Massive layoffs of special education staff as Department of Educatujon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

I have a friend who's daughter purposely chose to teach special ed in a poorer area. The big issue is the school system where she is tries to convince people of color it's discrimination to get an IEP because too many people of color are being identified. So too many students who need the protection of the IEP don't get it. She accommodates those students anyway because it's the right thing to do, but those students will not be impacted by these changes at all. Most of the people I know in sped as teachers and as parents find the Department of Ed pretty useless.

I agree with the person who said what teachers need most is more support. hopefully of things move to the state level there will be more efficiency in making sure class sizes are reasonable and teachers have help and resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

I have a friend who's daughter purposely chose to teach special ed in a poorer area. The big issue is the school system where she is tries to convince people of color it's discrimination to get an IEP because too many people of color are being identified. So too many students who need the protection of the IEP don't get it. She accommodates those students anyway because it's the right thing to do, but those students will not be impacted by these changes at all. Most of the people I know in sped as teachers and as parents find the Department of Ed pretty useless.

I agree with the person who said what teachers need most is more support. hopefully of things move to the state level there will be more efficiency in making sure class sizes are reasonable and teachers have help and resources.

Agree.

Money needs to be allocated to raise the salary for 1st year teachers. We are seeing an all time low of students enrolled in education programs and one of the main reasons is money. They can't afford to live in the communities they teach...especially in this area. The result, we are getting educators from other countries who are less than qualified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

I have a friend who's daughter purposely chose to teach special ed in a poorer area. The big issue is the school system where she is tries to convince people of color it's discrimination to get an IEP because too many people of color are being identified. So too many students who need the protection of the IEP don't get it. She accommodates those students anyway because it's the right thing to do, but those students will not be impacted by these changes at all. Most of the people I know in sped as teachers and as parents find the Department of Ed pretty useless.

I agree with the person who said what teachers need most is more support. hopefully of things move to the state level there will be more efficiency in making sure class sizes are reasonable and teachers have help and resources.

Agree.

Money needs to be allocated to raise the salary for 1st year teachers. We are seeing an all time low of students enrolled in education programs and one of the main reasons is money. They can't afford to live in the communities they teach...especially in this area. The result, we are getting educators from other countries who are less than qualified.

I am the person you are responding to, and you nailed it. Raise sped teacher salaries. They don't need people in fancy positions talking down to them and frankly I say this as a parent, we don't need more laws to be able to sue even more often. Raise sped salaries, decrease class sizes and decrease the red tape/paperwork and number of IEP meetings and I think we could see huge change. Sped teachers are burning out in droves and sometimes it's the worst ones who are like cockroaches. They survive anything and do more harm than good. I think some of these lawsuits do more harm than good too because the higher ups find a way to screw it up.

[Anonymous]

Every time a special ed teacher leaves, the teachers who remain get to split the caseload. When 2 or 3 leave in a year, they split those too. Teachers are leaving at the ‘good’ schools too. The remaining teachers are told to suck it up. It’s sad. I love your kids and work so hard for them, but I can’t do 3 jobs much longer.

[Anonymous]

Well, this is what red states voted for so those parents better figure it out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

The issue remains the IDEA Act is still an unfunded federal mandate- so not sure anyone could force much on the states.

If IDEA is unfunded, then how was this department administering IDEA funds ($15 billion according to the linked ABC article) to the states? How many people do you need to send money to the states?

It wasn't unfunded, it was underfunded. Trump just fired the people in the fed govt who disbursed the money to the states (then the states give it to the school districts). So who knows what happens now. Either the people who made this decision don't care about kids with disabilities or they did this intentionally to hurt them. Or they are completely incompetent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is what red states voted for so those parents better figure it out.

Yes, people voted for this, including I bet a lot of people with kids with special needs who will now be hurt by their own actions.

Unfortunately, a lot of us didn't vote for this and our kids will also be hurt too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

this makes it so much worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

Wealthy districts screw over sped kids too and now will be able to do it even more freely without any oversight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

OP here. This is exactly it.

KARMA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is what red states voted for so those parents better figure it out.

Yes, people voted for this, including I bet a lot of people with kids with special needs who will now be hurt by their own actions.

Unfortunately, a lot of us didn't vote for this and our kids will also be hurt too.

I truly hate the people who voted for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, this is what red states voted for so those parents better figure it out.

Yes, people voted for this, including I bet a lot of people with kids with special needs who will now be hurt by their own actions.

Unfortunately, a lot of us didn't vote for this and our kids will also be hurt too.

I truly hate the people who voted for this.

You hate everything so it’s meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ruh roh!

Who were those with the rose colored glasses that thought their child was going to get something good out of the changes in Washington.

If you aren't wealthy and what you need cost money, you are on your own.

I know some of you can afford it and maybe live in a state that won't let you down, but spare a thought to the other parents

Hard to take you seriously after “ruh roh.”

Pity

A sense of humor is linked with higher intelligence. I can understand you can't mentally access the information following "ruh roh."

https://www.psychologistworld.com/cognitive/black-humor-linked-to-high-intelligence-study

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of Ed but I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

Wealthy districts screw over sped kids too and now will be able to do it even more freely without any oversight.

I am not sure how FCPS can do less. Like- they do nothing in the case of my child so can they really do worse?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the people at Dept of I am not sure FCPS follows what they say. Having dealt with FCPS for years- I think they have been allowed to do whatever they want so not sure how this changes anything

I don’t think this will change much for wealthy states and districts, but people in poor, rural, or red states will be hit hard.

Wealthy districts screw over sped kids too and now will be able to do it even more freely without any oversight.

I am not sure how FCPS can do less. Like- they do nothing in the case of my child so can they really do worse?

So the expectation going forward is to expect nothing from anyone

Not the school district, not College Board , not colleges, not employers