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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because as the parent of a young special needs child we are not only exhausted all the time, we have spent nearly every penny and then some on private services to help our child.  There is nothing left to give, not the time, energy or money.

Not to mention many special Ed students end up as single family households.  Not all, so please don't jump down my throat. But the reality is, if you have money, you go private and get what your child needs. And if you don't have money, many of cannot add even one more thing to our plate. So we get what we get and try not to get to upset[/quote]

Private schools require parents to pay for private evaluation and plenty of private services(tutoring, OG, specialists, etc.). Private school can be helpful because of the smaller size so there may be time & flexibility to focus on a student more individually.  But, please understand they not change their class setup, curriculums, or go above the services they already have in place.  They expect parents to pay privately for those extra needs/services.  And if you don’t and your kid continues to struggle and its obvious they need more, you will kindly be counseled out.
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I don't know anything about this but the PP statement rang true. I know quite a few families whose kids have IEP/504 issues and never heard one complain so can't help but wonder if this is just another MCPS hater spreading their misery.[/quote]

If you don’t know anything then what exactly rang true?  Attend an IEP meeting then you might comprehend what PPs are describing. It’s a corrupt school system that uses unethical practices to deny students accommodations and services that students need to learn.

MCPS has lost the concept that a public school system should be about educating students.[/quote]

What rings true is every parent I've spoken with who has kids with 504 or IEP plans has never once complained in fact they seem completely satisfied with how the county is handling it which leads me to believe that this is  a bunch of nonsense cooked up by the usual people who just like to complain about everything without providing a shred of proof.[/quote]

Except for the quantity of open investigations against MCPS from this past summer with the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights? MCPS was in the top-20 of # open investigations with the DoE OCR, so does that count?

Ranked #5 in # Disability Discrimination Open Investigations 
Ranked #6 in # Sex Discrimination Open Investigations 
Ranked #5 in # Race Discrimination Open Investigations

I found it so ironic that MCPS conducted discrimination surveys when all the had to do was look in the board's inbox. [/quote]

+1 This is the first quarter MSDE Letters of Findings for IDEA complaints.

https://marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Pages/Special-Education/FSDR/ComplaintLetters/2022/index.aspx

Other quarters are searchable as well. Any interested party can file a FOIA request for Resolution Agreements MCPS signed with OCR.

Finally, MCPS has a high number of retaliation complaints being investigated by OCR. [/quote]

Any district with 160k students is bound to have a few complaints. It seems like you are trying to manufacture conspiracies where none exist.[/quote]

Nope. I actually have sat in IEP meetings where staff admitted to not following the IEP and other staff members quoted documents that the team did not have a copy of to review nor were the documents provided 5 days before the IEP meeting. MCPS took 9 months to write my child’s IEP and amended the IEP outside of a team meeting. We experienced retaliation by school staff when OCR opened their initial investigation. My child was denied services he needed for two years so we have paid over $10,000 to get him help while his school ignored him. Others in the special needs community (particularly at our school) have experienced equal treatment. When there are five Central Office employees at an IEP meeting and violations occur, there’s a problem at the top in regards of how the school system treats students with disabilities. The corporate culture is to deny and cover up any problems. Once in a while there’s a teacher who speaks up for the child but most sit silent so decisions are made before the IEP meeting takes place.

If MCPS valued educating all students, then there would be no need for underhanded and deceptive practices.  [/quote]

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