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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please the reverse is true. MCPS is pressuring teachers to pass students who barely came to class. They can show up for a day of bogus "credit recovery" and boom, that E is now a passing grade. [/quote]

So MCPS is no better than PG County Public Schools.

Teachers should use their Union Reps to bring this problem officially to light. This should be reported to the media.[/quote]

The union knows because I reported it in 2012 with documentation. It’s why the admin at that school turned against me and I was singled out for the worst duties and class schedules. I finally just transferred. [/quote]

Well time may be up. [b]I know of four teachers who work in the county who are about to blow the lid off. [/b]They know they’ll face retribution and no longer care. They feel they’re being asked to do things that go against all the ethics of their profession. Historically the local media has turned a blind eye to these types of issues, but that could be changing. [/quote]

Thank God for them. It is the only way things will change. [/quote]

I'm all for this, but it's a pipe dream.  Look at the Kemp Mill situation.  After all of the press and union "action," the principal, who bullied teachers in PA, is still there. The county will shut it down and again again if it resurfaces.  And teachers will leave - perhaps en masse. But the county won't care.

I left the county for a smaller system.  It's the same there, too.  Central office bullies administrators, and they, in turn, bully teachers.  No one wants to take responsibility for anything.

Until more teachers leave the system entirely or find ways to open their own schools built on tolerance and respect, all systems will eventually implode.  It may take longer for the smaller systems to feel the pain, but they, too, will suffer  as more and more parents with means find out other options.

Right now, I just have to get my kids through school.  Their system (not the same as mine) will survive long enough to ensure they'll receive a solid education. This wasn't the case back in MCPS.  But while I say that, I feel the doom and gloom, as I always ask, "What about my grandkids?"  What protections do we have in place for them?

MCPS is too far gone - too large and dysfunctional- to change it from within.  My current system offers a bit more hope, but while I see it, those entrenched - those who have been in this tiny system for most of their lives (as both students and employees) - don't see the bigger picture.  It's very sad.  [/quote]

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