Here's the name of the consultant: Lenore Blank Kelner & Company.
It looks to be a small company as it is run out of a house in Silver Spring.
The owner of this "company" is an actress, director, author and educator according to this bio on the Kennedy Center website.
The "company" has been awarded a total of $175,911 in just 2 months! Wonder how much they will get in May? The job? Not acting, directing, writing a book, or educating. The "company" has been hired by the BOE as a "Consultant for Title 1 Program Grant." It must be one heck of a grant for the BOE to spend $175,911 on just the consultant.
The BOE took no other bids and there will be no discussion of this payment or of the job this consultant is expected to do for these sums.
One payment to this no bid consultant was on the March 2013, BOE Consent Agenda for $142,337 and another payment was on the April 2013, BOE Consent Agenda for $33,564. Next month, how much more for this consultant?
All the business filings with the state of Maryland for "Lenore Blank Kelner & Company, Inc." (MD Assessments Dept. ID #D02483402) and "Interact, Inc.," the former name of Lenore Blank Kelner & Company, Inc. (also MD Assessments Dept. ID #D02483402) were filed by what appears to be the husband of Lenore Blank Kelner, Paul H. Kelner, LCSW-C, who is a sexual addictions therapist. Maybe someone high up in MCPS visits Mr. Kelner regularly (seeking professional services) and “helped” the Kelners secure this $175,911 no-bid bonanza. See sex therapist Kelner’s web site at: http://www.sexaddiction-recovery.com/ Maybe Kelner can help MCPS with its spending addiction.
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