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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was there an announcement for the new Acting Associate Superintendent? This is the second Acting Associate Superintendent in two years and Ty get new Acting Superintendent was the Resolution and Compliance Director hired by MCPS last October. So who is now the Director for Resolution and Compliance?

And what about all the vacancies for Special Education Teachers and Para Educators at the school level? Did MCPS just give up on finding employees for those positions as well?
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I don't believe MCPS has given up on finding special education teachers or paras. The problem is that people just don't want the jobs. Special Ed jobs are hard-besides the mounds of paperwork and meetings to attend, add to that being verbally and physically assaulted in some cases, would you want that job? I know special educators in the county that literally had to go on disability because of physical incidents in their classrooms. On top of all of that, they aren't paid enough at all.

As for paras, similar issue, except the money is REALLY bad and they are treated as less than professionals in a lot of schools. Take a look at the job listings on the MCPS website-the majority of para jobs open are the ones with no benefits. I think most of the para jobs start at $18-19 an hour. There are lot easier jobs out there for that kind of money and no benefits.

Just a little food for thought...[/quote]

And meanwhile no one will talk about the elephant in the room …what he hell is going on that our children need so much special education anyway?  Something is really really wrong .  And it’s not just “better diagnosing “.  There is an epidemic afoot not to mention the sometimes ridiculous expectations of parents that will bankrupt the country at some point.  It’s just not sustainable to do education this way [/quote]

Agree. Maybe we aren't teaching them properly. [/quote]

Maybe we aren’t parenting them properly.[/quote]

Tell me how you parent a child to cure their disability that the school system agrees the child has. Realize that it takes a comprehensive evaluation and specialists to identify the disability and needs of the child. None of whom said bad parenting is the cause of the disability.

People like you are the very reason why there are civil rights laws to protect students with disabilities.[/quote]

I never said real disabilities are caused by parents. I was responding to an idiot who said “Maybe we aren’t teaching them properly.”

Pick up your spilled outrage and try again.[/quote]

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