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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here - school climate has really gone downhill. Some of it is due to Covid. Some of it is due to MCPS refusing to enforce any discipline measures in schools. Ask any high school teacher - cell phone use in most schools is out of control. Kids are constantly on their phones and cheating via cell phones is rampant. MCPS has a cell phone policy with no teeth. Teachers are left to deal with it themselves but when a 6 ft. 11th grade football player refuses to hand over his cell phone or put it away, what are you going to do? School administrators are already swamped and don’t want to deal with troublesome students and parents unless they have to (e.g. fights).  Teachers feel abandoned and that is why at least some of them are leaving [/quote]

I agree with this, but even down to elementary. The discipline problems are out of control and principals refuse to get involved. Fist fights, cussing, kids walking out, phone use…all of it. Teachers are left to figure it out. Parents have no interest in hearing about their kids and don’t help. The well-behaved kids get ignored. Teachers have no time to teach.

[b]If I wasn’t 20 years in, I would leave teaching in a heartbeat.[/b] Dr. McKnight is not helping or suggesting any ideas to help. If she was, I might have more hope. All she talks about is diversity but the current climate is not acceptable for ANY child. I just want to teach again in a safe environment and have the opportunity to make a difference in a child’s life.[/quote]

I feel like I could have written this myself as a 19-year elementary school veteran.  It's so, so bad right now.  I feel bad for the majority of my students whose days are turned upside down by a couple of students who can't manage themselves in our classroom.  I've never seen so much disrespect, cussing, fighting, hitting, etc. in a 4th grade classroom.  I don't blame Dr. McKnight but society in general.  We've become too afraid to enforce actual consequences in the name of being politically correct.  I understand the school to prison pipeline but if kids get away with murder at home and know that consequences don't exist at school, what else can we expect to happen?  My husband thinks I should resign but I've always loved teaching up until recently.  I just wish there was some sign of a positive change coming our way. [/quote]

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