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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And to make up for the funding gaps they're pulling from programs that have been running well, even if not fully resourced themselves. It's just an enshittification of everything in the system at this point. Pull everyone down in the name of equality![/quote]

In the name of equity, they should be investing more, not less, in SPED.  Many of our children are denied services despite having true, documented concerns.  If you notice they changed their logo and took out equity.[/quote]

These high ranking central office special education positions are being replaced with more special education teachers IN schools. These positions are designed to reduce the workload of HSM teachers (home school model)  by assisting them with paperwork and meetings, which should taker current HSM teachers away from actual face time with kids . I applaud Dr. Taylor for doing this. [/quote]

He is adding a position to every elementary school.  Unfortunately, the staff/students losing out on the cuts in autism services and the students/staff benefiting from the new positions will not be the same group.  Cutting support from the most vulnerable students and the jobs which are some of the most challenging cannot be the answer…[/quote]

Is he cutting support for the most vulnerable or is he spreading out the support in a different way?[/quote]

He is cutting support for non verbal children with Autism.  Non verbal is not another language, it is no words.

50 SLP staff showed up at the Board of Education meeting yesterday to protest this change.

Why do you hate those 50 teachers so much? [/quote]

He is only cutting central office staff who haven’t been in an actual school building in years. They do not support students at all. I know exactly what I’m talking about and I know who the supervisors who were cut are. Dr Taylor is smart to re allocate those positions to school based teacher jobs where they will actually help kids. And yes, students of varying needs , verbal and non verbal because they are in general education also.[/quote]
This is blatantly false.[/quote]

It’s unequivocally TRUE

Read the recommendations here 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/budget/fy2027/2027operatingbudget.pdf

There is ONLY a reduction in central office staff and there is a 13.6 increase recommendation for special education next year . The only reduction in special education are central office staff who do not actually serve students. In fact their only goal was serve as gatekeepers to specialized programs and services to kids who desperately needed them. Maybe not that they’re finally removed, kids can get what they need from the staff who know them best - their school based teams ! 
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Is that you Essie McGuire? If you talk to school-based staff, they understand clearly that, without the central office "gatekeepers," school-based staff will take on the additional role of "gatekeeper," ie, trying to ascertain the appropriate interventions and placements. Sorry to scream, but SCHOOL-BASED STAFF ARE ALREADY STRETCHED TOO THIN. Without specifically trained clinical central office staff to guide and support families through placement, and to visit schools weekly to provide hands-on support, the system is weakened. Not drinking your kool-aid here.

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