Anonymous wrote:Well-heeled rhe elephant innthe room.
MCPS does NOT care about special need kids.
A child with an iq of 79 should NEVER be at school with the general population. But McKnight, et al, would rather spend 1.5 million so you know if Larlos bus is 2 minutes late than to address the needs of special needs students. I would love to see how many seriously bullied kids are SN kids.
The child who was murdered innthe woods in Germantown seemed to have special needs, too, according to his mother.

Where is the investigative reporting on this? How many special needs children are being violently bullied and intimidated at school? Why won't MCPS do better? Special needs students should be protected.

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Anonymous wrote:https://mocoshow.com/blog/magruder-high-school-shooter-sentenced-to-18-years/?fbclid=IwAR2dUsyPO9Tenq9EZefjVnJIqIsixgendJQhJqF54kK9wKsgmEnzn01vB08

I'm surprised it was so harsh but good (?). I question the good because I do think it is a good idea to give a harsh sentence but what is the plan for him while in prison? I hope he won't get out early but what is the plan?

He'll be a 35 year old man when he is released from prison. He already had a bad start to life and wasn't given good guidance by his parents. What type of rehab will he really get in prison? He won't be really educated. He won't have good influences (or will he?) around him and he will leave prison as still a young man. Young men seem to commit the majority of crimes so there is a chance that he will commit more crimes when he is released. I doubt he will have even the slightest positive impact on society.

In cases like this, is it better to keep them in prison for the full 40 years so his most criminal heavy years will be spent locked up?

Yes.


I’m more concerned with public safety than his rehabilitation.

Being concerned for safety means concern for rehabilitation of criminals, almost all of whom will be released from prison eventually.

Anonymous wrote:One special needs student from magruder had to bring a gun to school to protect himself after mcps failed to do so. He will now spend as much of his life in jail as he did outside of jail.
Another special needs student from northwest left dead in the woods after his mom begged them to change his school assignment.

How many special needs students is MCPS going to sacrifice before they wake up?

Anonymous wrote:Please start reading My MC Media. I know it's government media but it has some of the best reporting around.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/magruder-school-shooter-sentenced-to-18-years-for-assaulting-classmate/

During an emotion 90-minute courtroom hearing, Thomas’ mother talked about the pain her son and her entire family continue to endure. Two Magruder teachers described Alston’s learning and cognitive disabilities, and Alston’s attorney read a statement written by the now-18-year-old, who has been in prison since the shooting.

“First, I want to say I’m sorry,” attorney David Felson read from a statement written by Alston. Felson said that the teenager was too nervous to read it himself.

“I hope Deandre and his family can understand and forgive me,” he wrote. “I was frightened and didn’t know what to do.” He added, “I was lost,” and made “a bad decision.” He also apologized to the school and his mother, who sat quietly in the courtroom throughout the proceedings.

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He said Alston felt bullied and scared. “It is fairly clear that Steven was bullied, harassed and terrorized” at Magruder. Students even came to his home at home point and only left when Alston’s mother threatened to call the police.

All this “left Steven in an impossible situation,” Felson said. “We know the victim wanted to kick Steven’s ass,” he said, adding, “None of this justifies Steven’s actions.”

But Alexander Bush, the Thomas family attorney, said it was “disgusting” to make it seem that Thomas was responsible for all the bullying and problems Alston was having and that the defense was attempting to blame the victim.

Resource teacher Stephanie Williams called Alston a quiet, polite student. He was “very sweet, kind, responsible.”

His 11th grade world history teacher, Chris Gamble, said Alston had “academic difficulties” and said very little. He described Alston as respectful and motivated to pass his class.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids like this should be kept far away from regular school. There needs to be a separate SN school in MCPS.

Write your congressman. Federal law requires SN kids be placed in the least restrictive environment.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps has all sorts of programs and initiatives geared towards understanding and accepting different genders, cultures and so forth but not one to understand special needs kids. They were left out of me too, blm, love is love and every other movement.
Shameful.

You seem to think students with special needs are a monolithic group that stands apart from everyone else in every context. You’re wrong. Our magnets have twice exceptional students who are both gifted and have SN. There are students with IEPs involved in clubs like GSA and MSP. Sometimes, they are even the leaders of these organizations.

You have completely missed the point. The point was that mcps has programs designed to help other students think of their neighbors who are poc, LGBT+, etc as equal peers who are just as valuable as themselves. There are no programs designed like this for kids with developmental delays, disabilities, intellectual differences, and so forth.

Anonymous wrote:Kids like this should be kept far away from regular school. There needs to be a separate SN school in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Well-heeled rhe elephant innthe room.
MCPS does NOT care about special need kids.
A child with an iq of 79 should NEVER be at school with the general population. But McKnight, et al, would rather spend 1.5 million so you know if Larlos bus is 2 minutes late than to address the needs of special needs students. I would love to see how many seriously bullied kids are SN kids.
The child who was murdered innthe woods in Germantown seemed to have special needs, too, according to his mother.

Where is the investigative reporting on this? How many special needs children are being violently bullied and intimidated at school? Why won't MCPS do better? Special needs students should be protected.

I don’t think you have every known anyone with a 79 IQ if you think they can’t be in the same school as students with average intelligence.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps has all sorts of programs and initiatives geared towards understanding and accepting different genders, cultures and so forth but not one to understand special needs kids. They were left out of me too, blm, love is love and every other movement.
Shameful.

You seem to think students with special needs are a monolithic group that stands apart from everyone else in every context. You’re wrong. Our magnets have twice exceptional students who are both gifted and have SN. There are students with IEPs involved in clubs like GSA and MSP. Sometimes, they are even the leaders of these organizations.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well-heeled rhe elephant innthe room.
MCPS does NOT care about special need kids.
A child with an iq of 79 should NEVER be at school with the general population. But McKnight, et al, would rather spend 1.5 million so you know if Larlos bus is 2 minutes late than to address the needs of special needs students. I would love to see how many seriously bullied kids are SN kids.
The child who was murdered innthe woods in Germantown seemed to have special needs, too, according to his mother.

Where is the investigative reporting on this? How many special needs children are being violently bullied and intimidated at school? Why won't MCPS do better? Special needs students should be protected.

I don’t think you have every known anyone with a 79 IQ if you think they can’t be in the same school as students with average intelligence.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps has all sorts of programs and initiatives geared towards understanding and accepting different genders, cultures and so forth but not one to understand special needs kids. They were left out of me too, blm, love is love and every other movement.
Shameful.

You seem to think students with special needs are a monolithic group that stands apart from everyone else in every context. You’re wrong. Our magnets have twice exceptional students who are both gifted and have SN. There are students with IEPs involved in clubs like GSA and MSP. Sometimes, they are even the leaders of these organizations.

And my guess is, invariably, they come from middle to upper income homes that have the resources to navigate multiple systems so that their twice exceptional child excels. What about the FARMS kids with an IEP or 504?

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps has all sorts of programs and initiatives geared towards understanding and accepting different genders, cultures and so forth but not one to understand special needs kids. They were left out of me too, blm, love is love and every other movement.
Shameful.

You seem to think students with special needs are a monolithic group that stands apart from everyone else in every context. You’re wrong. Our magnets have twice exceptional students who are both gifted and have SN. There are students with IEPs involved in clubs like GSA and MSP. Sometimes, they are even the leaders of these organizations.