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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is a dumpster fire for special ed.  After the pandemic it became full on 5 alarmer.  There is really only on public school district in the greater metro region - and it certainly isn’t MCPS.[/quote]

[b]It has amazing sped services just that half the county signs up as requiring it makes it problematic[/b].[/quote]

If you build it they will come. One of the dumbest things a jurisdiction can do is pour resources into having "excellence" in special education. All that does is bring in exactly the families you DON'T want, families whose kids drain the school budget and empty taxpayers' pockets.

DC, PG, Frederick, and Fairfax all border Montgomery County. Let THEM provide special education. Don't make yours so good that their special education families come into YOUR jurisdiction.

And for the notion that EVERYONE is seeking special education accommodations. Most of them are just seeking extra time on exams. WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF THEY GET EXTRA TIME? Do you really want to tell someone important that their kid can't have a 504 that qualifies them for extra time on the SAT? Don't be silly.[/quote]

This is effed up but so true. No county wants the sped kids. I work in a neighboring county. Our school tries their best to push them elsewhere. We are a lottery school. It is not want we want for our community. Will anyone outright say this? Of course not but let’s not be stupid here. Test scores go down. Resources are pulled from the average above kids. Warm bodies are needed to work with these kids that again, gets pulled elsewhere. Teaching with a high sped count in your classroom is nearly impossible. You are so focused on accommodations and modifications that you can barely teach anymore. [/quote]

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