Formal Inquiry Into Md. Dept. of Ed. Decision Not to Use Teacher License Background Check System in 2015, 2016
...The agency confirmed it ran a reviewed and updated its files after restoring its conection with the NASDTEC system. It found one other teacher whose Maryland teaching license should have been revoked during the yearlong lapse. But the agency said the second teacher was not teaching in a Maryland school at the time.
In a hearing shortly after the I-Team report, the chair of the Montgomery County Council Education Committee asked Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent Jack Smith if the district was considering changing its background check system for teachers.
“We’re waiting to hear from the state of Maryland about what they’re doing,” Smith said. “We want to hear from them. Simultaneously, we are looking at what we can do around this.”...
https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/Formal-Inquiry-Maryland-Teacher-License-Background-Check-System-476758303.html
"The hiring of local educators is the responsibility of each local school system.”
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Jack is waiting... for his paycheck on Friday. That's all he cares about folks. Also, if you watch the video you might have noticed that Andy Zuckerman wasn't there. His executive director was but not him. MCPS is being lead by "Waiting and Watching" Jack and "Better Things to Do" Zuckerman.
ReplyDeleteJack loves to tell boring tall tales of his time as Interim State Superintendent. Shouldn't he know what the state's response is?
MCPS is being led by the Board of Education, not their employee, Jack Smith. Many are up for elected office...again. This is on the voters.
DeleteAre you implying that the BOE is an abettor of child abusers?
DeleteThat's been proven. The BOE has been allowing known abusers to stay in classrooms or moving them around from school to school for decades.
DeleteI presume it is legal, but not ethical.
DeleteSounds like the model Montgomery College has in place as well.
DeleteAnd, the "Integrity, trust, and respect guide our actions" is conspicuously absent.
Good thing he is not waiting for the legislature, because by the time they decide he'll be collecting his pension.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't he already have a pension from Calvert County?
DeleteHe and his "wife" enjoy lifetime benefits from Calvert County. He also has a deferred compensation package to go along with his $270,000 salary. That package includes money for a house and car. This is why he doesn't care what happens!!!!
DeleteSounds like feudalism is flourishing in the colonies.
DeleteJack is "waiting" for his taxpayer paid consultant Katherine Gemberling to tell him what to do. That's right, he needs a chief of staff and a paid consultant to come up with the "waiting" and "looking" strategy.
ReplyDeleteJack is overmatched and NEEDS to GO!!!!!!
Dead man walking.
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