Reducing personnel at central office

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Which FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Which FCPS?

Fairfax County Public Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Source?

The data was posted here a few weeks back. I didn't keep the link.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Source?

The data was posted here a few weeks back. I didn't keep the link.

That was actually proven to be a false statement.

Let’s just look at what each reports:

FCPS By the Numbers: https://www.fcps.edu/shar...r-success
(Scroll down to it)

MCPs by the number: https://www.montgomerysch...231106.pdf

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t forget that the special Ed department is in an actual crisis. Many many schools are left with ZERO certified sped staff (especially in discrete programs such as autism or SCB) and the staff in home school model (general ed inclusion for those who don’t know) are drowning in paperwork and cannot get consults from their instructional specialists or supervisors because there is not enough support in the SPED department. Also- please note that there was ZERO budget for home school model teachers to spend on instructional materials this year. Changes need to made immediately in that department

The terrible state of the Office of Special Education is the next big MCPS scandal that should be the focus of investigation.

This. So much this. Special Education is beyond crisis state, and special ed parents are too exhausted to sound the alarm. Want to talk about pathetic Central Office staff, every single one of them who claim to work for special education need to go

Yes, SN parents are exhausted, but we still sound the alarm all the time. We are ignored, told we should be grateful for the little we do get because there are not enough staff, or we are gaslit. They get away with it because stigma against disabilities still exists. No one thinks that a child with disabilities can learn or succeed. Therefore the school system has NO curriculum packages for even the most basic, well known disabilities like dyslexia (they only have begun to roll out small amounts of OG training). And they have been able to get away with this because until 2017 the standard set by the US Supreme Court for a "free and appropriate public education" was "de minimus", meaning the school merely had to show that a special education student had made a little bit more than "no progress". Now, after Endrew F., the standard is raised a bit but still a very low bar.

Even given the low bar, I talk to parents frequently who are told, illegally, that their kids don't qualify for services or accommodations - that is a failure of central office to
properly train staff who run and participate in special ed meetings. The lack of any curriculum for common special ed problems - dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, autistic learning beyond ADA, social lessons, emotional lessons, etc. is also a failure of central special ed.

+1

There is real truth in this post. I would encourage folks to move with their feet - esp parents with spec Ed kids. No system is ideal but there are systems that have a better corporate culture than MCPS. It’s toxic. Leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A good example of wasting money:

Title One ES
A. Parent coordinator from Linkages to Learning (funding from MoCo)
B. School based PCC (there 5 days a week)
C. CO PCC (there 1 day a week)
D. Community/School Coordinator (5 days a week)

You have four people essentially doing the same job. B may refer a family to A. B may also say, "They don't need me at that school" and not go on their assigned day. D is bringing in organizations/programs that A,B, and C have been working with.

Instead of having 4 people do the same job, why not have 1 FT person doing all the work. This could fund 2 more teacher positions at the school.

What a waste. Again, the CO PCCs are asking for a 2 step raise. There goes more $$$ to fund positions for people who do not do their job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Is that true? If so, it’s totally nuts and unless our student population is that much greater, MCPS.needs to make some serious cuts to the central office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Which FCPS?

Fairfax County Public Schools

Then you're totally wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Is that true? If so, it’s totally nuts and unless our student population is that much greater, MCPS.needs to make some serious cuts to the central office.

No, it's not true at all.
Faux news from Fox News

[Anonymous]

This is the time of year that CO positions should be cut and not reposted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Is that true? If so, it’s totally nuts and unless our student population is that much greater, MCPS.needs to make some serious cuts to the central office.

It's not. The difference is due to differences in coding/counting. In MCPS, a bunch of school-based staff like paraprofessionals and special education specialists are coded as Central Office. In FCPS, the exact same positions are coded by school. But the actual bureaucratic/supervisory parts of Central Office are comparable in both districts.

[Anonymous]

They should start with gutting the cush jobs for coverups program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS has 2X the admin overhead with CO that FCPS has. It's kind of crazy, really. Think of how many teachers they could hire with that and how much more that would help.

Source?

The data was posted here in the past 30 days. You'll need to find it yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should start with gutting the cush jobs for coverups program.

My friend at the CO told me the new super is really the old super in a wig!!