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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying again:

[quote]The point that current educators are trying to make in this thread is that no, there are not policies and procedures currently in place and being used to deal with violent 5 year olds and violent students of varying ages.

Since the 'racial reckoning' of 2020, the response of the overwhelming majority of school administrators/BOEs is to drop the ball. There aren't sufficient resources to engage in truly productive restorative justice in most of these schools (the vast majority), so there just isn't accountability. Bullying and violence are at all time highs which might account for some of the mental health crisis among our kids.[/quote]

This is what's driving me crazy about MCPS right now. Most of us actually agree that there should be equal opportunities for all kids, regardless of background. We also mostly agree that the previous systems advantaged specific groups and disadvantaged others.

But this stuff is hard and MCPS does not seem to have an appetite for doing the work, long-term, and with a plan that might not show results immediately.

You mention restorative justice, which is a really good example. Doing RJ right is hard, and it is expensive, so MCPS Central Office just half-assed the trainings, told principals to stop suspending kids, and then sat back and watched suspensions fall while violence in school went up. It worked, but only if your sole metric is "are BIPOC kids being suspended." It did not work if your metric is "Do BIPOC kids feel safe in school?"

Another example is Honors for All. Yes, BIPOC kids were underrepresented in honors classes, but instead of investing in identifying bright kids from low-income and historically marginalized groups, and nurturing those talents, MCPS just got ride of on-level coursework. It's absolutely the laziest, most superficial, approach possible. [/quote]

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