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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like a staff member is posting on this board to get parents in an uproar. I highly doubt this person is a parent. Bad things happen at all schools. Yes, those bad things can be crazy. Yes, some kids need more help than others. Yes, the school system is required to educate all students be it thugs, health problems, etc. Yes, resources are limited. I do not think that staff sweep things other than rug. It is a process. No one is allowed to kick students out between k-3. You can do in school and out of school but NOT kick them out. This is public school people. We are required by law to teach these children.

What can you do as a parent? Ask you student how their day went. Document what was said. Follow up with any concerns IF they pertain to your child or the majority of the student body. Keep things in an email so you have a paper trail. Attach everyone possible to the thread; superintendent, CEO of I do not know, principal, Area office, etc. Show up and show out in numbers to board meetings. Be a presence within your school so you can have first hand proof, volunteer, sit in on your students class, etc

As a teacher, you can keep documents, put the student up for needing additional services, to get tested, etc. Continue to speak with the parents of those children. Keep a log of everything. YOU are also required to go to work in a safe and healthy working environment. If it is not safe, do not return and document. Reach out to HR. 
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Also, there is a community meeting next week with MCPS to discuss the search process for the next Principal.  Rather than post on this board, do something constructive and make it a priority to attend the meeting so your voice can be heard.  [/quote]

I've participated in the Principal search process. Your voice is not heard. As a community member on the interview panel, you are handed a pre-written and predetermined question that you read to the candidate. You do not have the opportunity to ask additional questions in addition to the ones predetermined on the script provided by MCPS HR.[/quote]

You aren't wrong, but you also aren't talking about the same meeting as the PP. You served on the actual hiring committee, which notoriously discards parent and teacher/staff considerations. I have also served on a panel. We were presented with 3 options, two of which were excellent and would have been a good cultural fit for our student community. The third was a terrible fit, did poorly in the interview, and was hired over objections of staff and parents on the committee.

But PP is talking about the general parent meeting, which is actually a fine time to raise these issues. They won't get a good answer, but at least they will be heard. [/quote]

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