How did Montgomery County Public Schools respond to 18 reports of misconduct by principal Joel Beidleman? Not by firing him, or even by disciplining him, but by promoting him. Revelations in a Post investigation into the district’s inadequate response to an abusive educator demand a full accounting.
The Post’s Alexandra Robbins and Nicole Asbury laid out a pattern of sexual harassment, threats, retaliation and more by Mr. Beidleman in his time as assistant principal at Roberto Clemente Middle School in Germantown and Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburgand as principal at Farquhar Middle School in Olney. Many of the episodes were reported verbally or in writing to MCPS, including in a complaint by a social studies teacher whom Mr. Beidlemen allegedly told, “You should just f--- me” and “Shave your p---y and sell the hair.” Mr. Beidleman denies many of the accounts in the story...
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ReplyDelete"Opinion Montgomery County owes answers on a school principal’s misconduct" Sadly, Montgomery County has an identity crisis.
ReplyDeleteThey owe more than answers. They owe restitution to the children and adults harmed by the countless predatory staff/abusers they have hired. These brave women had no option but to turn to the media. The powerless and ineffective teacher’s Union failed them, the central office leadership failed them, Eric Minus diminished their concerns and asked them to “focus,” so ask and you shall receive Dr. Minus. True educators PROTECT CHILDREN. At all costs. Those teachers and the Post reporters likely saved the PBHS teachers a wealth of trauma and abuse.
ReplyDeleteEric Minus won’t have to be accountable because he is off working in Baltimore.
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