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[quote=Anonymous]The issue is that the country want schools to be all things to all kids and schools are not setup or funded to function like this and neither is our culture. School/School district are the place students are getting their SEL needs, mental health, food, education and more needs met.  But schools are setup and scheduled to be places of learning, mostly from 8-5.

If schools are going to be society’s community centers, they need to be fully reimagined and in some cases the buildings rebuilt to allow for better traffic and scheduling flow.  And people who pass legislation about how school need to act and be accountable should think beyond just doing something good but to how things can and will be actually implemented, especially if the new legislation is not providing any additional funding or resources.

So much of what we have going on today is staff from schools all the way through central stuck with BS data accumulation and reporting that does nothing to help students and families.  Data is important and so is transparency, but it’s meaningless if you’re asking the wrong questions and don’t have capacity to truly change what is needed.

For example, I continue to be floored that not all ES teachers knew and understood Phonics.  That’s not an McPS issue that a teacher training program issue.    But it could have been resolved simply by doing a Phonics education training series for ALL ES teachers.[/quote]

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