I would be careful, though, Donuel. From what I read in beardedbruce's article, it looks like the kind of transparency they're after is the kind that would release the school's files, not necessarily to you, the parent, but to the public. What that looks like to me, re: your particular case, would be that everyone in your neighborhood or wherever would have a right to know what is in you and your sons' files, even if the allegations have not been proven or even substantiated. That doesn't sound good at all.

My experience with the Maryland school system (all of my son's 12 years of grade school, except for one year of home schooling, was in Maryland), has been that no matter what you do to try to fix it, you will only get sucked deeper and deeper into its Machiavellian bureaucracy, and sometimes they'll find a way to get you sucked into other government agencies in the process. All I can say is... I hope you have a hell of a lot of money for lawyer fees. Other option, which could prove to be a lot cheaper in the long run, is to get your sons the hell out of the Maryland public schools.