MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — There was hearty applause at a school board meeting in June of last year, as the Montgomery County Board of Education voted to appoint Dr. Joel Beidleman as principal of Paint Branch High School.
By August of that same year, a newspaper reported the promotion happened amid numerous sexual harassment and bullying complaints against Beidleman
Those developments and the fallout have cost Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) millions.
“It's very alarming,” said Esther Wells of the Montgomery County Taxpayers League, who is also an MCPS parent. “We know there are unmet needs in our school system directly linked to our children and our funds need to go there,” she said...
...MCPS also provided documents that show legal fees and court costs in the Beidleman case that amount to more than $148,000. In total, all of these items add up to more than 2.3 million dollars...
Misconduct case against former Montgomery Co. principal is costing taxpayers millions (wjla.com)
On the bright side, they ensure that the legal professionals of the county are gainfully employed.
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