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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Montgomery County Public Schools' review of employee histories reveals criminal violations

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — 7News presses Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) for answers after a recent review of employee histories reveals criminal violations.

We reached out to MCPS to learn more about the cases. The school system confirmed recent screenings flagged 22 employees...

...We talked to a former MCPS student and parent who is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider.

She said MCPS is putting its students in danger.

"My response is a deep sense of disappointment and outrage. What this means is MCPS is failing in its most basic duty to help create safe environments for our children," Jennifer Gross said.

MCPS blamed the background check backlog on the previous administration and said it rescreened more than 10,000 employees between September and December of 2025...

https://wjla.com/news/local/story/montgomery-county-public-schools-mcps-background-checks-criminal-violations-employee-screening-child-protective-services-safety-concerns-maryland-education-issues-backlog-policy-fbi-rapback

4 comments:

  1. "7News presses Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) for answers"
    There is also a specialist in MoCo that pushes for answers:
    https://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-college-professor-fired-after-making-female-students-take-their-shirts-off-in-class-doe-report-department-of-education
    ". . . he does believe the professor should be named and will push for that."

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  2. The free state of Maryland
    In a vain effort to console
    Will sugarcoat stark reality
    Using the rule of loopholes.

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  3. Voila! The magic solution:
    The proposed budget is now proposed at $3.775 billion.

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  4. Not to worry MSDE in on it:
    https://marylandmatters.org/2026/01/22/audit-state-education-department-failed-to-oversee-local-schools-hiring-background-checks/

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