MCPS wants $180 million more but is cutting teachers and counselors

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

[Anonymous]

Are you ready to demand an Inspector General yet for MCPS. Want to wait until the budget goes OVER 3 billion? With operating fund, OVER 5 billion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you ready to demand an Inspector General yet for MCPS. Want to wait until the budget goes OVER 3 billion? With operating fund, OVER 5 billion?

+1 This doesn’t include the millions in legal fees MCPS racks up with private attorneys to fight special needs students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you ready to demand an Inspector General yet for MCPS. Want to wait until the budget goes OVER 3 billion? With operating fund, OVER 5 billion?

Yes, create a new division of CO administrators to work for them too! Maybe spend another $300M building on this division. It will be so wonderful!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

Leader in me is a really garbage program that does not actually help traumatized kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

[Anonymous]

Note that the attached doc herein is from October

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you ready to demand an Inspector General yet for MCPS. Want to wait until the budget goes OVER 3 billion? With operating fund, OVER 5 billion?

Yes, create a new division of CO administrators to work for them too! Maybe spend another $300M building on this division. It will be so wonderful!!

Oh a new Inspector General's office at the Central Office with a few hundred new positions would really help a lot! LOL Heads would explode!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Note that the attached doc herein is from October

When will MCPS be updating the information?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

The kids museum charges MCPS to use their programs and facilities. Those funds should have given MCPS schools and PTA's free access to their services.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

The kids museum charges MCPS to use their programs and facilities. Those funds should have given MCPS schools and PTA's free access to their services.

But Josh Starr needed to sit on a board to make him feel special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

The $2M for non public schools is a requirement of the ESSR1 grant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you ready to demand an Inspector General yet for MCPS. Want to wait until the budget goes OVER 3 billion? With operating fund, OVER 5 billion?

Yes, create a new division of CO administrators to work for them too! Maybe spend another $300M building on this division. It will be so wonderful!!

Oh a new Inspector General's office at the Central Office with a few hundred new positions would really help a lot! LOL Heads would explode!

You can peg that office’s expenses to the fraud they discover. Nice try, wolf guarding the hen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

The kids museum charges MCPS to use their programs and facilities. Those funds should have given MCPS schools and PTA's free access to their services.

But Josh Starr needed to sit on a board to make him feel special.

This Kid Museum investment is a complete boondoggle. Why would we invest millions of dollars into a MoCo Kid's Museum when DC is filled with free museums that our kids don't do field trips to because of lack of will from teachers and principals as well as lack of bus transportation. How are our kids going to take advantage of this kid museum space?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a detailed account as to how MCPS is spending ESSER funds to get students caught up?

For example: my child finally was provided in school tutoring this month. We weren’t told upfront that the teacher was tutoring four other students - all taking different classes. Much of the tutoring time my child receives is spent waiting for the teacher to come back to his curriculum content.

Is the teacher paid per student or a flat rate per hour?

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/C8CJXG4F4EC6/$file/ESSER%20211028%20PPT.pdf

Thank you for posting the link.

I’m not sure what some of the spending items have with COVID recovery:

* equity and anti-racial discrimination training

* the Leader in Me curriculum

* MCPS Athletics programs

Wouldn’t hiring more teachers and reducing class sizes be more beneficial to help students recover from online learning?

Equity to ensure that all students are being treated equally and recovering well regardless of race, SES, or special needs.

Leader in Me is part of SOcial Emotional Learning. SEL is an area of the recovery which any teacher or counselor will tell you absolutely needs focus(see behavior and social skilss of kids)

Athletics means exercise, social skills, outlet and community. Given the high rates of depression and suicides another area of viable investment. And one likely to have long term impact after the end of the grant term.

Also, with EsSR funding it end after 2023, so you’d want the cost to be either a) one and done, b) short term, or c) something that can be sustained in the Operational budget after the ending of ESSR funding time.

MCPS is asking the County Council to fund and additional $180 million for its FY23 budget.

When you look at the ESSR funding:

MCPS received $119 million but only has spent $7.5 million thus far. So they still have $113.9 million to spend by the end of FY23. When combined with the MCPS budget increase, MCPS is proposing to spend $293.9 million more next year than this year. There are no additional teachers in the ESSR budget and the MCPS budget has teacher cuts.

In addition to the the items above, MCPS has prioritize the following over staff for smaller class sizes -

* $14.2 million strategic partnerships with Lavinia Group and Kids Museum

* Foundations of Restorative Justice Summer Training

* $2 million for non-public schools

MCPS has budgeted about half of the ESSR funds for before and after school tutoring services. However only $.7 million has been spent thus far leaving $64.6 million unspent to fill in learning gaps.

It’s shocking the lack of funding for teaching support during school hours to fill in learning gaps. More teachers with smaller class sizes or breakout staff for smaller math and reading classes would do so much to fill in gaps. The spending priorities of MCPS is ludicrous.

MCPS is spending $14.2 million for Lavinia Group and Kid’s Museum but none of the ESSR funds are being used to help special needs students recuperate from regression because they had difficulties accessing accommodations and services during online learning?

The kids museum charges MCPS to use their programs and facilities. Those funds should have given MCPS schools and PTA's free access to their services.

But Josh Starr needed to sit on a board to make him feel special.

DAMN YOU, JOSH STARR!!!!!