After the news broke that current and former students at MCPS had been victimized by their peers, the only surprise to them should have been that it wasn’t one of their predator teachers this time. MCPS has a long history of being shocked; shocked that there are sexual predators on campus.
What has shocked me to the core is the immediate posture of MCPS towards the victims that have spoken out about their abuse and harassment. Principal Renay Johnson from Montgomery Blair High School, immediately swept into action by contacting the cops to report that there were social media posts alleging abuse had taken place and encouraged victims to come forward.
Step One: Predator on campus discovered
Step Two: MCPS acts shocked, horrified, “deeply concerned”
Step Three: Encourages other victims to come forward
Step Four: If no one comes forward to the cops, MCPS could label this as a hoax
Step Five: Convene some kind of policy meeting or summit, rewrite a policy or two
Step Six: Lay low wait for the victim’s lawyers to show up and ask for a settlement.
MCPS has a long history of being ‘shocked’ that there were predator teachers on our campuses, and now they’re ‘shocked’ that there are predator students too or at least so many of them.
It is highly likely that some of these students would have come forward to MCPS already. There will be a paper trail for some lawyers to find when they file a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all the victims and MCPS settles and is forced to turn over a huge barrel of cash.
Unfortunately, only a partial list of the
predator teachers below:
Albert Einstein's varsity baseball coach and history
teacher solicit BDSM sex from a 16-year-old student in exchange for drugs. MCPS pays our $3 million. https://wjla.com/news/local/md-family-sues-mcps-for-3-million-alleges-it-harbored-reckless-teacher-107948
Music
teacher who sexually abused more than a dozen girls pleads guilty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/music-teacher-who-sexually-abused-more-than-a-dozen-girls-pleads-guilty/2015/05/11/25439b1c-f7e3-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html
Assistant
Track Coach at Wheaton and special ed paraeducator at Loiederman Middle School abused 13-year-old girl https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/04/former-teachers-aide-arrested-on-sex-charges-with-student/
Police believe MCPS substitute teacher facing sex abuse charges has more victims
Pineada abused young girls in the classroom worked at 4 schools including Roberto Clemente Middle School. https://wjla.com/news/crime/montgomery-county-police-hold-press-conference-on-investigation-into-mcps-substitute-teacher-109553
Montgomery Co. teacher charged with sexual abuse of student
A teacher at Magruder High School has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a minor and fourth-degree sex offense by a person in a position of authority.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/education/montgomery-county-public-school-teacher-arrested-sexual-abuse-of-minor/65-a45ba31b-4a34-4e0b-b556-f958f52d1b77
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/montgomery-county-teacher-under-investigation-for-inappropriate-conduct
Deplorable Math Teacher at Montgomery Blair High School 50+ Alumni accuse him
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/blair-alumni-accuse-renowned-math-teacher-of-years-of-harassing-behavior/
Walter Johnson Lacrosse Coach in attempted murder-kidnap was also terrified of students.
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/police-fire/former-walter-johnson-lacrosse-coach-faces-attempted-murder-kidnapping-charges-in-virginia/
The lawsuit alleges that Damascus High Staff Knew about the rapes
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/02/lawsuit-accuses-damascus-high-school-of-ignoring-sexual-hazing/
The
former MCPS bus driver that admits to abusing 4 students, plead insanity.
https://legalherald.com/montgomery-county-maryland-montgomery-county-schools-bus-driver-etienne-kabongo-admits-to-sexually-abusing-4-students-claims-insanity/Bus Driver Sentenced to 11 Months for Touching Girls
A Montgomery County school bus driver has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for inappropriately touching 11-year-old girls on his bus
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/bus-driver-sentenced-to-11-months-for-touching-girls_washington-dc/50423/
Police: Montgomery County school teacher arrested on child pornography charges
Physical Education teacher, Ashburton Elementary School in Bethesda.
https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-school-teacher-arrested-on-child-pornography-chargesMontgomery County teacher jailed for assault, endangerment, weapons charges
Pulls loaded gun on his wife
https://www.localdvm.com/news/i-270/montgomery-county-teacher-jailed-for-assault-endangerment-weapons-charges/
"Unfortunately, only a partial list of the predator teachers below:"
ReplyDeleteFor the sake of completeness, it would be prudent to also add a list those predators
who walked away 'scot free' due to:
Latent legal technicalities
Of articulate obfuscations
With obtuse absurdities
And condescending illations.
"immediately swept into action"? Nah, she tried to silence people advocating for the victims and only started taking any sort of action after there was countywide backlash.
ReplyDelete"Step Five: Convene some kind of policy meeting or summit, rewrite a policy or two"
ReplyDeleteResulting in revised, untested policies that will result in more problems than solutions.
Subject Matter Expert Analysis:
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"So many of these things happen in silence,” said Debbie Feinstein, chief of the Special Victims Division of the State’s Attorney’s Office. “It can be incredibly embarrassing, shameful, and the bottom line is it’s never the victim’s fault."