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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You had your kid do the correct thing. [b] Learning to advocate for oneself is a necessary skill. [/b] You and your child should absolutely follow this up until it is corrected properly.  Your child should give it a couple of days and if no response is received.  Your child should send a followup email to the counselor and teacher asking when this situation will be resolved and copy you.  That way you can then come in as their advocate and followup as necessary.

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Let me guess - is your child is Asian?  I've seen it happen before.  A warning that this is how underlying racism at MCPS occurs.

If anyone says this phrase, my guess is this is probably someone at MCPS covering these incidents up.  I truly believe MCPS CO doesn't want other parents knowing or making a fuss about it.

DOCUMENT E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G AND HAVE A LAWYER READY.

If another "accident" occurs, bypass the MCPS CFP route and file a formal complaint directly with the Department of Education OCR.[/quote]

You would be wrong in your assumption that this was written by an MCPS employee.  I’m actual a parent, of color at that.  Children do need to learn to advocate for themselves.  They also need to learn confidence, grace, and when/how to push for things.  Same as they need to understand how to ask for help.   The reason I suggested the OP child’s start the chain is so that these skills are built in the student, but also so there is a paper trail.  The followup email which includes the parent furthers that paper trail and shows that not only was a teacher not responsive on a critical issue for a student, but then neither was a counselor.  This way when a parent gets involved and goes to admin or worse a lawyer there is evidence of  several instance of lack of respect and accountability.  Hopefully, it doesn’t come to this and instead what is gained is not only the proper grade but an opportunity for a child to grow.[/quote]

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