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Anonymous wrote:Two kids (twice exceptional) who went through MCPS. We were happy with MCPS for both of them.

Eldest participated in the gifted programs grades 4-12. Late ADHD diagnosis.

Youngest diagnosed with ADHD in middle school and zoned schools were great for their needs. Late gifted was diagnosis.

I think being realistic that the school may not meet all your child’s needs and parts may be bumpy. We found extracurriculars (i.e., music and sports) were critical and balanced out the experiences.

Good luck.

I get so mad when parents whose kids already graduated post. MCPS is bad right now and is getting worse. Yes, 10 years ago it was much better, 20 yrs ago it sounds it was pretty great. This no longer applies.

Anonymous wrote:Two kids (twice exceptional) who went through MCPS. We were happy with MCPS for both of them.

Eldest participated in the gifted programs grades 4-12. Late ADHD diagnosis.

Youngest diagnosed with ADHD in middle school and zoned schools were great for their needs. Late gifted was diagnosis.

I think being realistic that the school may not meet all your child’s needs and parts may be bumpy. We found extracurriculars (i.e., music and sports) were critical and balanced out the experiences.

Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:Two kids (twice exceptional) who went through MCPS. We were happy with MCPS for both of them.

Eldest participated in the gifted programs grades 4-12. Late ADHD diagnosis.

Youngest diagnosed with ADHD in middle school and zoned schools were great for their needs. Late gifted was diagnosis.

I think being realistic that the school may not meet all your child’s needs and parts may be bumpy. We found extracurriculars (i.e., music and sports) were critical and balanced out the experiences.

Good luck.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS employee here--I don't blame parents for being super upset and angry. Unfortunately, many districts around the country operate this way. They don't give intensive intervention in grades k-2 and then eventually end up assessing for special education in grades 3-5 (if they even get to it then as there are so many vacant related service provider positions)--if it's purely a dyslexia issue. Behavior issues (plus learning) will get you evaluated earlier because you are disrupting everyone's learning and the teacher has more of an incentive to push the case forward. There needs to be a national message that parents take charge of their child's reading if problems emerge in kindergarten. Or a dramatic change in funding to increase early literacy efforts.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS employee here--I don't blame parents for being super upset and angry. Unfortunately, many districts around the country operate this way. They don't give intensive intervention in grades k-2 and then eventually end up assessing for special education in grades 3-5 (if they even get to it then as there are so many vacant related service provider positions)--if it's purely a dyslexia issue. Behavior issues (plus learning) will get you evaluated earlier because you are disrupting everyone's learning and the teacher has more of an incentive to push the case forward. There needs to be a national message that parents take charge of their child's reading if problems emerge in kindergarten. Or a dramatic change in funding to increase early literacy efforts.

I hear you and I don’t disagree. Most people with the financial resources will take care of the reading piece for their child. However, lots of people don’t have that financial/ time available part of that. I’m just not sure what we are doing as educational systems if we can’t get all kids to read. I truly can’t believe we are at a place that people think it’s reasonable that is happening. I think the national message right now is federal law that states all kids ( including those with disabilities) are entitled to an education. The absolute base of that should be functional literacy especially after spending 13 years in an “ educational” system. I really don’t understand how we have gotten to this point as a society.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS employee here--I don't blame parents for being super upset and angry. Unfortunately, many districts around the country operate this way. They don't give intensive intervention in grades k-2 and then eventually end up assessing for special education in grades 3-5 (if they even get to it then as there are so many vacant related service provider positions)--if it's purely a dyslexia issue. Behavior issues (plus learning) will get you evaluated earlier because you are disrupting everyone's learning and the teacher has more of an incentive to push the case forward. There needs to be a national message that parents take charge of their child's reading if problems emerge in kindergarten. Or a dramatic change in funding to increase early literacy efforts.

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Anonymous wrote:Mcps employee here- dyslexia needs to be remediated.in k-3 otherwise it is often a lifetime issue as the brain is less malleable. The way the current system works is to keep denying any issues exist until kids are in 3-5th grade when they are so far behind they are undeniable. At.thst point, mcps will give an iep with a ridiculously low amount of service and typically not a research based reading intervention. There are exceptions to this at well run schools but this is often how it goes. Parents need the knowledge in kindergarten so they can began intervening outside of school.

Very well reasoned. Wish this was said by any MCPS employee for my dyslexic. In my time, the word dyslexia was verboten. Serious question: how do you sleep at night having this level of knowledge about a disorder your employer won’t deal with? Super unethical behavior.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps employee here- dyslexia needs to be remediated.in k-3 otherwise it is often a lifetime issue as the brain is less malleable. The way the current system works is to keep denying any issues exist until kids are in 3-5th grade when they are so far behind they are undeniable. At.thst point, mcps will give an iep with a ridiculously low amount of service and typically not a research based reading intervention. There are exceptions to this at well run schools but this is often how it goes. Parents need the knowledge in kindergarten so they can began intervening outside of school.

Very well reasoned. Wish this was said by any MCPS employee for my dyslexic. In my time, the word dyslexia was verboten. Serious question: how do you sleep at night having this level of knowledge about a disorder your employer won’t deal with? Super unethical behavior.

You are a dick. It isn’t the MCPS employee’s fault that the school system can’t meet your kid’s needs. Why are you trying to guilt trip them as though they are individually responsible for a system they don’t control or have that much say in?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps employee here- dyslexia needs to be remediated.in k-3 otherwise it is often a lifetime issue as the brain is less malleable. The way the current system works is to keep denying any issues exist until kids are in 3-5th grade when they are so far behind they are undeniable. At.thst point, mcps will give an iep with a ridiculously low amount of service and typically not a research based reading intervention. There are exceptions to this at well run schools but this is often how it goes. Parents need the knowledge in kindergarten so they can began intervening outside of school.

Very well reasoned. Wish this was said by any MCPS employee for my dyslexic. In my time, the word dyslexia was verboten. Serious question: how do you sleep at night having this level of knowledge about a disorder your employer won’t deal with? Super unethical behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:

MCPS forced us to move to a place that was more reasonable and closer to following the latest cognitive research for the second. So much better. The culture of MCPS (besides its incompetenceand mismanagement) is the kicker: the place is mean.

Where did you move that was better?