Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor said the school system, which is the largest in the state, is still working to clear up the backlog of background checks discovered in a recent inspector general’s report.

Taylor emphasized to reporters on Wednesday that “MCPS is a safe place to send your children,” and that all employees had been fingerprinted.

While all employees have had their fingerprints taken, Taylor said, “Not all of them had been enrolled in a program called RapBack, which is a continuous check program.”

“We are in the process of going back and addressing our employee class that was hired prior to 2019 to make sure that they are up to date and that they are enrolled in that RapBack program,” Taylor said.

An Aug. 4 report by the Montgomery County Of

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