Anonymous wrote:For those who aren't in the know, a first grade teacher, Sarah Magid, at MCPS's Charles Drew Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD was arrested recently after she was charged for selling fentanyl to a DC man who died as a result of overdosing on the drug.

SOURCE: https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/08/montgomery-co-first-grade-teacher-charged-with-selling-fentanyl-after-fatal-overdose/

A Montgomery County Public Schools first grade teacher has been arrested and charged with selling fentanyl.

Police began looking into Sarah Katherine Magid, who teaches at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, after a man fatally overdosed on fentanyl in March at a drug recovery housing facility in D.C.

During the investigation into the man’s death, police received his phone from his family and found an exchange of messages between Magid and the man, setting up numerous drug deals, according to charging documents.

The texts show the man asking Magid for pills on numerous occasions, specifically “Xans,” slang for the benzodiazepine Xanax, charging documents show. There was also evidence of benzodiazepines in the man’s system when he overdosed.

Just two days before the man was found dead, message transcripts in charging documents show he was texting with Magid throughout the day to arrange the delivery of 30 pills. When the man had picked up 30 pills for Magid, she responded saying, “I’ll give you 1 (one) I guess,” followed by a message reading, “As long as it’s 30.”

More interestingly, as more facts emerge about Magid in terms who knew what and when, it's clear that prior to Magid being hired by MCPS in 2022, she had a criminal background. MoCo 360 explores this angle in its piece on the story.

SOURCE: https://moco360.media/2024/08/23/mcps-teacher-charged-in-fentanyl-death/

According to court records, Magid also has other criminal charges on her record. They include a 2010 charge for driving/attempting to drive while impaired by alcohol and a 2020 charge for driving while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance. Magid pleaded guilty to both charges.

When asked why Magid was hired while having a criminal record, López did not specifically address the nature of Magid’s convictions, but referred to the laws the district follows when hiring. Since Magid is on leave, López said the district is prohibited from discussing personnel matters due to privacy law.

According to López, all MCPS employees complete a pre-hire criminal background check and are also subject to the background check process outlined in state law, which mandates employees to disclose information about investigations of child sexual abuse and sexual misconduct.

This smacks of more HR malfeasance and incompetence, similar to the Beidleman scandal, where people who put Beidleman forth for promotion knew he was under investigation for harassment but played dumb until things hit the fan in the Washington Post. Unlike Beidleman, it's hard to presume that Magid got the teaching job because of some connection, but then again, she is the daughter of a notable University of Maryland basketball player and Montgomery Blair High School Alumni, Brian Magid: https://mocoshow.com/2023/07/02/blairs-all-time-leading-scorer-brian-magid-has-high-praise-for-moco-native-nbas-josh-hart/

It's possible that someone knew someone in the hiring process at MCPS and did Brian's daughter a favor and got her hired at MCPS, despite her sketchy criminal background.

Or, it could just be that MCPS's HR department is sloppy and incompetent in its function and someone just failed to do a thorough enough background check.

The fact that either scenario is equally plausible says a lot about the state of MCPS these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Did MCPS release official statement about this case? Or are we expecting too much from the largest school district in MD?

MCPS is doing its best to duck and not acknowledge this crazy blemish on its reputation. The principal at Drew Elementary in particular is hiding and demonstrating an embarrassing level of cowardice.

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How? Just curious

Because MCPS always protects the principals.

Did she have a criminal history before she was hired or previously caught distributing?

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Anonymous wrote:Did MCPS release official statement about this case? Or are we expecting too much from the largest school district in MD?

MCPS is doing its best to duck and not acknowledge this crazy blemish on its reputation. The principal at Drew Elementary in particular is hiding and demonstrating an embarrassing level of cowardice.

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How? Just curious

Because MCPS always protects the principals.

Did she have a criminal history before she was hired or previously caught distributing?

Anonymous wrote:How did no one notice she kept leaving her classroom for these transactions?? Someone in that office had to notice and principal should have started asking questions.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know Sarah’s trail date? Is there an update on the principal who let drug dealing happen on campus?

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Anonymous wrote:Did MCPS release official statement about this case? Or are we expecting too much from the largest school district in MD?

MCPS is doing its best to duck and not acknowledge this crazy blemish on its reputation. The principal at Drew Elementary in particular is hiding and demonstrating an embarrassing level of cowardice.

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How? Just curious

Because MCPS always protects the principals.

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Anonymous wrote:Did MCPS release official statement about this case? Or are we expecting too much from the largest school district in MD?

MCPS is doing its best to duck and not acknowledge this crazy blemish on its reputation. The principal at Drew Elementary in particular is hiding and demonstrating an embarrassing level of cowardice.

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How? Just curious

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a teacher at Blake who came to work drunk and still teaches there. (She was reprimanded, but still at it!).

As a parent, I’d be willing to let a teacher have a one-time pass for an alcohol-based DUI incident, but only if MCPS had a mandatory, serious rehabilitation process for helping that person restore themselves before putting them back in front of kids.

But hard-core drugs like what Sarah Magid was involved with should be a one strike and you’re out scenario.

She will be out now.

I dunno they're pretty desperate for special education teachers. They might bring her back to do that.

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Anonymous wrote:Did MCPS release official statement about this case? Or are we expecting too much from the largest school district in MD?

MCPS is doing its best to duck and not acknowledge this crazy blemish on its reputation. The principal at Drew Elementary in particular is hiding and demonstrating an embarrassing level of cowardice.

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Anonymous wrote:Principal is still there????