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[quote=Anonymous]In an effort to protect our children from abuse in the school system, PGCPS have put policies in place that are punishing good teachers for unsubstantiated claims of abuse.  I am passionate about the cause to protect our children, but the application of the policy has cluttered the system therefore taking focus away from investigating actual cases of abuse.  When teachers are cleared by Child Protective Services (CPS), I am hearing that it can take 5 – 18 months to return them to the classroom due to a backlog in cases.  At my school, we have 5 teachers out on the leave.  The Principle is trying to do her best to fill in the gaps, but it is awful.  With sub’s there is more babysitting occurring than actual teaching.  My 2nd grade son has complained that he has not been able to learn with the noise level (the classes have grown in size) and the change in teachers (substitutes, etc.)

In the cases that I am aware of at my school the reports were not abuse instead it was about not following the policy (no hands were put on the child, no verbal abuse, etc).  The execution of the policy is like using a sledge hammer to kill a fly.  It is overkill in the scenarios that I am aware of at my school.

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