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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks are so quick to blame MCPS for shuffling around kids that have problems. There’s no other solution. They can’t build more alternative schools to stick the kids who don’t want to “do school” because the schools end up being failing schools which don’t meet the requirements of the public schools to provide a free and fair public education. Kids that used to drop out at 16 can’t since the age of mandatory attendance was raised to 18 around 2015. [b]As a society we have no actual plan to support children 11-17 who need real support to overcome trauma / poverty / learning disabilities and become productive citizens. We just hope that we can use the schools to contain kids until they grow up.[/b]Shuffling the trouble makers around used to separate them from other kids and reduce poor behaviors, but now with cells phones and easy transportation, they easily stay in contact with each other.[/quote]

This.

I am a special educator at a large MCPS HS.

You nailed it here.

I'm sure a lot of you would be surprised to hear the nitty-gritty details of the cases we work on for kids who attend school right alongside your sweet little angels.[/quote]

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