Behavioral Issues in Classroom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

[Anonymous]

What programs were shut down? Were kids who were displaced from these programs given support in the mainstream classroom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What programs were shut down? Were kids who were displaced from these programs given support in the mainstream classroom?

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are your options as a parent when there is a child with significant behavioral issues in your child's elementary school class?
Is the only option to push to get your kid transferred to another class?
The disruptions are severe and occurring almost daily. The kids are scared and the teacher has also expressed fear. The response I've received so far is "the administration is aware of the problem".

Typical MCPS. They don't care and won't do anything. They're going to make you move your kid, not the kid who is causing disruption in the class.

MCPS is legally obligated to educate the kid causing disruption. They have to be in someone’s class.

No, they can be in room with an administrator and a book, until their placement in a school for kids with behavioral issues has a spot for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.

+1 The SESES programs also still exist, as do other more restrictive placements. It sounds like OP's kid is still in elementary though, so Mark Twain would not have been an option.

Honestly, it's HARD to get a restrictive placement for a little kid, and that's for good reason. Sometimes getting a handle on the behavior is a matter of understanding triggers, or a matter of understand what in the child's life is causing them to act out. Taking a kid out of the mainstream classroom is meant to be a multi-step process with several interventions tried first. OP - I'm sorry your child is witnessing this, and that they presumably find it upsetting, but you don't have any way of knowing what's going on or where the child/parent/school are in the process of assessment and attempts to remediate the situation before moving the child into a self-contained classroom.

[Anonymous]

I asked for my kid to be seated away from the disruptive one. Although my request was granted, the teacher tried to shame me for not embracing inclusiveness. Typical mcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are your options as a parent when there is a child with significant behavioral issues in your child's elementary school class?
Is the only option to push to get your kid transferred to another class?
The disruptions are severe and occurring almost daily. The kids are scared and the teacher has also expressed fear. The response I've received so far is "the administration is aware of the problem".

Typical MCPS. They don't care and won't do anything. They're going to make you move your kid, not the kid who is causing disruption in the class.

MCPS is legally obligated to educate the kid causing disruption. They have to be in someone’s class.

I understand this, but the child is regularly throwing furniture and books, endangering students and staff. I believe the teacher was already struck with something once. This is not a safe environment for anyone involved.

My daughter had a classmate like this. It was incredibly difficult for all of the students, the teacher and staff. There used to be daily and sometimes multiple times a class evacuations of the class. Thrown furniture, random items, hitting teachers and staff.

After two years in class with this boy, I requested my daughter not to be in the same class with him.

Ultimately, I don’t know what happened to the boy, but after a few years I stopped hearing about his issues in class. Years.

I don’t know if he was moved to an alternative school, or moved away from the area.

Your take away should be that it’s a lengthy process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.

I think that there was a program for students on the autism spectrum who also had extreme behaviors that was closed last year. If I recall correctly it was at Darnstown elementary, and was the only program of that nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I asked for my kid to be seated away from the disruptive one. Although my request was granted, the teacher tried to shame me for not embracing inclusiveness. Typical mcps.

Then the teacher is clearly not as concerned as you are about their ability to handle a difficult case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.

I think that there was a program for students on the autism spectrum who also had extreme behaviors that was closed last year. If I recall correctly it was at Darnstown elementary, and was the only program of that nature.

The Darnestown program wasn't closed, but its staffing was reduced.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/darnestown-elementary-parents-protest-changes-to-program-serving-students-with-autism/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of the alternative schools have been closed.

This.
The programs were shut down last year and now teachers are being hit and bitten weekly. The children that needed the specialized programs are back in regular classrooms and with out needed supports.

MCPS cut the program so they could waste $168 million on a failed electric bus scheme.

No, this happened more than a decade ago.

LOL Nice try. But it just happened again last year. The gift that keeps on giving. A Board of Education that would rather cut a program for children in need of specialized support than read a contract brought to them by criminals.

The Mark Twain School was shut down more than a decade ago. I don't know what you are referring to.

I think that there was a program for students on the autism spectrum who also had extreme behaviors that was closed last year. If I recall correctly it was at Darnstown elementary, and was the only program of that nature.

The Darnestown program wasn't closed, but its staffing was reduced.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/darnestown-elementary-parents-protest-changes-to-program-serving-students-with-autism/

Staffing was reduced because fewer students were assigned to that location, which is important context. From the link:

"Because MCPS does not anticipate sending as many students for FY25, the number of paraeducators there will be reduced by 6.125 and those paraeducators will be reassigned to different schools. There are 13 learning centers, all of which serve students with autism. Wyles said the goal originally was to increase capacity for all learning centers, so some students may not have to commute far to Darnestown. Noting autism is the top growing area of disability for students, Wyles said, “We want to be able to have students be educated as close as possible to their home. We want to build the capacity of our teachers who, whether or not they’re in a learning center classroom, they can support students with autism.”"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your options as a parent when there is a child with significant behavioral issues in your child's elementary school class?
Is the only option to push to get your kid transferred to another class?
The disruptions are severe and occurring almost daily. The kids are scared and the teacher has also expressed fear. The response I've received so far is "the administration is aware of the problem".

Teachers are powerless for this. MCPS has made the decision that poor behavior doesn't matter and there are no consequences. One child can disrupt the learning of 25 others and MCPS leadership does not care. Maybe Taylor will change that but unlikely.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't the kid have a shadow adult with them? Ask for that. They have funding for these things.