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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good discussion going on the local sub reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/102jg8a/parents_of_mcps_students_do_you_guys_have_a/

MCPS sound like an absolute disaster.  Zero accountability. Zero standards. Rapid decline of quality.  How long until people with money stop moving to this county to flee all of the progressivism ruining the schools and county?  The only reason property values maintained value in MoCo was always because of the schools.  The discussion going on now with messages from insiders is truly shocking.  MoCo looks like it is in rapid decline and once the schools go, what reason will there be to stay?[/quote]

So completely and thoroughly f'ed up. MCPS's been in rapid decline for many years. But if you say anything, then you are a racist. God help us.  [/quote]

LOL, I love these crocodile tears. There is ABSOLUTELY NO DECLINE. What has changed are the demographics of the county. You may have noticed. This means some things are different, but you can get a better education today than in the past.[/quote]

It's not demographics.  Its the curriculum, teaching style and no homework... all things we had prior to the decline

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I think it is both. Changing demographics, increased identification of special needs, and unfunded federal mandates that trickled down to individual school budgets created a trifecta of pain for MCPS that has led to decreased enrichment opportunities (tighter sports budgets, fewer field trips, fewer learning materials--like for science labs just to note a few).[/quote]

Exactly, at our school[b] if you aren't special needs or ESOL good luck getting any attention[/b].[/quote]

Pretty sure you don't have a special ed child.  Special Ed is a disaster, even discrete classrooms are overcrowded and don't have qualified teachers (long term subs in place since the start of the school year count as a warm body, and count towards the superintendent saying "we are 99% staffed," but not as qualified).  I promise you, as the exhausted parent of 2 special ed children, they are not getting any attention.  [/quote]

My kid got zero attention or support despite an iep.  It wasn’t with the paper it was written on.  The excuse was they had kids with more needs.  We paid a fortune privately for therapies.  [/quote]

MCPS would rather fight families before doing what it takes to implement the IEPs.  Discrimination against students with disabilities is very real in MCPS and Dr. McKnight nor Diana Wyles have a plan to fill the vacancies or to improve Special Education in MCPS. [/quote]

#fakenews[/quote]

No, its not.  There is a severe shortage of special ed teachers nationwide, not just in Montgomery County.  Many special ed teacher positions this year are filled with long term subs and they are not qualified nor able to teach their students appropriately.  [/quote]

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