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[quote=Anonymous]Get rid of VA poster.  You want to advocate for something.  Here's a few ideas since you don't have kids in MCPS or really get it.

Advocate for covid safer schools.  Advocate for MCPS to follow the CDC guidelines regarding school safety.

Advocate for physically safer schools and bringing back SRO's.

Advocate for more services for kids with behavioral issues, mental health issues, health issues and SN.  Having one SLP per school is shameful.  Having one reading specialist per school is shameful.  Having no dyslexia services is shameful.  Advocate for kids whose needs cannot be met in the publics, for MCPS to pay for privates or create new schools to support their needs.  There are only a few programs for ASD.  There are no programs for kids with language disorders.  There are no programs for kids with ADHD.  There are not health clinics at the schools (or maybe 1-1 have them I'm not aware of).  And, there are only parenting supports - Linkages to Learning for low income and only select families get their support, not all.

Advocate for a better curriculum because their replacement curriculum sucks.  Advocate that schools go back to basics and teach reading, writing, spelling, and grammar.  And, math facts (they waste so much time on strategies).  Advocate they teach handwriting and keyboarding.  If they give every child a chrome book, they should teach them to type.

Advocate for every ES and MS to have gifted programs for all those who qualify.

Advocate for the school buildings that are falling apart to be replaced.  Some of the buildings our kids go to school in are health hazards.  Some schools have had multiple renovations and others haven't had one.

Advocate that the free lunches stay for all students after the federal grant runs out.

Advocate for free before and after school care for low income at our schools to help out families.  Advocate for summer school and not just three weeks, all summer.

Advocate for higher pay for subs, support staff (like bus drivers and cafeteria workers) as their pay is embarrassing and why we cannot get positions filled.

And, lastly, advocate for the return to text books.  This no text book teaching is a joke.  So many kids struggle as they aren't being given enough materials to be successful in class, especially math.  And, a few novels in English class would be nice too.  We haven't had a novel in years.  What kind of English class doesn't read novels?  Only in MCPS.

Of course, MCCPTA and MCEA should be doing all this, but they failed our kids as much as MCPS has.
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