What could be up? Elementary School Changes for next year?

[Anonymous]

Keep us updated after the meeting please. I do hope Oak View can keep Title I status.

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Anonymous wrote:My supervisor emailed us last week to say that we don't have any major cuts. I do know that the budget is frozen for many things though and we were told to put in for anything we needed asap.

Interesting about the sudden meetings though. My DD goes to a title 1 school and they just said there will be an open zoom meeting next week with the principal/AP for anyone that wants to join in - they used to have monthly meetings but haven't done it in awhile.

What level? Is your school a focus or title 1 school?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s staffing season. They probably are about to experience cuts and want the community to agitate to save teachers.

Lots of staffing cuts coming in mcps.

And yet there is a full house at central office and they can pay for all their pet projects.

The central office staff earned their spot through years of union membership and working “in the trenches,” teaching in the schools. They have a right to those jobs.

You are a joke if you think that CO staff should be entitled to their jobs when student-facing jobs are on the line to be cut. Your way of thinking is what is wrong with this school district.

Seniority - you really should look up what it means.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s staffing season. They probably are about to experience cuts and want the community to agitate to save teachers.

Lots of staffing cuts coming in mcps.

And yet there is a full house at central office and they can pay for all their pet projects.

The central office staff earned their spot through years of union membership and working “in the trenches,” teaching in the schools. They have a right to those jobs.

You are a joke if you think that CO staff should be entitled to their jobs when student-facing jobs are on the line to be cut. Your way of thinking is what is wrong with this school district.

Seniority - you really should look up what it means.

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been some surprising cuts to schools that are usually protected from such things, from what I'm reading in my teacher social media groups. Title I schools losing academic support positions, big cuts to ELD and Focus, things like that. I teacher at a Title I school and our principal announced that allocations had been handed down, but he needs to speak with staff impacted first. I'm expecting some rough news tomorrow.

These are the wrong places to cut!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s staffing season. They probably are about to experience cuts and want the community to agitate to save teachers.

Lots of staffing cuts coming in mcps.

And yet there is a full house at central office and they can pay for all their pet projects.

The central office staff earned their spot through years of union membership and working “in the trenches,” teaching in the schools. They have a right to those jobs.

The Troll is strong in this one!

[Anonymous]

The word is out that the new Title 1 formula MCPS is using cuts Oakview from Title 1 funding. This is because the CES students are from more affluent families which lowers the percentage of FARMS students.

If you are from Oakview or are an advocate for education come to the meeting Wednesday night.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why school metrics include segregated programs that pull from outside of the catchment area within the school. Seems to incentive plopping a segregated program in a poorly performing school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why school metrics include segregated programs that pull from outside of the catchment area within the school. Seems to incentive plopping a segregated program in a poorly performing school.

Ah, yes, that is what it does. Look at the test scores from 3rd grade to 4th grade. Putting 48 high achieving students in the school does not change the achievement of the students who are already there. Oakview does an excellent job at serving both populations, but they are two separate populations.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why school metrics include segregated programs that pull from outside of the catchment area within the school. Seems to incentive plopping a segregated program in a poorly performing school.

Same goes for Immersion programs. MCPS’ motives are clear here and it harms the students that are actually *zoned* for the school.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why school metrics include segregated programs that pull from outside of the catchment area within the school. Seems to incentive plopping a segregated program in a poorly performing school.

It creates diversity.

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Anonymous wrote:The word is out that the new Title 1 formula MCPS is using cuts Oakview from Title 1 funding. This is because the CES students are from more affluent families which lowers the percentage of FARMS students.

If you are from Oakview or are an advocate for education come to the meeting Wednesday night.

Anyone hear about other schools that will be affected by the Title 1 formula change?

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Anonymous wrote:The word is out that the new Title 1 formula MCPS is using cuts Oakview from Title 1 funding. This is because the CES students are from more affluent families which lowers the percentage of FARMS students.

If you are from Oakview or are an advocate for education come to the meeting Wednesday night.

If 75% FARMS is too low to receive Title I funding, we are in really bad shape.

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Anonymous wrote:The word is out that the new Title 1 formula MCPS is using cuts Oakview from Title 1 funding. This is because the CES students are from more affluent families which lowers the percentage of FARMS students.

If you are from Oakview or are an advocate for education come to the meeting Wednesday night.

Seems like a reason to move the CES

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Anonymous wrote:The word is out that the new Title 1 formula MCPS is using cuts Oakview from Title 1 funding. This is because the CES students are from more affluent families which lowers the percentage of FARMS students.

If you are from Oakview or are an advocate for education come to the meeting Wednesday night.

Seems like a reason to move the CES

Or just don’t include children who aren’t zoned for the school in the demographics for determining whether it’s a Title 1 school. It’s outrageous to bus some of the highest performing students to a school that mostly serves students who need the most support, and then strip the school of that support.