ESY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d hire a lawyer for that one

MCPS has failed to meet the student's needs of students. Highly abled students are also ignored in the name of equity.

IEP Law is federal, not whatever mcps thinks it should be.

Hire the lawyer.

[Anonymous]

Maybe parents will get smart and start putting qualifications of the provider into the IEP like they should do from the beginning. School systems hate this but it’s within parental rights to do so but holds school systems more accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe parents will get smart and start putting qualifications of the provider into the IEP like they should do from the beginning. School systems hate this but it’s within parental rights to do so but holds school systems more accountable.

+1 They can also write in the service location. And as PP said earlier hire you a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

They can combine service locations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d hire a lawyer for that one

I am a parent of a special education student and an MCPS staff person. Completely get the frustration of school not providing services a child’s IEP calls for but…staff members aren’t required to work in the summer. I’m working this year, but I’ve heard many, many of my colleagues say they’re taking the summer off for the first time in years. Many staff are fighting burnout hard and need a break so they can come back to school in the fall.

I don’t know the timeline for teachers but para educators weren’t offered an incentive to work ESY until very late in the process. If nothing else, that offer should have been made as soon as recruitment for summer jobs started.

[Anonymous]

Special Education is in a complete free fall. My child was determined to need compensatory services but they couldn’t find a provider and I cannot hire a private special education teacher at the rate MCPS is offering to reimburse. The net result is that MCPS is way out of compliance with a Letter of Findings from MSDE and my child’s IEP.

Why doesn’t MCPS hire some Special Ed Teachers as 12 month employees? RTSE are 12 month employees. Why don’t they provide Special Ed services?

The OP’s letter went to students who MCPS said qualified for ESY. What about students who had the need but schools denied services due to the lack of teachers?

Finally, what is MCPS doing to fill Special Ed vacancies this fall? So many teachers resigned at the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe parents will get smart and start putting qualifications of the provider into the IEP like they should do from the beginning. School systems hate this but it’s within parental rights to do so but holds school systems more accountable.

School system has to agree. Even when written into the IEP, MCPS is non-compliant.

[Anonymous]

I didn't realize that schools systems nationwide had to provide IEP services over the summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whoa. That’s crazy. What program is that for? Is your child able to learn anything virtually?

As a technical matter ESY is for retention not new learning.

[Anonymous]

I thought about teaching ESY. I have a SpEd endorsement even though I am not a special education teacher. but MCPS didn't have a clear curriculum set up for teachers to walk into. This means I would have to do a lot of planning outside the contracted hours. Lots of teachers want to "help out" and basically assist but not enough want to be the main ead teacher in a situation like this.

So, not worth the money especially with the constant student behavior issues lately.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all the comments. Our kid is developmentally disabled and is not expected to ever live independently. Is in the Montgomery County SCB program. Needs therapies (PT, OT, speech, etc.). Virtual DOES NOT WORK. We have attorney. Do not do any IEP meetings without. We have summer covered, but concerned about those w/o our resources. VERY concerned about the fall. Will make a Federal case out of it. Hoping someone in MoCo administration wises up before that. WHY in one of the richest counties in the nation are we not paying our teachers - and especially, our special Ed teachers, working day in and day out with one of our nation’s most challenging - and most vulnerable- populations not being paid a competitive wage?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d hire a lawyer for that one

I am a parent of a special education student and an MCPS staff person. Completely get the frustration of school not providing services a child’s IEP calls for but…staff members aren’t required to work in the summer. I’m working this year, but I’ve heard many, many of my colleagues say they’re taking the summer off for the first time in years. Many staff are fighting burnout hard and need a break so they can come back to school in the fall.

I don’t know the timeline for teachers but para educators weren’t offered an incentive to work ESY until very late in the process. If nothing else, that offer should have been made as soon as recruitment for summer jobs started.

I'm a SpEd para. I'm exhausted after this year. They asked and asked me to work ESY this summer. I'd have seriously considered it for about 4x my usual pay.

My kid didn't need ESY, but I've worked with a bunch who do. I'm so sorry for the kids. And it's going to be another difficult fall, with another round of exhausted staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well that's...creative. I guess. Maybe they should go the route of allowing families to opt for a lump sum earmarked for "summer tutoring" to obtain their own private services during the summer in exchange for indemnifying MCPS against a due process complaint. Sort of like a LISS grant.

Because they can't manufacture staff from nothing and they can't force teachers to work, so that leaves them stuck like this.

Tutoring will cost way more than $19/hour.

[Anonymous]

Why can’t they move Gen Ed summer school online and prioritize special Ed being in person? This is discrimination. A Gen Ed teacher is going to be much more helpful than a random neighborhood college kid getting paid $19/hour by special Ed parents scrambling at the last minute to find a new plan. And it’s not just for retention of content but also routine and being in a school environment around peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Special Education is in a complete free fall. My child was determined to need compensatory services but they couldn’t find a provider and I cannot hire a private special education teacher at the rate MCPS is offering to reimburse. The net result is that MCPS is way out of compliance with a Letter of Findings from MSDE and my child’s IEP.

Why doesn’t MCPS hire some Special Ed Teachers as 12 month employees? RTSE are 12 month employees. Why don’t they provide Special Ed services?

The OP’s letter went to students who MCPS said qualified for ESY. What about students who had the need but schools denied services due to the lack of teachers?

Finally, what is MCPS doing to fill Special Ed vacancies this fall? So many teachers resigned at the end of the year.

Sounds like you need a lawyer too