The ES teachers only seem to care about testing. So little actual learning is going on.

If 20% of them leave, there are probably computer programs who will do a better job. Lexia Power Up last summer taught my child more than two years in the classroom.

17 teachers leaving my ES (including 2 who left and didn’t come back in May). 40% of my spouse’s MS colleagues not returning.

Anyone who thinks this is normal is insane.

I just found out that 5 of our teachers are leaving *for new careers* and a few others are switching schools or retiring.

Bad admin leads to motivated teachers leaving. Other teachers realize they will have more work next year picking up the slack or training new hires so they then start to leave. Not unusually to have up to 1/3 of a school depart if a new/bad admin causes staff to flee. I saw this happen even before COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.

We actually looked into private when we were virtual for 2020-2021. None of the schools had special education services.

The private schools that FCPS would pay for in this instance are SPED day schools

Again, a lot of these parents aren’t really looking for Sped services but for a free ride to private school.

Lol, you know nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:Staff departure numbers are starting to trickle out of individual schools. It's not bad at the schools where the administration is well-liked and things run smoothly for the most part. It's a nightmare at schools where the administration is really lacking. Some of these schools are going to see >20% of the staff leaving after this year.

So closer to normal.

I'm the PP. It's not normal. The schools with bad admin are getting slammed like never before. People talked a lot this year and a lot of staff proactively applied to well run schools where employees announced early that they were leaving due to retirement or relocation. Word got around quickly about which schools to avoid.

Anonymous wrote:Staff departure numbers are starting to trickle out of individual schools. It's not bad at the schools where the administration is well-liked and things run smoothly for the most part. It's a nightmare at schools where the administration is really lacking. Some of these schools are going to see >20% of the staff leaving after this year.

So closer to normal.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.

We actually looked into private when we were virtual for 2020-2021. None of the schools had special education services.

The private schools that FCPS would pay for in this instance are SPED day schools

Again, a lot of these parents aren’t really looking for Sped services but for a free ride to private school.

so totally wrong. The private schools that FCPS will pay for are schools that take on special education students. Some specialize in LDs like dyslexia, some in ADHD, some for autism. These are not the private schools that NT students attend. Most parents want their children to be served appropriately in their home public school. For many children (like mine), there are no private options even among the SN private schools that are appropriate.

Staff departure numbers are starting to trickle out of individual schools. It's not bad at the schools where the administration is well-liked and things run smoothly for the most part. It's a nightmare at schools where the administration is really lacking. Some of these schools are going to see >20% of the staff leaving after this year.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.

We actually looked into private when we were virtual for 2020-2021. None of the schools had special education services.

The private schools that FCPS would pay for in this instance are SPED day schools

Again, a lot of these parents aren’t really looking for Sped services but for a free ride to private school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.

We actually looked into private when we were virtual for 2020-2021. None of the schools had special education services.

The private schools that FCPS would pay for in this instance are SPED day schools

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.

We actually looked into private when we were virtual for 2020-2021. None of the schools had special education services.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

Sure they do. There are private schools that specifically cater to students with special needs. They aren’t cheap, and they’re struggling with staffing just like everywhere else. They also have the option of declining to take a student and that happens a lot. There are lists out there of proposed placements for private pay that include the reasons specific schools accepted or rejected an applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

A lot of these folks don’t know or care- they just think private = automatically better.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS breaking the law is not the fault of special ed families. Jesus.

Suing the district (essentially suing themselves!) and taking even more money out of the pool for Sped services seems like a great strategy.

These people don't care about anything other than themselves. They want their kid in private school, and they want FCPS to pay for it.

So not true. Private schools don't provide special education services.

You clearly don’t know the process. If families can demonstrate that FCPS can’t meet their child’s needs, they can argue (and win) fully tuition payments to privates. This involves using an attorney and leaving their community school in emotional ruin.