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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][quote=Anonymous]As an "entitled" parent, I can believe that teachers are getting a hard time from parents at a Title I school, especially since the SRO's are removed and if the sup put the word out that 'restorative justice' is the policy.

MCEA already knows this current sup and board are an issue.  My guess is that's why none of the incumbents were endorsed by the Apple Ballot this year.

For the first time ever, I'm taking an interest in the board elections and making sure I don't vote for a single encumbent.[/quote]

We need restorative justice. We need more of it, not less. We need to heal our society members, not punish them. THAT IS NOT WORKING.[/quote]

Restorative justice can only work with enough time and Human Resources. Schools are so under staffed and therefore restorative justice is not implemented correctly. Nor can it be with the current staffing levels. So you might think it’s what is best, but if it can’t be rolled out with our current reality then it is not helping anyone. We need a system in place that can actually be used daily in the schools![/quote]

I agree. But that doesn't mean we should give up on it. We should be committed to making it work -- or find something else that will. The way we are doing things clearly is not. How many shootings do we need to see how badly we are raising our young people? They are in school all day. What a missed opportunity.[/quote]

Actually kids are at home more than they are at school. You might want to think that schools can fix all issues, but that’s not true. And this belief it is what is driving teachers away in droves. Without family support and better upbringing, kids will keep failing and schools ccan only do so much.[/quote]

Kids are in school from roughly 9 to 4:30. Most stay at after care. That's a LONG day. They're home for dinner and TV. School plays a huge role. I think school should be half day or 3/4 of the hours it is now, honestly, because they spend so much time around people who cannot possibly "raise" them. [/quote]
No one is stopping you from home schooling your kids.[/quote]

You missed the entire point. Parents have gotten lazy and because their kids are at school, don’t lift a finger to do any heavy lifting when it comes to raising them. They expect schools to do it for them. So… they send their kids who have no idea how to behave in public and expect a teacher with 24-150 other students and are expected to “raise” all of them while educating them and keeping them safe. This is the reason teachers are leaving.[/quote]

I think by lumping in all parents into one basket and saying they are the problem is very narrow minded as if you personally know why everyone is quitting MCPS.

The only logical point to your post is class size. The higher the number of students in a classroom, the less attention a teacher can give to each student. However, leadership in MCPS provides funding for more administrative staff and special programs but not extra funding where there is the most need - classroom initiatives to lower class sizes.

There would be less burn out and better student outcomes if class sizes were smaller.[/quote]

While a great idea and likely helpful, however Initiatives to lower class size cost more than most people think.

Let’s do some basic math at the ES level.  Assume a school has 4 classes per grade with 22 students.  To get to 18 students per class, a school would need to create 1 new class per grade.  That’s 6 new classrooms and teachers per school.   MCPS has 135 Elementary schools.  If we assume say 100 of them fit the initial criteria that means would we need 600 new teachers to cover the new classes.

Assume now that each new teacher made 50k base salary(huge assumption).  It would cost about 40-50M to cover salary and benefits for the new just for new teachers.

Not what about the classrooms and supplies?  Some schools are going to need portables.  Others whole new buildings.    Once I add portables what does that do to security?

So shoukd reduction of class sizes be undertaken? Likely. 
Is it going to happen to completion quickly? No.

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MCPS annual operating cost is about 3 billions (2.93 to be accurate)!  50M is about 1.7% of the budget. If you really want to make an educational difference then reducing student/teacher ratio is a must. But that will not happen because BOE is interested in anything but education.[/quote]

Like someone already pointed out, even if that set that money aside, there wouldn't be 600 qualified people vying for the jobs. The problem is staffing shortages. [/quote]

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