MCPS improperly procured crisis management vendor in response to Beidleman scandal, county inspector general says

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) improperly used emergency procurements to acquire crisis management and communication services in the wake of a scandal involving former middle school principal Joel Beidleman, according to a report released Thursday by the county Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Beidleman was a former Farquhar Middle School principal who the inspector general’s office determined Dec. 1 had engaged in bullying and harassment and violated the school system’s code of conduct.