Two Montgomery County Council members requested Monday that state and county watchdogs investigate the county school system’s handling of reported allegations of sexual harassment, bullying and retaliation by former Farquhar Middle School principal Joel Beidleman...
...As of August 4, MCPS placed Beidleman on “extended leave” and initiated an independent external investigation into the claims. In June, Beidleman had been promoted to principal of Paint Branch with a 20% raise in salary...
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Montgomery County’s school board is facing heavy criticism for its decision to hire its own private law firm to investigate a principal who’s been accused of sexual harassment and bullying.
County Executive Marc Elrich spoke out Tuesday about the school board getting to choose who investigates them. MCPS has hired a Baltimore law firm that’s represented them before, and for both Elrich and parents, that’s raising major concerns about whether the probe will be truly independent...
Jenni Coopersmith wants to know what took so long?
She is a former Montgomery County Public Schools para-educator and parent who told FOX 5 she complained to school officials years ago that she and her daughter were harassed. That was back in 2016, and now six years later, that same principal faces 18 allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — "It's the wrong firm, with the wrong focus," Janis Sartucci of the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland told 7News.
The longtime Montgomery County resident and former Montgomery County Public Schools parent is talking about Jackson Lewis P.C. law firm.
The Washington Post reports MCPS has hired the law firm to conduct the investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former Farquhar Middle School Principal Dr. Joel Beidleman.
"The firm is already working for MCPS. They received payments in fiscal year[s] 2023 and 2022," she said...
Every school board member approved the promotion of Beidleman from Principal of Farquhar Middle School to Principal of Paint Branch High School despite numerous allegations of sexual harassment, threats, retaliation as well as workplace bullying...
...Former MCPS student and parent Jennifer Gross has worked to improve child abuse and neglect policies within MCPS.
“This situation that has come to light is not surprising,” Gross said.
Gross is pushing for full transparency from the school system and wants MCPS to release a full unredacted report once the investigation into the allegations is complete...
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