Hypocrisy, Defined

The Marriott Foundation Bridges to Work program is a job training and internship program for students with disabilities. MCPS has a long history of working with this program to provide appropriate opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities who attend MCPS schools. Over the past five years, MCPS has paid $276,000 to the Marriott Foundation so that students could participate in this program. The Bridges to Work program is a well-regarded, quality program for students with disabilities, and appreciated by the community.

FLASH FORWARD to the present. Apparently, the Superintendent of Schools, the self-proclaimed "Equity Warrior," recently attended a reception for the Bridges to Work program, tweeting how happy he was to be at a recognition reception for the Bridges program.

* I seriously DOUBT that the Marriott Foundation steals the money that the students earn in their paid internships!

* The participants in the Bridges program are participating in paid internships, while at the same time MCPS has suspended paid internships for all students working at in-school sites.

*Joshua Starr and the Board of Education have so far refused to hire an independent forensic auditor to determine how much money the Rock Terrace School students are owed.