WASHINGTON — Montgomery County school officials are reviewing their parental
notification procedures after conceding that a mistake was made at Roberto
Clemente Middle School in Germantown.
The school’s principal, Khadija Barkley, sent a letter home to parents on
Friday, informing them that a substitute teacher was accused of having
inappropriate contact with a student September 30. The principal apologized for
not telling parents sooner.
The letter comes a week after parents of students at Baker Middle School in
Damascus learned that police were investigating the alleged groping of a Baker student October 6 by a contract employee
working at the school.
Following both incidents, police were promptly called in and parents of the
students involved were notified, but the school communities were kept in the
dark for weeks.
The substitute teacher was arrested in mid-October. County school officials say
the community should have been told about the arrest earlier and procedures are
being reviewed for notifying parents about such incidents.
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