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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PROSPER is Dr. McNight’s 100 days goal which started on July 1st.

I will throw out one kink in the MCPS wheel - Special Education.

Build relationships and engage the MCPS community.  What about repairing relationships with the families of Special Education children who have struggled through out online learning.  For over a year, students with disabilities were denied services and accommodations.  For many students, they couldn’t be evaluated in a timely manner.  MCPS said to hang tight, we will provide compensatory educational services to get students back on track.  We are still waiting for the conversation.  Time is being lost since services would have been helpful this summer.  Just another broken MCPS promise.

Infuse a culture of communication, collaboration, coordination and a culture of respect throughout the district - has Dr. McNight popped into a school recently?  Would she be treated with respect if she didn’t waive her employee badge?  Testing her idea might be a reality check of the reception parents receive when they go into a school and the true implicit biases by staff. Some staff just are untrainable.

Prepare for a successful summer? We are already 3 weeks into summer and there are many hiccups with staffing and programming. Perhaps more thought should go into the programs vs. coming up with a 100 day catch phrase.

For fall - in person instruction for 5 days a week and a teacher in every classroom. Kudos - it has only taken MCPS 18 months to get off its a$$ and get back to a normal work week.  Why employees are still working from home on July 1, 2021 is beyond my comprehension.  Dr. McKnight should order everyone, including Central Office, back to workplace 5 days a week.

Position the student experience to become better and more equitable than before - Consider including students with disabilities.  Staff and services are needed to make up for the regression that occurred during online learning.  Hire more special education teachers and para educators.  Discrimination of students with disabilities is a rampant problem.  [/quote]

In person, prior to covid, my kid didn't get any of the supports that the IEP had in place that the school wrote, without our input.  Except if you sue, or the school takes an interest in your kid, regardless of covid, you will get very little.

I'd prefer to stay distance learning one more semester given they don't have mandatory testing, no safety precautions in place and really large classes.[/quote]

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