MCPS Coming Back, Better Than Ever

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No distancing, no quarantine with exposure, no nothing... school as normal. Humm... what could go wrong especially with kids under 12. That video makes me want to remove my kids.

Go ahead.

DP

You know, it’s interesting that MCPS is choosing to spend money on these types of marketing emails. Almost like they’re ‘recruiting’ videos. Why does MCPS care if students leave? I have no idea why MCPS is spending money on convincing parents to stick with MCPS, but they are.

Which tells me that all of the posters like this PP who say ‘Good riddance’ to the families who want to go private are full of crap. MCPS, at least, doesn’t want too many families to leave. Must be a reason for that.

Ugh, they want the federal dollars. That’s all. They are worried about their jobs - as they should be. Utterly disgraceful place, on so many levels - mistreatment of IEP kids top of the list. So glad we moved out of this show...

If you’re oso happy with your new life, why are you wasting time posting here? Maybe get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The private school parents are stealing money and services from MCPS. They also are hurting the ratings.

Schools get a lot of Federal and State aid that that is paid on a per student basis. Pulling a kid unexpected and last minute the school has same cost to teach those classes but with less students less money. Add in higher performing and more active parents in general who split to private lower test scores and less involved Parents it is a headache.

Private school parents are paying property taxes to support schools they aren’t using. You left out that part of your sob story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The private school parents are stealing money and services from MCPS. They also are hurting the ratings.

Schools get a lot of Federal and State aid that that is paid on a per student basis. Pulling a kid unexpected and last minute the school has same cost to teach those classes but with less students less money. Add in higher performing and more active parents in general who split to private lower test scores and less involved Parents it is a headache.

Private school parents are paying property taxes to support schools they aren’t using. You left out that part of your sob story.

This post makes no sense. MCPS gets funding based on enrollment. MCPS cannot please everyone but they are making zero efforts this school year to keep our kids safe so if more of us pull out its on MCPS, not private school families. We all pay taxes for schools regardless of if you use the schools. The issue is allocation. MCPS needs to do more to keep families in MCPS by providing for all students needs. We went to private school for a few years as MCPS would not meet my child's needs without a fight and by the time we hired an attorney, it was better to spend that money on a private given we'd lose a year fighting. We are considering leaving again as MCPS is not doing anything to protect our kids health, particularly given the delta variant.

[Anonymous]

I spent 28 years in MoCo and still care about the place - and new people move in and MCPS employees snow them every day on here. I consider it my civic duty and hope Moco’s economy and schools get back to where they once were. The place once was a great place to live! Also they sent me the email...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spent 28 years in MoCo and still care about the place - and new people move in and MCPS employees snow them every day on here. I consider it my civic duty and hope Moco’s economy and schools get back to where they once were. The place once was a great place to live! Also they sent me the email...

MCPS was never that great. It wasn't great 30+ years ago when I went. Its overhyped reputation.

[Anonymous]

We got it as a robocall. Our ES (a W feeder school) is down to 2 classes/grade from 3 pre-pandemic. Kids moved to private. It's not such a big move in other areas of the county I suspect, but where we are there are a lot of parents who have the financial ability to pay for private if necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This email was sent to parents who pulled their kids during the pandemic. Haven’t seen it posted here yet. What are they investing billions in? (The link was broken in the email)

Hello from Montgomery County Public Schools

Our records indicate that your child withdrew from MCPS last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic was a unique challenge for children. This fall, MCPS is recommitting to student support, wellness and success.

We are writing to invite you back into our MCPS family to continue your child’s learning journey.

Our school buildings will be open for full-time, in-person instruction for all students. We are investing thousands of hours and billions of dollars to make this school year better than ever. You can learn more about our fall plans at ( ).

To re-enroll your child in MCPS, call your local school or visit the MCPS website for more enrollment information https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/enroll/#steps

Tell us if you are coming back https://mcpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/we-want-to-welcome-you-back-to-mcps/

Montgomery County Public Schools

MCPS is back and better than ever!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I spent 28 years in MoCo and still care about the place - and new people move in and MCPS employees snow them every day on here. I consider it my civic duty and hope Moco’s economy and schools get back to where they once were. The place once was a great place to live! Also they sent me the email...

MCPS was never that great. It wasn't great 30+ years ago when I went. Its overhyped reputation.

as someone who went to MCPS 30 years ago and whose kids are now I have to say it's much better today

[Anonymous]

MCPS should focus on smaller class sizes, increasing standards in the curriculum, and improving educational opportunities for students with disabilities. A PR campaign is wasted because students are not ping pong balls. If a parent pulled a child out of MCPS last year and has a private school spot this year, parents are not going to switch back till they see at least a year of improvement in MCPS data. Privates stayed open last year so there is consistency there that people doubt MCPS will deliver.

MCPS doesn’t care about educating students. They just want the tax dollars back that they lost when students went to private. MCPS should fix that issue before students will come back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS should focus on smaller class sizes, increasing standards in the curriculum, and improving educational opportunities for students with disabilities. A PR campaign is wasted because students are not ping pong balls. If a parent pulled a child out of MCPS last year and has a private school spot this year, parents are not going to switch back till they see at least a year of improvement in MCPS data. Privates stayed open last year so there is consistency there that people doubt MCPS will deliver.

MCPS doesn’t care about educating students. They just want the tax dollars back that they lost when students went to private. MCPS should fix that issue before students will come back.

Please explain the the specific sources and amounts of those "tax dollars." This was a religious article of belief on DCUM last year, too, but nobody ever provided any specific information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They always treated kid with IEPS terribly. Its worse with COVID but for us in person was horrible and virtual was better as we could support that child in classes whereas they had a great IEP stating they'd provide support and never did.

Other than a handful of private schools that specialize in students with special needs, private schools do a much worse job with special ed than MCPS. It's not even close.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No distancing, no quarantine with exposure, no nothing... school as normal. Humm... what could go wrong especially with kids under 12. That video makes me want to remove my kids.

Go ahead.

DP

You know, it’s interesting that MCPS is choosing to spend money on these types of marketing emails. Almost like they’re ‘recruiting’ videos. Why does MCPS care if students leave? I have no idea why MCPS is spending money on convincing parents to stick with MCPS, but they are.

Which tells me that all of the posters like this PP who say ‘Good riddance’ to the families who want to go private are full of crap. MCPS, at least, doesn’t want too many families to leave. Must be a reason for that.

How much money? Please let us know. How much does it cost to send an e-mail to tell former MCPS parents about MCPS's plans for the fall?

It costs at least $250,000. That e-mail is the full time job of a MCPS administrator with a take home car.

Because it takes that employee all year to make that one video? Please...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No distancing, no quarantine with exposure, no nothing... school as normal. Humm... what could go wrong especially with kids under 12. That video makes me want to remove my kids.

Go ahead.

DP

You know, it’s interesting that MCPS is choosing to spend money on these types of marketing emails. Almost like they’re ‘recruiting’ videos. Why does MCPS care if students leave? I have no idea why MCPS is spending money on convincing parents to stick with MCPS, but they are.

Which tells me that all of the posters like this PP who say ‘Good riddance’ to the families who want to go private are full of crap. MCPS, at least, doesn’t want too many families to leave. Must be a reason for that.

How much money? Please let us know. How much does it cost to send an e-mail to tell former MCPS parents about MCPS's plans for the fall?

It costs at least $250,000. That e-mail is the full time job of a MCPS administrator with a take home car.

Because it takes that employee all year to make that one video? Please...

I bet they outsource it to a private company, and pay the MCPS employee just to babysit the process

[Anonymous]

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I bet they outsource it to a private company, and pay the MCPS employee just to babysit the process

DCUM's gonna DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I bet they outsource it to a private company, and pay the MCPS employee just to babysit the process

DCUM's gonna DCUM.

No, really. You think they have an arm within their org to produce videos like that? I highly doubt it.

I help produce videos like this. And have had multiple government (federal and state) agencies outsource the video production to us.

And honestly, if they do have a fully staffed team to produce videos like this, its probably a waste of money. they could save money by outsourcing it