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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This county wants to provide everything for everyone. This is a fantastic goal but completely unrealistic. We need to trim expenses- cutting these non essentials makes sense.[/quote]

If kids don't have the basics they cannot learn.[/quote]

But MCPS goal is to provide an EDUCATION.  Let MCPS focus on that and allow the County and they myriad of publicly funded non-profits to provide healthcare.[/quote]

There is not a ton of health care.  Call one of these places and try to get an appointment. [/quote]

All of these laid off providers can set up a private practice that accepts Medicaid.[/quote]

Reasonable suggestion actually.

They are licensed practitioners.  This would be a great opportunity to band together and start Medicaid practices in the area, if they want to continue to serve these patients![/quote]

No one is setting up medicaid practices because the pay rate is so low.

Please call these "resources" and tell us how easy its to get care and when the next available appointment is.[/quote]

You can have a private practice and accept some Medicaid patients, but I doubt that it would not be fairly easy to match a public school salary, even with Medicaid payments.  Overhead for a therapy practice is not high.[/quote]

EML Counselors do not provide medical services. They provide school counseling services to students whose first language is not English. The students come from across the world, from numerous language backgrounds, and have a diversity of circumstances as to why they are now in the United States.  With Trump on the warpath, I can't think of any more vulnerable students in need of services. That Taylor chose this group of employees to cut is testimony to who he really is as a person. [/quote]

I think more people would understand the need for these counselors and join your outrage if you would simply provide trend data on caseloads.[/quote]

Here is 2024 data on MCPS's EML population. Many struggle, as you can see if you review the data. Know that EML counselors are each typically assigned to 5 schools. It's not saving that much money to keep these counselors supporting students who need the services. Title III funding pays for them. Not sure why Taylor is rearranging how that money is being spent.

https://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/CZB3G57DAC79/$file/ELD%20Update%20Attachment%20D.pdf
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