Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Former Montgomery County schools administrator Todd Watkins pleads guilty amid $320,000 theft scandal

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Former Montgomery County schools administrator Todd Watkins pleads guilty amid $320,000 theft scandal

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — On Friday, a former Montgomery County Public Schools administrator pleaded guilty to one count of a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office from his time in the school system, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office said.

Todd Michael Watkins, 56, of Jefferson, Md., was appointed Director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation in 2009. Starting at least in 2016 and continuing into September 2021, Watkins allegedly failed to properly manage the contract for the purchases of school buses and the use of purchasing cards in his department. The State's Attorney's Office claimed that Charles Ewald, the former Assistant Director of the Department of Transportation, was able to steal over $320,000 as a result...

Former Montgomery County schools administrator pleads guilty amid $320,000 theft scandal | WJLA

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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011

Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Former Montgomery County schools administrator Todd Watkins pleads guilty amid $320,000 theft scandal

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