Showing posts with label failure to protect children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label failure to protect children. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Fake Work Group Document: ...Zuckerman and Debra Berner...developed the proposals.


Montgomery school board questions child abuse prevention plan

...One work group member, however, said the recommendations driving the changes were not fully vetted by the group’s participants. The work group included representatives from the school system, county police, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office and the county Department of Health and Human Services’ Child Welfare Services program, which includes Child Protective Services.
Susan Burkinshaw — health and safety committee co-chairwoman of the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations — said the work group didn’t have time to review all of the recommendations at its Jan. 5 meeting. She felt they were “rushed through.”...

 http://www.gazette.net/article/20150113/NEWS/150119802/1124/montgomery-school-board-questions-child-abuse-prevention-plan&template=gazette

Durso: But are we capable of clearing this up in many cases with the same people who may be well-intentioned and have not made good decisions in the past?”


...School Board Vice President Michael A. Durso recalled that schools officials had assured the community that changes were under way in August 2013. “It almost sounds like we are starting again, and we have really serious credibility issues with the community on this,” Durso said.“I think we’re being honest when we say we want to clear this up. But are we capable of clearing this up in many cases with the same people who may be well-intentioned and have not made good decisions in the past?”
Durso said he looked back to the school board’s credit card controversy of last year, when the board brought in outside counsel to examine records and suggest changes. “I wonder if we’re at a point where most if not all of this needs to go elsewhere with objective eyes?”...

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/montgomery-overhauling-approaches-to-school-sex-abuse-allegations/2015/01/13/87846a06-9a53-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html