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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its true, parents are too busy with hustle of dual careers and house chores/social life/internet. They want schools to babysit and raise their kids. Unless schools are set up for all that, tgeir will be issues to deal with.[/quote]

As a parent, I don’t want this.  I want schools to be successful at their fundamental purpose of education.  I want policy makers to stop over-burdening schools.[/quote]

DP. I’m not sure where this notion of “overburdening schools” comes from. Nobody is giving teachers extra hours and making them take kids to the doctor or make their lunches. What exactly do you mean by it?[/quote]

Most teachers work a lot of extra hours. Especially teachers who have taught for less than 10 years. 
Good teachers who have less than 5 years experience are generally working 60 hours or more. 
Some of the students who are mainstreamed have high special ed. needs or have been exposed to high levels of trauma. Teachers are not equipped to handle that level of student distress. Some of these kids continually disrupt the classroom and teachers are left mostly on their own trying to figure out how to help them and keep learning progressing for all the other kids. ELL students also present huge challenges. I have had students added to my class mid year who barely speak a word of English and who have just arrived in the US and have trauma associated with leaving their home country and crossing the border possibly illegally and dangerously. There is more but this gives you a snapshot of some of the issues schools and teachers are dealing with [/quote]

so “overburdening” means expecting teachers to teach SN and ELL kids. Ok then!

I’m all for giving teachers more hours to plan and better behavioral support resources. But your “overburdening” argument seems more like you’re saying “those kids” should not be in school with yours. [/quote]

DP but the reason we are overburdened is because we don't have those things. Please don't be so snarky[/quote]

To be clear - I have no doubt that teacher's feel overburdened, particularly since DCPS does not seem to provide ANY prep time to deal with IEPs etc.  Like every time we have an IEP meeting, several team members can't make it. Not legal but I know it's DCPS's fault so I don't push it.

My specific question was about the commonly heard complaint that "schools are expected to do everything for kids these days and be social services agencies. that's impossible, they should focus on teaching." So I'm wondering what people mean when they say that. What I think they mean is that kids should be suspended/expelled etc instead of schools trying to address behavioral issues (whether they come from trauma or a SN). [/quote]

I'm not the PP, but see below:

-Kids experiencing hunger--why do you think schools distributed meals during the pandemic?
-Parents are addicted and kid has taken the role of adult
-Severe behavior problems--cursing out the teacher, throwing things, wondering halls and disturbing classes, etc.
-Homeless

Just to name a few...Do you actually have kids in a school at all? None of this is news...
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