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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son did not have teachers for half of his classes today at Churchill. For math, Delta math crashed, so he couldn’t complete the day’s assignment. The substitute couldn’t answer any questions.

In an elective class, my son saw the sub bully a disabled student for not wearing the school provided KN95 mask. The boy didn’t like how it felt on his face so he wanted to wear his own mask. The sub told the boy he would catch Covid and die if he didn’t wear the KN95. The boy got really upset.

Then there’s the classes in the auditorium. Just one mass of students there who aren’t receiving any instruction. Just babysitting them for the period.

[b]My son describes his school as online school inside the school. What’s the point? It has all the same downsides as online learning with the extra risk of Covid.[/b][/quote]

Exactly. Many schools are like this. Online experience with risk of covid. I was afraid of this outcome when I saw no intention by MCPS to go to virtual for a few weeks in schools where teaching can't be done in person. [/quote]

I should add, MCPS is being non-compliant with the ADA and IDEA during this crisis. They have canceled bus routes for disabled students, they have stopped many special education services, and they stopped providing accommodations when the teacher is absent.  It’s a mess and students are suffering for the lack of planning by Central Office. [/quote]

Parents of students with disabilities should go ahead and file their State Complaints and Office of Civil Rights Complaints for the denial of a Free Appropriate Public Education. It’s horrible at how MCPS treats the needs of disabled students as an afterthought.  State and Federal agencies have given clear guidance that Covid is not an excuse to violate the ADA and IDEA.[/quote]

Given that many hospitals are operating under crisis standards you can’t expect the schools to be better. [/quote]

The state and feds have already given public schools guidance (multiple times) for educating students during the pandemic. There is no waiver of the school’s responsibilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities when MCPS is providing educational services to non-disabled students.

Disabled students should not be an afterthought for MCPS as if the excuse is, “we will address the needs of students with disabilities AFTER we address the needs of non-disabled students”. The problem with this approach, MCPS for two years hasn’t gotten back to addressing the needs of students who didn’t receive the support and accommodations they needed during online learning, they have not received the compensatory services they need to catch up to where they would have been except for the denial of FAPE, and now, once again, supports and services are halted because of a lack of planning by MCPS administrators.

Enough is enough. Parents of students with disabilities need to file now because MCPS makes false promises so you don’t file in time for the OCR’s 180 day deadline and the state’s one year deadline. File now to put MCPS on notice and to preserve your child’s right for compensatory services. You can contact the Parents Place of Maryland for information on how to file - you can either use the state and OCR forms or simply write a letter with the necessary components. Due to Covid, your best option to file is emailing your complaint with supporting documents. [/quote]

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