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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a gen ed teacher 100% against seclusion rooms for any child, ever.  If a child is that seriously dangerous, then hospitalization is in order.
At the same time, I'm a gen ed teacher often expected to "handle" kids with extreme behavioral and emotional needs.  There is a huge gap in what the law requires and what funding actually provides in terms of support for such students and their teachers.  [b]I propose doubling taxes to pay for appropriate help for all students in schools.  [/b]The safety of staff and the safety of all kids, gen ed and sped kids, is on the line.[/quote]

What??? All of the NT kids parents would revolt, and there are a lot more of us. There is already a disproportionate amount of taxpayer money and classroom teacher effort devoted to the SN kids. I would seriously move to another county if my county voted to do this.[/quote]

Bye Felicia [/quote]

The PP is exactly right. There is too much money spent on American public school education for such mediocre results. The last thing SN departments need is more money. They already take up so much while the gifted kids who will actually benefit our future society are neglected.

I support higher salaries for teachers. If the general public knew how much $$ in public education is wasted on admin and frivolous contracts resulting from special interest lobbying, they would be horrified.[/quote]

As the parent of 2 “gifted” kids (I really hate that term), I agree that they are often neglected in public schools.  I agree that too much money is spent for mediocre results.  I DISAGREE that too much is spent on kids with special needs or that that money is wasted.

I would support a tax interest if I thought the money was necessary for and would be used on behalf of improving education for children (be they gifted, on-level, or special meeds).  However, my experience in a county whose schools are comparatively well-funded is that regardless of how much money we give them, the educational benefits will be minimal.  MCPS spends an enormous amount on every high-tech/glitzy extra they can think of.  They devote a significant effort to PR.  They have a reputation for preferring litigation to defend lawsuits from special needs families for services, rather than providing appropriate services to begin with.  The money that does actually go to education, too often goes towards resources of questionable value.  For years they churned out a lousy curriculum, using our kids as guinea pigs.  I’m hoping that the critical report from the curriculum audit will lead to improvements, but if the personnel in the curriculum department have any input in selecting and implementing a new curriculum, I very much fear we’ll get another ineffective curriculum that aligns with their preferences.  (I desperately hope I’m wrong and we can get some established curriculum that are content rich and have already been proven effective elsewhere.)

I think education is the very best investment society can make.  I’m willing to pay more to improve education.  I am NOT willing to pay more so that a school district that is more concerned with its own prestige than in the actual process of education can have more money to waste.

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My school system Pays 30k a year to send
My Neighbors kid to a boarding school that better addresses his special needs. My taxes already pay for that. Don’t dare come at me to say I need to be taxed more when My kids are at regular public schools. [/quote]

My school system pays far more than that to send my autistic son to a specialized school. Close to six figs when you add in transportation. All children are entitled to a free and appropriate public education under Federal law. Even mine. And especially yours so they don't turn out like you. I would absolutely pay more in taxes to ensure that every child has access to an education that helps them to access their full potential, regardless of what that is.  [/quote]

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