Children were too scared to come forward on their own.  Some needed counseling services because of the damage that had been done.

Other parents knew what happened and even knew it happened to their children but for whatever reason (shame and fear of retaliation) they did not report what happened to their kid.  Keeping abusers in place while an active investigation is going on sends a strong message that nothing is going to happen to change the environment so witnesses stay silent.

If MCPS truly cared about children and wanted to get predators out of their schools, they would hire third party investigators to do a thorough investigation.  For abuse cases, they would collaborate better with the MCPD so the police are the ones who diligently find other victims and have the evidence they need to prosecute.  MCPS covering up cases of abuse in hopes that they can sidestep 1 lawsuit only hurts future generations of children and potentially opens the door for 100s of other lawsuits.

The MCPS Employee Code of Conduct is a step in the right direction by the Montgomery County Board of Education.  However, it is not worth the paper it is written on if employees with multiple violations are not dealt with.  The violations include grooming behaviors of child predators, so in that context, one violation is one violation too many.  Shame on the Teacher's Union if they do not support the termination of teachers who fail to follow the Code of Conduct.  Shame on school administrators who find every excuse in the book as to why an employee violated the code but the teacher meant no harm.  I cry BS!!!  Predators are skillful liars and if an employee has multiple violations but you keep her/him in a position that has contact with kids, what do you think will eventually happen?[/quote]

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