Anonymous
12/24/2021 10:01
Subject: Re:Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:MCPS has been "assessing" whether my DC qualifies for compensatory services to make up for the lapse in services over the last 2 years. DC clearly did not have the IEP implemented correctly for the last 2 years. Yet its been another entire semester of this "assessing" and nothing has happened. We are paying for one-on-one tutors to bridge the gap but honestly, we can't afford it, and we can't keep it up forever.
My child’s high school is refusing to assess in math. He was very successful in math before he lost his accommodations and services during online learning. Now, he seems to have so many gaps that I am wondering if he should go back to the class he was in two years ago.
MCPS said to be patient during online learning and that compensatory services would be offered once in person learning resumed. Now children with disabilities have been forgotten and ignored, especially high school students. It’s blatant discrimination against students with disabilities.
I have hired an attorney and we will be filling for due process. Private assessments are being done to collect the data that MCPS is not collecting to show the regression. We can’t wait for MCPS to teach my child so we also hired a tutor. Public education is not free or appropriate for students with disabilities.
Pp here. I’m so sorry and sure hope you get a good outcome now that you’ve retained counsel. This is all so infuriating. I can’t believe I made myself house poor to move into what I thought was a top school district and now I’m stretching to pay tutors.
Anonymous
12/24/2021 09:29
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:My first grader gets targeted intervention in school, every first and second grader us getting either targeted enrichment or interventions. Her reading is a bit behind (I think she's a level 6?) But her math and writing are very strong. One of her Christmas presents to her teacher was writing a letter to her teacher explaining why she liked her so much.
My first grader is maybe reading at 10 which is likely much lower than they'd be if there hadn't been DL. I'm no reading teacher, but I also tried to work them for 30 minutes a day throughout the pandemic and over the summer.
Anonymous
12/24/2021 09:26
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
LMAO. Excellent? Not by a long shot. Especially not in MoCo. We do have some excellent teachers. But the school system as a whole is pretty subpar.
All the evidence suggests otherwise. When I was in MCPS 30 years ago the average SAT score was maybe 1000. Today it's more like 1400. It's pretty clear this dramatic increase in these standardized test scores is because the high-quality of education is just getting better and better with each year.
Anonymous
12/24/2021 08:48
Subject: Re:Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:MCPS has been "assessing" whether my DC qualifies for compensatory services to make up for the lapse in services over the last 2 years. DC clearly did not have the IEP implemented correctly for the last 2 years. Yet its been another entire semester of this "assessing" and nothing has happened. We are paying for one-on-one tutors to bridge the gap but honestly, we can't afford it, and we can't keep it up forever.
My child’s high school is refusing to assess in math. He was very successful in math before he lost his accommodations and services during online learning. Now, he seems to have so many gaps that I am wondering if he should go back to the class he was in two years ago.
MCPS said to be patient during online learning and that compensatory services would be offered once in person learning resumed. Now children with disabilities have been forgotten and ignored, especially high school students. It’s blatant discrimination against students with disabilities.
I have hired an attorney and we will be filling for due process. Private assessments are being done to collect the data that MCPS is not collecting to show the regression. We can’t wait for MCPS to teach my child so we also hired a tutor. Public education is not free or appropriate for students with disabilities.
Anonymous
12/24/2021 07:51
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
My first grader gets targeted intervention in school, every first and second grader us getting either targeted enrichment or interventions. Her reading is a bit behind (I think she's a level 6?) But her math and writing are very strong. One of her Christmas presents to her teacher was writing a letter to her teacher explaining why she liked her so much.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 20:55
Subject: Re:Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
MCPS has been "assessing" whether my DC qualifies for compensatory services to make up for the lapse in services over the last 2 years. DC clearly did not have the IEP implemented correctly for the last 2 years. Yet its been another entire semester of this "assessing" and nothing has happened. We are paying for one-on-one tutors to bridge the gap but honestly, we can't afford it, and we can't keep it up forever.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 20:52
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
Exactly. And students with disabilities, particularly ADHD, will not respond effectively to the attention demands of Saturday school or afterschool tutoring, when they need to be recovering from the school week (which is more demanding on them neurologically than those without such LDs). The learning and gaps need to be addressed with teachers present during the school day.
But again, that's not going to happen, so if you want to cross your arms and screech NO! NOT MY JOB! go for it, but it's only hurting your kid and is crap parenting.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 20:50
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
Well, it's not going to happen, but feel free to let your kid get further behind if you really want to stick it to them.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 20:48
Subject: Re:Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
I wouldn’t automatically correlate having a disability such as ADHD with automatic lack of success during distance learning. Many children with disabilities felt more comfortable at home and thrived in a less structured setting where they could be multi focused.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 18:16
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
LMAO. Excellent? Not by a long shot. Especially not in MoCo. We do have some excellent teachers. But the school system as a whole is pretty subpar.
That's strange. I feel my kids are getting a much better education than I did at a W 30 years ago before attending an ivy.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 13:57
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
No, its not and never has been. We always had to supplement the early years, before COVID as it lacked so many elements.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 12:50
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
LMAO. Excellent? Not by a long shot. Especially not in MoCo. We do have some excellent teachers. But the school system as a whole is pretty subpar.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 12:42
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
Joe excellent can it be when everyone passes and everyone and gets ridiculously high grades? Those grades do not match the standardized test scores. Public schools can’t even get kids to basic reading proficiency in some of the wealthiest districts in the country. No, it is not excellent. I’d give it maybe a C.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 11:52
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.
Public education here is excellent, but there are many hyper-privileged types that expect the county to raise their kids for them.
Anonymous
12/23/2021 11:11
Subject: Is your child’s learning gaps being filled in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get a tutor or Saturday school.
Nope, the school has an obligation to address these gaps.
You should’ve learned that public education in this country is a joke. We all saw that last year with online learning. Get your kid a tutor.