The state of MCPS is atrocious

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work in a Title One elementary school in MCPS. Our behaviors are off the charts this year. I honestly don't know how our admin continues to come to work each day. They constantly have kids in their offices. Even our staff development teacher, reading specialist, math coach AND both counselors are constantly with kids displaying behavior issues or eloping class. Admin can't suspend kids for running the halls, even in elementary school. I feel bad for our core team above because they can't do their actual jobs as they basically play security all day. I have some difficult kids but at least I can close my classroom door and ignore the chaos that's unfolding in rooms across the school.
Parents need to wake up and start parenting their kids rather than ignoring them on their phones or trying to be their friend. I applaud all of you who are trying your best to do right by your kids. Raise hell with the county council and board of ed. Your neighborhood school's principal can't do anything to make the changes we need to see.

You all need to work with the parents and let them know what's going on and have parents come in and volunteer and help vs. complaining. This isn't something new. Even before covid, may schools were closed to parents and yet, the teachers and admin complained bitterly about the parents. We cannot help if we don't know what's going on. Kids behave differently so they may be behaving at home and not school so if that's the situation it's on the teachers to communicate. We'd email the teachers and rarely get a response back.

Please point out where I said we were NOT calling parents on a daily basis about their child's behaviors? We do call and we either get sent to voicemail or cussed out and called racist. Trust me, teachers are trying everything under the sun.

Parents who curse out school staff and admin should suffer repercussions. The government, which funds and runs MCPS, needs to start holding people accountable for this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And they want to raise taxes 10% to pay for more of this crap:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/c...tally_abused_by_the/


How exactly do you still get a 50% if you skip school every single day and get a 60% to pass if you submit 3 assignments the whole time?

MoCo is in steep decline, and property values are so overinflated it is funny. You can't even use the schools argument anymore to support property values. And why should people pay more taxes 'for the schools!' when they're already that much of an abject failure, as discussed in that chat?

we know, we know, you want to get rid of public schools, and give out vouchers for school's of parents's choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I called four parents today and three of those numbers were out of service.

Last month was me of my students hit her head at recess. An admin took her to the ER and nobody could get in touch with her parents. Her mom showed up at dismissal pissed that we had called her all afternoon. She was trying to sleep. When we told her that her daughter was still in the ER, she became enraged.

Lack of parenting is my biggest issue because it really impacts everything. Kids don’t recognize limits because they have none at home. Makes it easy for parents since they are on devices all day and night.

That mother should be charged with child neglect and referred to CPS. As mandatory reporters, isn't that your duty?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a Title One elementary school in MCPS. Our behaviors are off the charts this year. I honestly don't know how our admin continues to come to work each day. They constantly have kids in their offices. Even our staff development teacher, reading specialist, math coach AND both counselors are constantly with kids displaying behavior issues or eloping class. Admin can't suspend kids for running the halls, even in elementary school. I feel bad for our core team above because they can't do their actual jobs as they basically play security all day. I have some difficult kids but at least I can close my classroom door and ignore the chaos that's unfolding in rooms across the school.
Parents need to wake up and start parenting their kids rather than ignoring them on their phones or trying to be their friend. I applaud all of you who are trying your best to do right by your kids. Raise hell with the county council and board of ed. Your neighborhood school's principal can't do anything to make the changes we need to see.

You all need to work with the parents and let them know what's going on and have parents come in and volunteer and help vs. complaining. This isn't something new. Even before covid, may schools were closed to parents and yet, the teachers and admin complained bitterly about the parents. We cannot help if we don't know what's going on. Kids behave differently so they may be behaving at home and not school so if that's the situation it's on the teachers to communicate. We'd email the teachers and rarely get a response back.

Please point out where I said we were NOT calling parents on a daily basis about their child's behaviors? We do call and we either get sent to voicemail or cussed out and called racist. Trust me, teachers are trying everything under the sun.

Parents who curse out school staff and admin should suffer repercussions. The government, which funds and runs MCPS, needs to start holding people accountable for this stuff.

Repercussions? Like taking away the recess they don’t get? What exactly do you think MCPS can do to parents who aren’t breaking a law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I called four parents today and three of those numbers were out of service.

Last month was me of my students hit her head at recess. An admin took her to the ER and nobody could get in touch with her parents. Her mom showed up at dismissal pissed that we had called her all afternoon. She was trying to sleep. When we told her that her daughter was still in the ER, she became enraged.

Lack of parenting is my biggest issue because it really impacts everything. Kids don’t recognize limits because they have none at home. Makes it easy for parents since they are on devices all day and night.

That mother should be charged with child neglect and referred to CPS. As mandatory reporters, isn't that your duty?

Neglect? Lol. It’s very hard to get CPS to prosecute actual neglect. Not being reachable describes probably 1/4 of the parents in the school.

[Anonymous]

I love MCPS. I feel my kids are getting a much better education than was available to me at my W schools 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And they want to raise taxes 10% to pay for more of this crap:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/c...tally_abused_by_the/


How exactly do you still get a 50% if you skip school every single day and get a 60% to pass if you submit 3 assignments the whole time?

MoCo is in steep decline, and property values are so overinflated it is funny. You can't even use the schools argument anymore to support property values. And why should people pay more taxes 'for the schools!' when they're already that much of an abject failure, as discussed in that chat?

Schools are the same as ever. The difference today are the parents.

[Anonymous]

MCPS has been going to hell in a hand basket for the last hundred years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And they want to raise taxes 10% to pay for more of this crap:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/c...tally_abused_by_the/


How exactly do you still get a 50% if you skip school every single day and get a 60% to pass if you submit 3 assignments the whole time?

MoCo is in steep decline, and property values are so overinflated it is funny. You can't even use the schools argument anymore to support property values. And why should people pay more taxes 'for the schools!' when they're already that much of an abject failure, as discussed in that chat?

I did a sample 90/10 report with all 3 “done” assignments in the 90% category and the others all 50%. It didn’t come out to 60%. How are y’all getting that?

[Anonymous]

Churchhill said that democracy is the worst system of government, except for all the others.

Sometimes I think that about MCPS.

I’d never go private. Howard and PG and Fairfax and all the rest are the same. Don’t romanticize small town America either.

So yeah, it’s terrible but it’s better than the alternative.

[Anonymous]

No one likes to pay taxes, but the cost of education and everything else everyone wants is not free by any means. The teachers in MCPS are not to blame and are severely underpaid for what they do and the requirements that must be met to teach in MCPS. The issue is the out of touch school board, the administration and a number of vocal parents that complain about every act of discipline and very poor grade a student earns. Again, teaching staff are working extremely hard and are dedicated people who deserve large pay increases. No one listens to the “front line workers” in any occupation do they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I called four parents today and three of those numbers were out of service.

Last month was me of my students hit her head at recess. An admin took her to the ER and nobody could get in touch with her parents. Her mom showed up at dismissal pissed that we had called her all afternoon. She was trying to sleep. When we told her that her daughter was still in the ER, she became enraged.

Lack of parenting is my biggest issue because it really impacts everything. Kids don’t recognize limits because they have none at home. Makes it easy for parents since they are on devices all day and night.

That mother should be charged with child neglect and referred to CPS. As mandatory reporters, isn't that your duty?

Neglect? Lol. It’s very hard to get CPS to prosecute actual neglect. Not being reachable describes probably 1/4 of the parents in the school.

Not being reachable while your child is in ER for hours on end and then verbally attacking school staff and becoming "enraged," as you said, when informed sounds like neglect to me. You didn't elaborate why she was enraged but best believe documentation, at a minimum should be produced for her behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in a Title One elementary school in MCPS. Our behaviors are off the charts this year. I honestly don't know how our admin continues to come to work each day. They constantly have kids in their offices. Even our staff development teacher, reading specialist, math coach AND both counselors are constantly with kids displaying behavior issues or eloping class. Admin can't suspend kids for running the halls, even in elementary school. I feel bad for our core team above because they can't do their actual jobs as they basically play security all day. I have some difficult kids but at least I can close my classroom door and ignore the chaos that's unfolding in rooms across the school.
Parents need to wake up and start parenting their kids rather than ignoring them on their phones or trying to be their friend. I applaud all of you who are trying your best to do right by your kids. Raise hell with the county council and board of ed. Your neighborhood school's principal can't do anything to make the changes we need to see.

You all need to work with the parents and let them know what's going on and have parents come in and volunteer and help vs. complaining. This isn't something new. Even before covid, may schools were closed to parents and yet, the teachers and admin complained bitterly about the parents. We cannot help if we don't know what's going on. Kids behave differently so they may be behaving at home and not school so if that's the situation it's on the teachers to communicate. We'd email the teachers and rarely get a response back.

Please point out where I said we were NOT calling parents on a daily basis about their child's behaviors? We do call and we either get sent to voicemail or cussed out and called racist. Trust me, teachers are trying everything under the sun.

Parents who curse out school staff and admin should suffer repercussions. The government, which funds and runs MCPS, needs to start holding people accountable for this stuff.

Repercussions? Like taking away the recess they don’t get? What exactly do you think MCPS can do to parents who aren’t breaking a law?

Documentation on the parent's behavior would be a start. And then don't be afraid to call the police. Parents who come shouting and hollering can and do get charged for disorderly conduct and aggressive encounters with school staff.

It just happened in Florida over a father who got aggressive with a bus aide: https://nypost.com/2023/05/09/florida-dad-att...rom-riding-from-bus/

Document, call the police, hold the aggressive, violent parents accountable.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Source: https://www.wbtv.com/2023/05/18/second-case-c...rowan-co-school-bus/

For the second time in a month a parent has been charged after deputies say she boarded her child’s school bus and threatened the bus driver.

According to the report, the incident happened on March 1, but the suspect was arrested this week.

Deputies say it happened at a bus stop in Grant St. in Spencer. A bus from Hanford Dole Elementary had stopped when the driver was approached “in an aggressive manner” by the mother of a student.

The report says that the parent, now identified as Jasmine Connor, 32, boarded the bus and was shouting profanity at the bus driver. The parent was demanding that the bus driver speak with her about a previous incident involving the child.

Yeah. Parents who come in hollering and screaming at staff can and should be charged with disorderly conduct. So, yes, there is a way to hold these bad actors accountable.