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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP you are citing multiple posters and trying to lump different arguments into one.

Many special populations - special needs students being one - fell disproportionately behind than other students according to MCPS data presented to the Board of Ed. MCPS was quick to remove the supports and services that these students legally need for accessibility. MCPS has been slow to provide services so special needs students can catch up. This equates to a two year decline for students with special needs. Enough is enough. We are tired of our students being treated as an afterthought by MCPS, and as one PP has expressed, not deserving of educational benefit. That’s taking a whole student group that gained rights under the ADA, Section 504, and the IDEA back to pre-Civil Rights level of discrimination.

Parents are tired with fighting with MCPS for basic services listed on IEPs that aren’t being provided. School choice would provide us a financial mechanism to be able to leave MCPS to a school that wants to educate them.

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They're short-staffed in this area since 5 out of every 6 kids these days have an IEP.[/quote]

You can Google to find the correct percentage of students with IEPs - 11.9%

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/SpEdGlance/currentyear/SPAAG2021.pdf

MCPS has a legal requirement to either have staffing for the services on each IEP or MCPS can reimburse parents for a private provider. It’s not like there’s a lack of professionals in the metro area that can provide special education services. They just choose to continue to be in private practice because MCPS doesn’t pay well and they keep many positions as part time to exclude benefits. Not a very attractive hiring model.
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