In: Administrators, BOE, Community Feedback, Community Interviews, County Council, Education & Culture, MCPS, Superintendent

February 13, 2024 – Employee that allegedly hindered OIG’s Investigation and was allegedly a key source of cronyism and retaliation in MCPS is back from Administrative Leave Update 2/13/24 11:30pm – This article was updated to correct the title (and subsequent details) which was originally written as “Chief of DistrictwideContinue Reading

In: County Council, County Executive, Demographics, Government, Hate / Bias Incidents, Hate / Bias Incidents, Incident Response, Local Government, MCPS, Montgomery County Police Department, Population, Safety

Updated and edited January 21, 2024. Posted January 16, 2024. Background We’ve been working on this report on hate and bias incidents in Montgomery County Maryland for the last few years. This report is based on data from July 2022 through October 31, 2023. It is important to note thatContinue Reading

In: Administrators, CEOs, County Council, Education & Culture, Incident Response, MCPS, Montgomery County Police Department, Restorative Justice, SROs

Multiple sources reached out to us regarding the January 2nd fight at B-CC (Bethesda Chevy Chase High School) that prompted a press release from Councilmember Jawando on January 4th, 2024 and news articles by MyMCMedia and MoCo360. Interestingly, these articles both state that  B-CC principal Dr. Shelton L. Mooney willContinue Reading

In: Community Feedback, Community Reports, County Council, DHHS, Emergency Response, Government, Information, Local Government, Maryland, Mental health, Montgomery County Police Department, Policing, Public Safety

Community Reports – Anonymous Submission December 11, 2023 Councilmember Shares Crisis Response Gone Wrong “Let’s be honest with the public. If you don’t want the police to come, don’t call MCOTs.” This was the public yelp-like review from Councilmember Kristin Mink during the November 29th EC/HHS/PS Joint Committee Worksession. MCOTsContinue Reading

In: Construction, Environment, Environment, Government, Labs Under Construction, Local Government, Parks and Planning, Planning Board, Universities At Shady Grove

October 11, 2023 Last year in September of 2022 we did a series of photos about development along the Great Seneca Science Corridor. See that post also for a map of the different locations discussed below. Today we have a treat which is drone imagery updates of that area courtesyContinue Reading

In: County Council, Local Government, MCPS, School, Superintendent

October 12, 2023 – 10:30AM We got a tip yesterday that Dr. Patrick Murphy, deputy superintendent is no longer employed by MCPS. Murphy was one of the high-ranking school officials who participated in the County Council Meeting about two weeks ago. He is still listed as the Deputy Superintendent onContinue Reading

In: CEOs, Drugs and Alcohol, Government, Incident Response, Interviews, Local Government, MCPS, Moderately MOCO Interns, Montgomery County Police Department, Policing, Public Safety, Safety, SROs, Student Interviews

August 21, 2023 – Christian Lee Full video interview aired on YouTube July 11, 2023 Being a police officer is a rewarding, albeit demanding job.  Similar to school teachers, cafeteria workers, and guidance counselors, policemen sacrifice every hour of every day in order to serve our students and protect ourContinue Reading

In: Administrators, BOE, Community Interviews, Education & Culture, Government, Local Government, MCPS

A reader wrote in to share their terrible experiences at Farquhard MS with Joel Beidelman as principal without revealing their identity… The full incident details are quite severe, but details have been removed to protect identities. For those not familiar with the current events surrounding Joel Beidelman, he was recentlyContinue Reading