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Thursday, September 2, 2021

MCPS, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES TOLD OF SEXUAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST WALT WHITMAN TEACHER, CREW COACH

In a detailed letter, to the Whitman Crew Community, the Whitman Crew Boosters Board of Directors acknowledged it knew its coach may have had a sexual relationship in 2018 with a former crew member. They were also aware the relationship allegedly began following her graduation, and that the parent involved had reported it to both Montgomery County Public Schools and Child Protective Services.

Kirkland Shipley, a former social studies teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School, was arrested this week and charged with first and second-degree child sexual abuse of a secondary school student, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

He currently is on paid administrative leave from Montgomery County Public Schools, according to an MCPS spokesperson.

In light of the allegations, the fall crew program, including Learn-to-Row, has been suspended, according to the letter, which My MCM received from the Parents’ Coalition of Montgomery County, MD...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-child-protective-services-told-of-sexual-allegations-against-walt-whitman-teacher-crew-coach/

3 comments:

  1. It is an open secret that the
    CPS is a joke! They resemble the gang that could't shoot straight...

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  2. MoCo CPS you got to hand it to them, otherwise they'll drop it.

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  3. What happens in MCPS stays in MCPS.

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