Cuts to MCPS EML Therapeutic Counseling Team

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful to see caseload numbers over time to help people understand this request for support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is MCPS required to provide medical care to students even outside school hours? I think we're asking too much from MCPS.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

They for some reason cannot get it through their thick skulls that the Council can't just write them a check for however money they want by raising taxes on the rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

These are immigrant children many of whom have interrupted schooling or experienced trauma. I don't want this to be a debate about immigration but the reality no matter what you think about immigration policy is these children are here in our community and we want to give them the best chance of success as we would do for any other child in our community. Those counselors do a lot and they are some of the most important people in MCPS IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

These are immigrant children many of whom have interrupted schooling or experienced trauma. I don't want this to be a debate about immigration but the reality no matter what you think about immigration policy is these children are here in our community and we want to give them the best chance of success as we would do for any other child in our community. Those counselors do a lot and they are some of the most important people in MCPS IMO.

I completely agree that the county should offer supports for these kids. But it's not education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

Taylor just gave a $5 million dollar federal grant to the electric bus vendor without a dime for MCPS. A straight up gift. That is true love.

[Anonymous]

Also what are the caseloads and have they changed to justify the layoffs? These are services for kids who are newly arrived. How many people are arriving in this political climate?

[Anonymous]

Think of them as case managers. If the children are hungry or do not have health are they less likely to succeed at school. If they are experiencing violence in their neighborhoods they are less likely to succeed at school. A lot of what these counselors do is connect the kids with community resources as well as being a sounding board. Imagine yourself at 11 or 12 coming to a country where you don't speak the language and not knowing where to go for help because you have no food. The counselors are bilingual or trilingual and trained to help these kids. It's not a huge expense for MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Think of them as case managers. If the children are hungry or do not have health are they less likely to succeed at school. If they are experiencing violence in their neighborhoods they are less likely to succeed at school. A lot of what these counselors do is connect the kids with community resources as well as being a sounding board. Imagine yourself at 11 or 12 coming to a country where you don't speak the language and not knowing where to go for help because you have no food. The counselors are bilingual or trilingual and trained to help these kids. It's not a huge expense for MCPS.

The county has social workers for this purpose

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

Taylor just gave a $5 million dollar federal grant to the electric bus vendor without a dime for MCPS. A straight up gift. That is true love.

Is it time to admit that Taylor is not the benevolent lord and savior his supporters painted him out to be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

Taylor just gave a $5 million dollar federal grant to the electric bus vendor without a dime for MCPS. A straight up gift. That is true love.

How do people think this is ok? My kids ride an electric bus. It sucks. It has not shown up for two days in a row.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think of them as case managers. If the children are hungry or do not have health are they less likely to succeed at school. If they are experiencing violence in their neighborhoods they are less likely to succeed at school. A lot of what these counselors do is connect the kids with community resources as well as being a sounding board. Imagine yourself at 11 or 12 coming to a country where you don't speak the language and not knowing where to go for help because you have no food. The counselors are bilingual or trilingual and trained to help these kids. It's not a huge expense for MCPS.

The county has social workers for this purpose

No, they don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Think of them as case managers. If the children are hungry or do not have health are they less likely to succeed at school. If they are experiencing violence in their neighborhoods they are less likely to succeed at school. A lot of what these counselors do is connect the kids with community resources as well as being a sounding board. Imagine yourself at 11 or 12 coming to a country where you don't speak the language and not knowing where to go for help because you have no food. The counselors are bilingual or trilingual and trained to help these kids. It's not a huge expense for MCPS.

The county has social workers for this purpose

Most don't speak Spanish and they are mostly assigned to school or programs that are dealing with other issues including the teen mental health crisis and special ed . They are overwhelmed too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid needs a therapeutic counselor they should seek that outside the school.

Let's keep the cuts going then since MCPS also provides occupational and physical therapy to children and students with IEPs from age 3 to 21. Or does this position bother you because it serves immigrant children? Should we cut PPWs as well? School Psychologists? Not provide ANY services?

It's 26 counselors for the whole county, they only serve students who truly need this service, we're not talking about an extra position in each school.

Better solution. Taylor is asking for more money. Let’s fund one at every school.

MCPS is not funded enough to solve all of society's ills. Where does everybody think this money is coming from?

Taylor just gave a $5 million dollar federal grant to the electric bus vendor without a dime for MCPS. A straight up gift. That is true love.

Is it time to admit that Taylor is not the benevolent lord and savior his supporters painted him out to be?

He’s doing the incompetent BOE bidding with a smile.