The local teachers union, Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), has responded to the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) memorandum of investigation into MCPS’ use of an emergency procurement to acquire crisis management and communication support services (crisis management). The full statement can be seen below:
“The OIG’s Memorandum of Investigation confirms an ongoing pattern of personnel and financial mismanagement at the top of MCPS. As MCPS misspent valuable tax dollars on covering up misdeeds, it shifted time and attention away from what should have been its top priority: our students.
This latest revelation comes as no surprise since MCPS has subjected its students and educators to an atmosphere of mistrust and instability over the past year. Unfortunately, this disclosure does little to help the district repair its credibility with the community. Incoming Superintendent Dr. Taylor’s first order of business must be to get his house in order, rebuild the community’s confidence in MCPS leadership, and restore MCPS’s reputation as a great place to learn and work.”