February 2, 2024 – 5:25pm. Updated 6:30pm.
Confirming our previous posts on social media that Dr. McKnight would be resigning today (even guessing the time within a few minutes), the Board of Education has announced that they have agreed to mutually separate effective immediately:
Today the Montgomery County Board of Education and Dr. Monifa McKnight have mutually agreed to separate, effective February 2, 2024. The Board is grateful to Dr. McKnight for her many years of service to MCPS and public education. We wish her well in her next chapter. The Board will work together with staff to ensure a smooth transition.
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=13374&type=&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode=
Dr. McKnight also released a statement focused on the results and progress made during her time as superintendent.
This ends a tumultuous series of events where the BOE asked McKnight to resign and she pushed back after fallout from the Beidleman scandal. Terms of the severance have not yet been made clear.
BOE President Silvestre at least is likely to still testify in next weeks County Council Education & Culture meeting.
More details about the entire scandal and events leading up to it are summarized well here by MoCo360.
Update 6:30pm: County Council has released a statement here.