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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  I'm so sick of MCPS Central Office and BOE giving lip service to the parents.  JUST FIRE THEM.[/quote]

Can you be specific? Who's doing this exactly? It's just hard to take all these vague accusations seriously.[/quote]

:roll: Sure because Central Office has done a stellar job with [b]filling MCPS vacancies this year[/b], having adequate substitutes on hand, having [b]bus drivers for all bus routes[/b], and serving special populations such as students with [b]special needs[/b] and [b]students with gifts[/b]. Dr. McKnight keeps saying that students come first but Central Office keeps funneling money to new Central Office positions vs. services and staff at the school level.[/quote]

More vague accusations without a shred of credible proof. Big surprise... :roll:[/quote]

"Data shows that 494 MCPS teachers resigned during the 2019-2020 school year.  That number dropped to 444 last school year.  This school year the number of teacher resignations is presently at 543, and there are still six weeks left."  https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-public-schools-teachers-resigning-retiring-low-staffing-burnout-great-resignation-maryland-education

I think the OCR stats and lottery discussion were earlier in this thread.  I would tack this on as well:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/06/asian-students-are-victims-montgomery-countys-achievement-gap/

There.  Happy now?[/quote]

New PP - thank you for posting.

FYI - One trend I am seeing in the MCPS job announcements is the disproportionate number of Special Education Teacher vacancies for next year. It seems like this group of highly needed and highly skilled teachers are burning out at a higher rate than other staff. [/quote]

Special Ed does not mean highly skilled teachers who will teach the highly abled students. Special Ed is for kids who are not performing at their grade level.[/quote]

That’s actually a false stereotype. Special Education is for students with disabilities who have an educational impact because of their disabilities and they need Special Education services because of the educational impact. Not all students with disabilities are below grade level and students can take above grade level classes with an IEP.

A Special Education teacher is considered to be highly skilled because they often have at least a Master’s degree with specialized training on how to teach students with disabilities.[/quote]

Or they simply use the higher ED levels to justify higher pay levels to incentivize teachers taking the hardest groups to reach. [/quote]

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