Special Ed Disaster

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is RTSE?

Resource Teacher Special Education - It's a department head who was intended to take the paperwork burden off instructional staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is disgraceful. I hope TT rots in hell

He broke CO SPED support for schools and still hasn't figured out how SPED is going to come together again, except that it will somehow be wedged into the ever important regional program system.

I hope he rots in hell too.

The harm being done to special education in MCPS is enormous. The CO sped leadership is woefully unprepared and Cage, Langston, and Gaillard-Jones are clearly in over their heads.

[Anonymous]

Who is the person in special ed who has proposed all of these changes to the ESY schedule? As someone who has worked ESY for the last 10+ years, I’m very concerned about the impacts of these changes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is the person in special ed who has proposed all of these changes to the ESY schedule? As someone who has worked ESY for the last 10+ years, I’m very concerned about the impacts of these changes.

What changes are taking place for ESY?

[Anonymous]

Another day, another nightmare under the Moran Mismanagement Mafia...

The days are different, but the results are the same.

[Anonymous]

The title of this thread should be "Special Ed Disaster impacts General Ed"

[Anonymous]

Everyone remember this is MCPS's choice. My guess is this is an effort to get people to lobby the Council for more funding. The Council hasn't made any budget decisions yet so they haven't cut anything yet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The title of this thread should be "Special Ed Disaster impacts General Ed"

Yes, this is going to impact everyone. His staffing for special education is a disaster. Special Education teachers will be spread too thin to actually work with students. Therefore, general education teachers will be left trying to meet the needs of all students. It is impossible to do. Everyone will suffer. I am so glad that I walked away from teaching last year after teaching for 25 years. Taylor can't keep asking teachers to do more and more with less and less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title of this thread should be "Special Ed Disaster impacts General Ed"

Yes, this is going to impact everyone. His staffing for special education is a disaster. Special Education teachers will be spread too thin to actually work with students. Therefore, general education teachers will be left trying to meet the needs of all students. It is impossible to do. Everyone will suffer. I am so glad that I walked away from teaching last year after teaching for 25 years. Taylor can't keep asking teachers to do more and more with less and less.

This is already happening at kiddo's HS. Even with IEP, teachers and co-teachers don't pay attention to my kiddo because there are "worse" kids than mind. Meanwhile, gen ed kids in the same classes... bored out of their mind?

[Anonymous]

The public education system as a whole is collapsing on itself. There are too many kids with needs and even more that have needs but do not rise to the threshold of an IEP or 504.

Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Classes are too large to provide meaningful instruction and feedback. Property taxes are rising but the people paying the increases are not seeing meaningful changes.

We (the public) can only surmise what is going on behind the scenes. We really have no idea what the conversations are, what negotiations are happening. We see the outcomes but we have no idea if the outcome was best of the bad options.

Decisions about education are made based on hunger, shelter, and family dynamics. What is best educationally may not be feasible due to an issue outside of the school districts control. I think we all agree that HS school students should have a later start but the push back when this was considered was that many families need to the older kids home to watch the younger kids. That's family dynamics driving education policy.

I don't have a solution but I do believe everyone is doing the best that they can within the constraints they have to work with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title of this thread should be "Special Ed Disaster impacts General Ed"

Yes, this is going to impact everyone. His staffing for special education is a disaster. Special Education teachers will be spread too thin to actually work with students. Therefore, general education teachers will be left trying to meet the needs of all students. It is impossible to do. Everyone will suffer. I am so glad that I walked away from teaching last year after teaching for 25 years. Taylor can't keep asking teachers to do more and more with less and less.

This is already happening at kiddo's HS. Even with IEP, teachers and co-teachers don't pay attention to my kiddo because there are "worse" kids than mind. Meanwhile, gen ed kids in the same classes... bored out of their mind?

It’s always been this way. Sad, but nothing new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The public education system as a whole is collapsing on itself. There are too many kids with needs and even more that have needs but do not rise to the threshold of an IEP or 504.

Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Classes are too large to provide meaningful instruction and feedback. Property taxes are rising but the people paying the increases are not seeing meaningful changes.

We (the public) can only surmise what is going on behind the scenes. We really have no idea what the conversations are, what negotiations are happening. We see the outcomes but we have no idea if the outcome was best of the bad options.

Decisions about education are made based on hunger, shelter, and family dynamics. What is best educationally may not be feasible due to an issue outside of the school districts control. I think we all agree that HS school students should have a later start but the push back when this was considered was that many families need to the older kids home to watch the younger kids. That's family dynamics driving education policy.

I don't have a solution but I do believe everyone is doing the best that they can within the constraints they have to work with.

Many of our kids have documented concerns and the admin refuse to give ieps.

New teachers have low pay, ones there for years are paid well.

We don’t need later start times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The public education system as a whole is collapsing on itself. There are too many kids with needs and even more that have needs but do not rise to the threshold of an IEP or 504.

Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Classes are too large to provide meaningful instruction and feedback. Property taxes are rising but the people paying the increases are not seeing meaningful changes.

We (the public) can only surmise what is going on behind the scenes. We really have no idea what the conversations are, what negotiations are happening. We see the outcomes but we have no idea if the outcome was best of the bad options.

Decisions about education are made based on hunger, shelter, and family dynamics. What is best educationally may not be feasible due to an issue outside of the school districts control. I think we all agree that HS school students should have a later start but the push back when this was considered was that many families need to the older kids home to watch the younger kids. That's family dynamics driving education policy.

I don't have a solution but I do believe everyone is doing the best that they can within the constraints they have to work with.

TT is using kids with disabilities as a bargaining chip with the County Council. That is not "the best of bad options" that is an irresponsible and disgusting choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The public education system as a whole is collapsing on itself. There are too many kids with needs and even more that have needs but do not rise to the threshold of an IEP or 504.

Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Classes are too large to provide meaningful instruction and feedback. Property taxes are rising but the people paying the increases are not seeing meaningful changes.

We (the public) can only surmise what is going on behind the scenes. We really have no idea what the conversations are, what negotiations are happening. We see the outcomes but we have no idea if the outcome was best of the bad options.

Decisions about education are made based on hunger, shelter, and family dynamics. What is best educationally may not be feasible due to an issue outside of the school districts control. I think we all agree that HS school students should have a later start but the push back when this was considered was that many families need to the older kids home to watch the younger kids. That's family dynamics driving education policy.

I don't have a solution but I do believe everyone is doing the best that they can within the constraints they have to work with.

TT is using kids with disabilities as a bargaining chip with the County Council. That is not "the best of bad options" that is an irresponsible and disgusting choice.

I have no idea what TT is doing---perhaps, maybe, he's using the only chip he has to get what he needs. And before you come at me, yes my kid has an IEP. I'm not thrilled about the rumored changes either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The public education system as a whole is collapsing on itself. There are too many kids with needs and even more that have needs but do not rise to the threshold of an IEP or 504.

Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Classes are too large to provide meaningful instruction and feedback. Property taxes are rising but the people paying the increases are not seeing meaningful changes.

We (the public) can only surmise what is going on behind the scenes. We really have no idea what the conversations are, what negotiations are happening. We see the outcomes but we have no idea if the outcome was best of the bad options.

Decisions about education are made based on hunger, shelter, and family dynamics. What is best educationally may not be feasible due to an issue outside of the school districts control. I think we all agree that HS school students should have a later start but the push back when this was considered was that many families need to the older kids home to watch the younger kids. That's family dynamics driving education policy.

I don't have a solution but I do believe everyone is doing the best that they can within the constraints they have to work with.

TT is using kids with disabilities as a bargaining chip with the County Council. That is not "the best of bad options" that is an irresponsible and disgusting choice.

I have no idea what TT is doing---perhaps, maybe, he's using the only chip he has to get what he needs. And before you come at me, yes my kid has an IEP. I'm not thrilled about the rumored changes either.

Please, it is so obvious. He is choosing the item he is willing to cut that will cause the most outcry. He is not identifying what he can cut that will have the least impact (like the regional programs nobody cares about). Assuming the Council doesn't fully fund his request, which is likely, do you think he will back down? That would completely undermine his credibility the next time he wants to do something and needs to threaten people do it. Which will certainly happen soon. It is happening concurrently with the calendar issue. He isn't backing down.