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Anonymous wrote:Principals are mandated reporters. All members of MCPS staff are. I'd had to call CPS numerous times. And almost every time it has been "ruled out". After we make that call, we fill out the form and hand it to administrations. And that's it. we've done our part. They never tel is what the outcome of an investigation is.

Idk this case specifically but there is a clear chain of command in MCPS.

I just completed the online RRCAN refresher. It really bothered me to be instructed to NOT keep a copy of the form after I submit it. You can be sure as hell I'm keeping a copy. I might keep it until the day I die, just in case someone ever accuses me of not following through on suspected abuse. There is no way that I'd ever knowingly or with reasonable suspicion allow a child to be abused. (MCPS teacher and CSA survivor)

Yes, I agree. I'm a teacher in MCPS and have made numerous calls to CPS. I used to keep a copy of the form but then over the past year or two we've been specifically instructed to not keep a copy. I didn't and now I seriously regret it. When I used to keep a copy of the form I would bring it home and put it away in a locked file cabinet so it's not like it was a privacy issue like it would be by keeping it at school. Ugh, I'm kicking myself now for listening to my principal when my common sense told me not to....

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This is why I just don't like unrelated men alone with kids. A female pervert would tend to target a HS boy, but that sort of thing is so much more rare.

"The majority of sexual abuse cases involve relatives or people very close to the family abusing the kids." says Montgomery County Board of Education. A few children sexually abuses in classrooms is acceptable to us.

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This is why I just don't like unrelated men alone with kids. A female pervert would tend to target a HS boy, but that sort of thing is so much more rare.