Anonymous wrote:We MoCo residents are to blame. MCPS can be held accountable by the BOE, but we continue to elect "yes-women" (it's all women who are elected) to those posts. Can't blame politics either -- BOE seats are non-partisan.

I voted for altennative candidates and even donated to their campaigns, but they were no match for the candidates well-funded by the teachers union (MCEA). We finally gave up and sent our kids to private.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Every assault case needs to have maximum media spotlight so that MCPS understands it costs more to defend the indefensible than it is to do the right thing.

What's the "right thing" here?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the court case itself?

It's sealed

Anonymous wrote:What if the teachers accidentally found out about what happened. Do you think they might have been retaliated against for trying to teach the victim when the admin was involved in the cover up. I would say many teachers were retaliated against for trying to teach and help the victim of rape.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Christine Handy was the principal. She was immediately transferred.

I do have inside information on this case, and I'm shocked. But I won't go into detail. It would come off as a defense of MCPS, which is not my intent. I know the kid.

Anonymous wrote:He deserved more.

Anonymous wrote:I do not understand why Casey Crouse, the principal at Gaithersburg HS at the time of the assaults, still to this day has a job with MCPS. She clearly mishandled the management of the sexual assault reporting and did not maintain a safe environment for students.

Now MCPS has had to pay out millions in her defense.

We will never have a safe, sexual assault free school environment until school leadership responsible for safety experience real consequences. The only consequence she experienced was being taken out of her principal position and given a job at the same guaranteed salary in Human Resources. Still, today, she earns 160K+ a year, and she is probably on track to retire with that salary.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/05/damascus-principal-struck-deal-to-resign-retain-160k-salary-in-mcps-office-job/#:~:text=WhenCaseyCrouseresignedTuesday,wouldmaintainhersalary.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the court case itself?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why principals can break the most important rules that keep students safe but teachers get harassed and nonrenewed for following the rules.