County Council Education Committee Discussion on Inspector General Report, Thursday, Feb 8th 3-5 pm

 

There will be a discussion of the Inspector General Report #OIG-24-08 next Thursday, February 8th, 3-5pm. This meeting will be streamed, as well as on the county council cable channel.

The full report "MCPS Complaint Process" is here. 

Per this excerpt from the Executive Summary of the report: 

            "The Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General (OIG) initiated this review in response to assertions that the inadequate response to alleged misconduct committed by former principal Dr. Joel Beidleman was caused in part by shortcoming in how complaints of employee wrongdoing are handled by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). It is important to note that this review focused on MCPS's general processes involving complaint handling and investigations of employee misconduct. It did not examine specific allegations against Beidleman or MCPS's actions to address them, nor did it re-examine the promotions process at MCPS which was part of the work done by a law firm hired by MCPS in August of 2023.

The MCPS Department of Compliance and Investigations (DCI) is responsible for investigating allegations of employee misconduct, harassment, workplace bullying, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission violations.

Our review found numerous issues with the manner in which MCPS and DCI handle and investigate complaints of employee misconduct. Of note, many of the same deficiencies we found were previously identified by other entities and reported to MCPS. Although informed of the concerns, MCPS failed to implement appropriate corrective actions." (Page i)