Ethics of MCPS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is a great school system just stop.

Woo hoo better yet vote in a Youngkin and Privatize MD schools so public schools can die.

That would make the CATO posters happy. They hate public funds going to ordinary people and would prefer the every man and woman for themselves approach.

This.

[Anonymous]

Many parents seem way too involved and reactive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

How do we know this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

A place where wealthy families also spend millions on private diagnoses for imaginary ailments?

I sure hope you are not a MCPS employee. Your bias that a disability diagnosis can be bought is pure idiocy.

Most parents go to their school IEP team first and ask for MCPS to evaluate their child. Most MCPS school psychologists only have a Master’s degree with a certificate. The educational testing is often done by the school’s Resource Teacher Special Education - this person at most has a Master’s degree in Special Education.

A private evaluation is done by an expert with a PhD. That’s what is required to do the evaluations outside of a public school setting. No one risks their professional standing and reputation by creating a diagnosis that doesn’t exist. The person with a PhD would be more of an expert and more thorough than the MCPS staff who do school evaluations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

Start with the Resolution and Compliance Unit. The focus is not to help MCPS schools be compliant. It has long been an office design to deny student services and limit compensatory services when MCPS is found to be non-compliant. There’s no proactive function of the office to improve the education of students with disabilities in MCPS.

Nah - we just bailed for a better system. So much easier than fighting a system that is corrupted. Only have one kid and we got the MCPS t-shirt! Life for my kid got so much better the moment we moved.

And yet here you are, posting on MCPS forum.

Yep. I will post about this dreadful system and what they did to my kid until my last breath

I feel sorry for you. Your life must suck

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

Start with the Resolution and Compliance Unit. The focus is not to help MCPS schools be compliant. It has long been an office design to deny student services and limit compensatory services when MCPS is found to be non-compliant. There’s no proactive function of the office to improve the education of students with disabilities in MCPS.

Nah - we just bailed for a better system. So much easier than fighting a system that is corrupted. Only have one kid and we got the MCPS t-shirt! Life for my kid got so much better the moment we moved.

And yet here you are, posting on MCPS forum.

Yep. I will post about this dreadful system and what they did to my kid until my last breath

I feel sorry for you. Your life must suck

I feel sorry that you think throwing insults on an anonymous forum makes MCPS appear to be ethical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does MCPS treat staff, parents, and students fairly and ethically?

Answer depends on who you ask. There are some groups who really enjoy all the benefits of lower standards, lottery and other support programs. If you belong to highly abled kids or special needs kids, the answer you will get is a astounding no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

Start with the Resolution and Compliance Unit. The focus is not to help MCPS schools be compliant. It has long been an office design to deny student services and limit compensatory services when MCPS is found to be non-compliant. There’s no proactive function of the office to improve the education of students with disabilities in MCPS.

Nah - we just bailed for a better system. So much easier than fighting a system that is corrupted. Only have one kid and we got the MCPS t-shirt! Life for my kid got so much better the moment we moved.

And yet here you are, posting on MCPS forum.

Yep. I will post about this dreadful system and what they did to my kid until my last breath

I feel sorry for you. Your life must suck

Did you all find that $600,000 the transportation director walked off with?

[Anonymous]

MCPS routinely denies students an evaluation for disabilities when a private evaluation identified a disability. It’s a system designed to ignore problems students are having with accessing the curriculum and basic skills. Staff pass students from grade to grade without addressing student needs. Even when a child has a 504 plan or IEP, schools spend hours at meetings just to not follow through with implementation.

Telling lies of omission, ignoring the data for the child, and failing to implement 504 plans and IEPs are all examples of unethical practices by MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

A place where wealthy families also spend millions on private diagnoses for imaginary ailments?

I sure hope you are not a MCPS employee. Your bias that a disability diagnosis can be bought is pure idiocy.

Most parents go to their school IEP team first and ask for MCPS to evaluate their child. Most MCPS school psychologists only have a Master’s degree with a certificate. The educational testing is often done by the school’s Resource Teacher Special Education - this person at most has a Master’s degree in Special Education.

A private evaluation is done by an expert with a PhD. That’s what is required to do the evaluations outside of a public school setting. No one risks their professional standing and reputation by creating a diagnosis that doesn’t exist. The person with a PhD would be more of an expert and more thorough than the MCPS staff who do school evaluations.

No, I'm actually disabled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS routinely denies students an evaluation for disabilities when a private evaluation identified a disability. It’s a system designed to ignore problems students are having with accessing the curriculum and basic skills. Staff pass students from grade to grade without addressing student needs. Even when a child has a 504 plan or IEP, schools spend hours at meetings just to not follow through with implementation.

Telling lies of omission, ignoring the data for the child, and failing to implement 504 plans and IEPs are all examples of unethical practices by MCPS.

With the 300% increase over the past decade in these private diagnoses that anyone can buy for $5k to $10k it isn't really surprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find that most of MCPS is essentially dishonest, side-stepping responsibility and making noises to please parents temporarily rather than actually admitting errors and fixing problems.

I love saying this on anonymous boards too! I can make these wild assertions without any evidence and it furthers my political goal of sewing grievance fostering the right-wing base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find that most of MCPS is essentially dishonest, side-stepping responsibility and making noises to please parents temporarily rather than actually admitting errors and fixing problems.

Anonymous wrote:I love saying this on anonymous boards too! I can make these wild assertions without any evidence and it furthers my political goal of sewing grievance fostering the right-wing base.

Yes, tons of cultural warriors here trying to stir things up. Putin must love it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ but does a better job than MOST public school systems in the nation. It's just disappointing when the best system can't quite get it together...

False. What ethically system pays 11 million in outside counsel to fight the families of children who just want their IEP implemented. (2017 figures from MCPS) We were in four systems for my dyslexic — 3 public and one private). MCPS was by a long mile the least ethical and the most scammy.

Comes down to culture I think.

Start with the Resolution and Compliance Unit. The focus is not to help MCPS schools be compliant. It has long been an office design to deny student services and limit compensatory services when MCPS is found to be non-compliant. There’s no proactive function of the office to improve the education of students with disabilities in MCPS.

Nah - we just bailed for a better system. So much easier than fighting a system that is corrupted. Only have one kid and we got the MCPS t-shirt! Life for my kid got so much better the moment we moved.

And yet here you are, posting on MCPS forum.

Yep. I will post about this dreadful system and what they did to my kid until my last breath

I feel sorry for you. Your life must suck

How illogical! Maybe your kid is in the only school MCPS cares about - Blair Magnet — but you would definitely be in with the football players at Blair. My life is great - just on a mission to tell the truth about your school system!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS routinely denies students an evaluation for disabilities when a private evaluation identified a disability. It’s a system designed to ignore problems students are having with accessing the curriculum and basic skills. Staff pass students from grade to grade without addressing student needs. Even when a child has a 504 plan or IEP, schools spend hours at meetings just to not follow through with implementation.

Telling lies of omission, ignoring the data for the child, and failing to implement 504 plans and IEPs are all examples of unethical practices by MCPS.

With the 300% increase over the past decade in these private diagnoses that anyone can buy for $5k to $10k it isn't really surprising.

And who do you think has $5K to $10K to pay for a “fake” evaluation?

MCPS labeled my child with the wrong disability which was corrected when I had him fully evaluated by a PhD neuropsychologist. Worth the money to have a road map for his needs. We used the private evaluation to fix his IEP which the school didn’t implement. The only value of the private evaluation was to guide us to pay for private services because that’s what my child needed when the IEP was not implemented.