Ethics of MCPS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

You are making a generalization of all private schools when private schools have vastly different ways of addressing students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are also vastly different as to their needs. The key is to find a private school you can afford that meets your child’s needs. Also, many parents weigh the expense of a private school with keeping a child in public and using the resources not spent on a private school for supplemental supports such as private tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

+1 This is the first quarter MSDE Letters of Findings for IDEA complaints.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/FSDR/ComplaintLetters/2022/index.aspx

Other quarters are searchable as well. Any interested party can file a FOIA request for Resolution Agreements MCPS signed with OCR.

Finally, MCPS has a high number of retaliation complaints being investigated by OCR.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

+1 This is the first quarter MSDE Letters of Findings for IDEA complaints.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/FSDR/ComplaintLetters/2022/index.aspx

Other quarters are searchable as well. Any interested party can file a FOIA request for Resolution Agreements MCPS signed with OCR.

Finally, MCPS has a high number of retaliation complaints being investigated by OCR.

Any district with 160k students is bound to have a few complaints. It seems like you are trying to manufacture conspiracies where none exist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

Maybe they just don't complain to you as they know you don't care OR they protect their kids privacy and its none of your business OR their kids needs aren't a big deal. If they have a 504, its generally not a big deal.

We spent a fortune on private evaluations and therapies. Would we comment to someone like you? Never. We just did what we needed to do for our child. You wouldn't have any idea that my child was in ST several times a week, OT 1-2 times a week and we heavily tutored at home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

You are making a generalization of all private schools when private schools have vastly different ways of addressing students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are also vastly different as to their needs. The key is to find a private school you can afford that meets your child’s needs. Also, many parents weigh the expense of a private school with keeping a child in public and using the resources not spent on a private school for supplemental supports such as private tutoring.

Except Catholics, many people cannot afford private and there aren't a lot of privates in the county, particularly those willing to take SN.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

+1 This is the first quarter MSDE Letters of Findings for IDEA complaints.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/FSDR/ComplaintLetters/2022/index.aspx

Other quarters are searchable as well. Any interested party can file a FOIA request for Resolution Agreements MCPS signed with OCR.

Finally, MCPS has a high number of retaliation complaints being investigated by OCR.

Any district with 160k students is bound to have a few complaints. It seems like you are trying to manufacture conspiracies where none exist.

Nope. I actually have sat in IEP meetings where staff admitted to not following the IEP and other staff members quoted documents that the team did not have a copy of to review nor were the documents provided 5 days before the IEP meeting. MCPS took 9 months to write my child’s IEP and amended the IEP outside of a team meeting. We experienced retaliation by school staff when OCR opened their initial investigation. My child was denied services he needed for two years so we have paid over $10,000 to get him help while his school ignored him. Others in the special needs community (particularly at our school) have experienced equal treatment. When there are five Central Office employees at an IEP meeting and violations occur, there’s a problem at the top in regards of how the school system treats students with disabilities. The corporate culture is to deny and cover up any problems. Once in a while there’s a teacher who speaks up for the child but most sit silent so decisions are made before the IEP meeting takes place.

If MCPS valued educating all students, then there would be no need for underhanded and deceptive practices.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

You are making a generalization of all private schools when private schools have vastly different ways of addressing students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are also vastly different as to their needs. The key is to find a private school you can afford that meets your child’s needs. Also, many parents weigh the expense of a private school with keeping a child in public and using the resources not spent on a private school for supplemental supports such as private tutoring.

Except Catholics, many people cannot afford private and there aren't a lot of privates in the county, particularly those willing to take SN.

That's very true but these posters are a bit on hinged you can't really reason with them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

You are making a generalization of all private schools when private schools have vastly different ways of addressing students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are also vastly different as to their needs. The key is to find a private school you can afford that meets your child’s needs. Also, many parents weigh the expense of a private school with keeping a child in public and using the resources not spent on a private school for supplemental supports such as private tutoring.

Except Catholics, many people cannot afford private and there aren't a lot of privates in the county, particularly those willing to take SN.

That's very true but these posters are a bit on hinged you can't really reason with them.

You really don’t have to read the thread if you don’t like reading about how MCPS has a corporate culture of unethical behavior. Frankly I don’t know why you go through DCUM to discredit posters who have had a negative experience with MCPS. Why are you so vested in trying to keep posters from sharing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

+1 This is the first quarter MSDE Letters of Findings for IDEA complaints.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/FSDR/ComplaintLetters/2022/index.aspx

Other quarters are searchable as well. Any interested party can file a FOIA request for Resolution Agreements MCPS signed with OCR.

Finally, MCPS has a high number of retaliation complaints being investigated by OCR.

Any district with 160k students is bound to have a few complaints. It seems like you are trying to manufacture conspiracies where none exist.

Well. Unless MCPS is paying people, or maybe the Office of Communication, or board of education, or central office are monitoring these boards 24/7 to deliberately argue and try to discredit families and parents who have a negative experience with MCPS.

Just sayin' hun.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

How much of that rank is because MoCo is full of wealthy, wonky parents with advanced degrees who're able to engage MCPS within the framework of applicable regulations and laws?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child. There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households. Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually. But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place. They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services. And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.

I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true? Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox.

How much of that rank is because MoCo is full of wealthy, wonky parents with advanced degrees who're able to engage MCPS within the framework of applicable regulations and laws?

How much of that rank is because MoCo is full of corrupt central office staff and unprincipled principals who routinely delay or deny IEP's, bury the CFP skeletons in the closet, and retaliate against families that speak out?