Serious Question - Special Ed Students in Gen Ed Classrooms

[Anonymous]

I was in MCPS and then we left but have no returned. What has changed in MCPS policy over the past few years where there are a number of special ed students in General Ed classrooms?

Thanks - I am not trying to be contrarian but this is our 4th kid in MCPS and there is a noticeable difference. We left for a bit and things have changed.

[Anonymous]

We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

[Anonymous]

There aren't anywhere near enough seats in special ed private day schools. They close and they don't open more. So no where for kids to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

"Special ed" students have been assigned to the least restrictive environment far before 2019. You just weren't paying attention, or you're trying to troll now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

Probably. Last SECAC meeting, SpEd office talked about how complaints significantly escalated in the last 2 years. Like huge jumps in numbers. Prob a vestige from McKnight tenure, then Felder "increase class sizes," so here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

Probably. Last SECAC meeting, SpEd office talked about how complaints significantly escalated in the last 2 years. Like huge jumps in numbers. Prob a vestige from McKnight tenure, then Felder "increase class sizes," so here we are.

Um full inclusion has been a push since '04

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

Probably. Last SECAC meeting, SpEd office talked about how complaints significantly escalated in the last 2 years. Like huge jumps in numbers. Prob a vestige from McKnight tenure, then Felder "increase class sizes," so here we are.

What type of complaints spiked?

[Anonymous]

Right now they are gatekeeping all of the elementary programs and keeping even very significant problems in the classroom. These include kids 5 grade levels below (5th graders who can’t read sight words and 3rd graders who can’t identify all numbers) and severe behavior issues. These include past couple of years it has gotten so ridiculous- it is not surprising that the complaints increased.

[Anonymous]

They implemented the Benchmark curriculum around 2019. When kids don't learn to read effectively, they can't engage with instruction and act out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

"Special ed" students have been assigned to the least restrictive environment far before 2019. You just weren't paying attention, or you're trying to troll now.

I’m not trolling. We are in a ‘W’ elementary school and this is the first we have experienced. But thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

Probably. Last SECAC meeting, SpEd office talked about how complaints significantly escalated in the last 2 years. Like huge jumps in numbers. Prob a vestige from McKnight tenure, then Felder "increase class sizes," so here we are.

What type of complaints spiked?

Same question. Not clear from your comment what complaints were about and who they were about.

[Anonymous]

It’s what teachers have been telling you: since COVID the behaviors in classrooms are wild. They are overwhelming. I’d need a sociologist to explain what exactly has happened to kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't isolate students who receive special ed services anymore. It's been this way for a long time, so maybe you just weren't aware

Do you know when this stopped? We left in 2019. Was it after that?

"Special ed" students have been assigned to the least restrictive environment far before 2019. You just weren't paying attention, or you're trying to troll now.

I’m not trolling. We are in a ‘W’ elementary school and this is the first we have experienced. But thanks.

Yeah, I work at 'W' elementary school myself (for over a decade) and nope-you're wrong...MCPS doesn't use resource classrooms. SPED teachers either push in or pull out for certain subjects (and not for the entirety of the class either) but special ed students are always in regular homerooms and classrooms. DCPS uses resource classrooms. Go there if you're so concerned.

[Anonymous]

What difference has OP seeing? It is very unclear if she is hearing about specific kids with disabilities in her kid's classroom or just general behavior issues that may or may not be coming from kids with disabilities.