Swastika found at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown

 Here is the letter from the principal, Dyan Harrison.

UPDATE: Second MCPS employee arrested during drug bust at Mason Inn bar in Glover Park.

UPDATE: Second MCPS employee arrested during drug bust at Mason Inn bar in Glover Park.

Scott Price is a digital arts teacher at Kingsview Middle School in Germantown + a tech teacher at Wheaton High School.

Sherwood HS counselor Erin McKenna was also arrested during the sting. pic.twitter.com/zOvhuELyKt

— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) February 15, 2018

Breaking: Second MCPS Teacher Arrested in DC - Middle School Teacher Arrested for Selling Pot in DC Nightclub

A teacher at Kingsview Middle School was one of two Montgomery County Public Schools employees picked up in a raid on so-called underground “pot parties”  by District of Columbia Police on February 1.

   Metro Police charged Scott Price, a digital art teacher who works at both Kingsview Middle School in Germantown and Wheaton High School, and Erin McKenna who is a high school guidance counselor at Sherwood High School with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

   A letter was sent home to Kingsview Middle School parents today, Feb. 15 from Principal Dyan L. Harrison stating, Price had been arrested in DC on misdemeanor drug charges and that school was only just made aware of the charges on Wednesday, February 14.

   The story of McKenna’s arrest, which was first reported by WJLA on Wednesday, also mentioned that Price and another individual, Joshua Myers, were also arrested by DC police in the same incident.

   According to charging documents, Price, McKenna, and Myers were selling the drugs at a vendor table set up at a D.C. nightclub called The Mason Inn located at 2408 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest. On February 1, police raided at 6:45 pm to find Price and company in possession of 102 assorted marijuana edibles, five capsules containing a brown liquid, nine bags of marijuana, and two glass jars full of pot...

https://www.germantownpulse.net/single-post/2018/02/15/Middle-School-Teacher-Arrested-for-Selling-Pot-in-DC-Nighclub

MCFRS Responds to Dryer Fire at Kingsview Middle School

https://www.germantownpulse.net/single-post/2017/04/11/MCFRS-Responds-to-Dryer-Fire-at-Kingsview-Middle-School

Breaking News: Starr and Kauffman, Moving Around Subs After Complaints #enoughabuse #porn

Does your child have a substitute teacher today?

Did you know that a MCPS substitute teacher can look at soft porn websites during the school day?

If caught looking at inappropriate websites during the school day Superintendent Joshua Starr and the Board of Education will only ban the substitute teacher from the one school where they were caught.  

The substitute is free to work in any of the other 201 schools in Montgomery County.

When did Superintendent Joshua Starr and the Board of Education decide that teachers get to view soft porn websites during the school day?  Why do MCPS computers permit this access?
Why do MCPS employees that engage in this activity get to keep their jobs?

The Parents' Coalition learned of this MCPS practice from litigation filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court.  In the case that we found, a MCPS substitute teacher sued Superintendent Joshua Starr and Board of Education President Phil Kauffman, in part, because the teacher had been removed from the MCPS substitute roster for looking at an inappropriate website during the school day.
The substitute teacher had been caught by STUDENTS.

In the litigation file, a letter sent to the substitute teacher on January 24, 2013, shows that the teacher was removed from the substitute list for Kingsview Middle School, but allowed to STAY on the MCPS Master Substitute List! 

Only when there was a second complaint at Northwest High School in May on a different incident was the substitute teacher removed from the MCPS county-wide substitute list.

Don't miss the last paragraph of the May 13th letter from the MCPS Director that says, "...I am directing you to decline further assignments, as you will not be compensated."

Wait - a substitute teacher can be removed from the MCPS substitute list, but still accept a substitute teaching assignment? How would such a person be allowed to enter a MCPS school? 

In the first document below are two letters on MCPS letterhead showing how a substitute teacher can be removed from one school, but allowed to substitute in all other MCPS schools. 

The second document is the Complaint from the Montgomery County Circuit Court file that details what happened in this case. 

   2014 MCPS Substitute Letters by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

   MCPS Sub Litigation by Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland

5 PM on a Friday: Why do MCPS computers permit these sites to be viewed?

From: "KINGSVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL"
Date: Dec 12, 2014 4:49 PM
Subject: December 12th Incident

A message from KINGSVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL

Dear Parents and Guardians:

I am writing to inform you of an incident that occurred during school today. This morning multiple students reported that a substitute teacher had looked at inappropriate material on the computer while students were in class. The substitute teacher was covering Ms. XXXXXX's classes yesterday and today.

As a result of this report, we immediately removed the substitute teacher from the classroom, and we are working with the MCPS Office of Technology to investigate the situation. During the investigation, the substitute teacher will not be returning to Kingsview Middle School. I am very proud of the students who reported this information, and it underscores the importance of ensuring that our students know to tell a staff member immediately if they see or hear anything of concern.

Thank you for your continuing support. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at 301-601-4611.

Sincerely,

Jimmy D'Andrea
Principal

Gazette: School system holds off on cutting stops

No students to lose bus service at Germantown school

After being told they had to walk or find a ride to school next year, some Kingsview Middle School students will still have a bus to board...

Germantown parents unhappy about bus cuts

Gazette:  Three Kingsview Middle School stops to be eliminated next year

There is no way Nora Salgado is letting her daughter Sydney, a seventh-grader at Kingsview Middle School, walk to school next year – it's too dangerous, she said...

Patch: School Officials, Parents Concerned for Pedestrian Safety at Kingsview MS

Some parents and school officials of Kingsview Middle School said the lack of crosswalks and possible elimination of bus routes is feeding their concern for pedestrian safety.

Calvin Johnson fears for his 11-year-old son every day just walking to school.
To reach Kingsview Middle School, the boy has to cross at Father Hurley Boulevard and Dawson Farm Road, the intersection of two busy streets.
"I know the budget is tight but I think the county needs to prioritize protecting kids," Johnson said...