Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: white collar crime

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

TODAY: The Sentencing of former MCPS Director of Transportation Todd Watkins @mcps @mocoboe #embezzlement #misconduct #creditcardabuse

Court System:	Circuit Court For Montgomery County - Criminal
Location:	Montgomery Circuit Court
Case Number:	C-15-CR-23-000712
Title:	State of Maryland vs. TODD MICHAEL WATKINS
Case Type:	Criminal - Information

Hearing - Sentencing 09/27/2023 15:00:00 McAuliffe, Michael Chambers Calendar Courtroom 9D - North Tower

Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Former Montgomery Co. School department head Todd Watkins pleads guilty to misconduct in office (parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com)

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Karl Racine - the new kid on the MCPS Legal Team

Guess who came to today's MoCo Board of Education Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Board Processes and Guidelines on Board Expenditures Meeting ?

MCPS's new legal hotshot, Karl Racine, from Venable LLP. MCPS uses Venable a lot for outside legal counsel.

You can check the MCPS Funding and Accountability Website for more information about the extent of the firm's billing.

In 2013, the firm billed MCPS over $400,000 for legal services. That's money that could have supported teachers.

Does Mr. Racine's name sound familiar? Currently, he's running to be DC's first elected attorney general. He's also a prominent white collar crime litigator.

You can read all about him below.

Nice to meet you, Mr. Racine.

But we wonder if Mr. Racine's involvement indicates more than just another pretty face at the Board table giving legal advice?

Seems as if Phil and phriends got the similar advice - for free - from this blog and other media sources a few days ago.

Maybe MCPS should crowdsource legal advice instead? Or perhaps MCPS should just put the interests of the children in Montgomery County first?

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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011