Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's never unusual for a student to be in ESOL and on FARMs, neither of which are special needs. If you are a teacher, shouldn't you know that...?

Did you read what she wrote?

It's NOT unusual for a kid to be coded/labeled for ALL THREE.

Oftentimes, ESOL students are illiterate in their own languages, too, which makes it difficult to detect any special needs.

So I think the teacher does indeed understand the population she taught.


Signed,
also a teacher who moved out of the cluster b/c it was our home school . . .

I did read it, actually. My point is that to make a big deal of ALL THREE doesn't make sense, as the first two are often found together. It's not some JRES anomaly. ESOL students are often placed in special education when their "low" levels are due to still learning English. Again, sadly, not unique to Jackson Road. It speaks more to the expertise of the staff than the "quality" of the student population that this occurs there. The PP explained that many students had "multiple special needs"--ESOL, FARMs and special ed. Only special ed would be considered a service for special needs.

Most MCPS ESOL students are born in the US and have never attended school in their first language--of course they are illiterate in that language! Many native English speakers begin kindergarten illiterate in English too.

Anonymous wrote:It's never unusual for a student to be in ESOL and on FARMs, neither of which are special needs. If you are a teacher, shouldn't you know that...?

Did you read what she wrote?

It's NOT unusual for a kid to be coded/labeled for ALL THREE.

Oftentimes, ESOL students are illiterate in their own languages, too, which makes it difficult to detect any special needs.

So I think the teacher does indeed understand the population she taught.


Signed,
also a teacher who moved out of the cluster b/c it was our home school . . .

It's never unusual for a student to be in ESOL and on FARMs, neither of which are special needs. If you are a teacher, shouldn't you know that...?

Overwhelmed by students with multiple special needs. I taught there and it is not unusual for a single kid to be ESOL, on FARMS, and receive special education services for one or more disabilities.

Anonymous wrote:will avoid at all cost.

Not OP, but I am so sick of these types of responses. If you have personal experience with this school, please let us know specifically what you do or do not like. If you don't have personal experience and you are basing your opinion on the FARMS rate, the Title 1 status, the ESOL rate, the great schools rating, an unfavorable (and likely not very clever) epithet from 15 years ago when you were a student in a totally different part of MCPS, etc....just move on. Hyperbolic statements such as those above are ridiculous and completely unhelpful.

will avoid at all cost.

Any good experiences here?