Ethics of MCPS

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

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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.

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

they seem pretty miserable and likely are the same person starting these weekly grievance posts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

+1 Well said. Perhaps MCPS should spend less money on PR and new Central Office positions and focus on hiring staff for schools. The school staff are stretched past the breaking point, hence why 800 teachers have turned in resignations.

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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!

You should be embarrassed...throwing the "Russian bot" accusation at anyone who thinks differently than you do. Did you learn your argumentation skills in MCPS? Critical evaluation of a vital, tax-payer funded service is a necessary part of democracy. I'm sure that Putin has better things to do than to worry about suburbanites arguing about their public schools and it is "sowing."

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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!

You should be embarrassed...throwing the "Russian bot" accusation at anyone who thinks differently than you do. Did you learn your argumentation skills in MCPS? Critical evaluation of a vital, tax-payer funded service is a necessary part of democracy. I'm sure that Putin has better things to do than to worry about suburbanites arguing about their public schools and it is "sowing."

I agree but there are also many dubious accusations and fictions being pushed here on a regular basis.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

That’s because those schools are better known for supports so many families with sn kids move there regardless of if they can afford it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

That’s because those schools are better known for supports so many families with sn kids move there regardless of if they can afford it.

It depends on the disability. Some schools have good 2E programs or support for students with autism but students who are mainstreamed receive practically nothing at the “more affluent” schools. As a parent, I have been told a student with passing grades doesn’t qualify for an IEP and to pay for a private evaluation which both were violations of state and federal law. Even after we received an IEP, it wasn’t implemented so we had to pay for a private services.

Definitely not fair and ethical practices. Your zip code should not determine the level of services and the cost parents have to pay for a public education.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

Are you innumerate? They spend nearly 5 billion - 3.1 maintenance and 1.6 operating - a year. This has very little to do with resources unfortunately and much more to do with culture. Classic Moco response - spend more money on bureaucracy.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

Are you innumerate? They spend nearly 5 billion - 3.1 maintenance and 1.6 operating - a year. This has very little to do with resources unfortunately and much more to do with culture. Classic Moco response - spend more money on bureaucracy.

That's aside the point there is a well documented and massive increase in "diagnosed" cases in upper middle class schools over the past decade which strains there ability to support people with actual problems.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

Are you innumerate? They spend nearly 5 billion - 3.1 maintenance and 1.6 operating - a year. This has very little to do with resources unfortunately and much more to do with culture. Classic Moco response - spend more money on bureaucracy.

That's aside the point there is a well documented and massive increase in "diagnosed" cases in upper middle class schools over the past decade which strains there ability to support people with actual problems.

Is not easy and definitely not cheep to get a diagnosis and an IEP or 504 plan. Have you ever attended a MCPS team meeting?

Parents - record all the meetings so you can provide the recording to the MSDE. Be prepared so you have proof of the lies you were told in the process.

[Anonymous]

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

Are you innumerate? They spend nearly 5 billion - 3.1 maintenance and 1.6 operating - a year. This has very little to do with resources unfortunately and much more to do with culture. Classic Moco response - spend more money on bureaucracy.

That's aside the point there is a well documented and massive increase in "diagnosed" cases in upper middle class schools over the past decade which strains there ability to support people with actual problems.

Is not easy and definitely not cheep to get a diagnosis and an IEP or 504 plan. Have you ever attended a MCPS team meeting?

Parents - record all the meetings so you can provide the recording to the MSDE. Be prepared so you have proof of the lies you were told in the process.

Yes, to record all the meetings. Not necessarily for MSDE, but to make sure everything that was agreed to actually made it into the document.

[Anonymous]

And don't forget spending covid money on Kid Museum and bocce ball.

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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.

If the PR people MCPS hired are the ones on this site blaming everything on the people who are unhappy by saying: "They're racist, or they're culture warriors, or they're paying for "fake" outside evaluations," etc. then choose another tactic. Ask any MCPS employee. All the people I know who are complaining are justified. The system is designed to be miserly about accommodations and to make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to appeal, get a COSA, get an IEP, you name it. Dr. McKnight has surrounded herself with "yes" people who tell her she is doing a good job, when she would be better off owning her mistakes and hearing the truth. The principals and teachers are still waiting for her to acknowledge that they gave her a vote of no confidence and to hear how she plans to improve her relationship with her own (non Central) staff. She has repairing to do with staff in Central Office too, at least those who were not her personal picks.

since there's 3X more kids with issues just in the last decade, especially at more affluent schools, they just don't have the resources to support everyone like they used to

Are you innumerate? They spend nearly 5 billion - 3.1 maintenance and 1.6 operating - a year. This has very little to do with resources unfortunately and much more to do with culture. Classic Moco response - spend more money on bureaucracy.

That's aside the point there is a well documented and massive increase in "diagnosed" cases in upper middle class schools over the past decade which strains there ability to support people with actual problems.

Is not easy and definitely not cheep to get a diagnosis and an IEP or 504 plan. Have you ever attended a MCPS team meeting?

Parents - record all the meetings so you can provide the recording to the MSDE. Be prepared so you have proof of the lies you were told in the process.

Yes, to record all the meetings. Not necessarily for MSDE, but to make sure everything that was agreed to actually made it into the document.

Our prior written notice often is not an accurate reflection of the discussion. What’s a parent’s recourse when important points are routinely left off?

IEP meetings are absolutely the most waste of everyone’s time because the RTSE forgets to make changes the team agreed to and the IEP is not fully implemented. The progress my child has made has little to do with MCPS but the private services I invested in my child. Ethics means nothing at my child’s school.

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It’s unethical for MCPS to put families in the position of paying for private evaluations and services then only reimburse for a small fraction of the expense families pay. That is a denial of FAPE because the expense families are forced into paying even for compensatory services MCPS agrees students qualify for.