Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

If this is true, 4000 students spread over 200 schools with multiple grades won’t affect staffing as much as you think. ESL teachers are already working with large case loads.

It would be 1-2 staff members per school most likely.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

If this is true, 4000 students spread over 200 schools with multiple grades won’t affect staffing as much as you think. ESL teachers are already working with large case loads.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a MS teacher and I'd love to know...because unfortunately this year we have huge classes of multi-lingual leaners (formerly ELL or ESOL, meaning lower English language skills) mixed in with general education. Meaning that students who need very different kinds of instruction and support are in the same classes with the same teachers, who are expected to clone themselves to be the best teacher for 30 very different kids. I want to help everyone but am unable to help anyone. So if immigration rule changes are a piece of changing that, I guess I have to welcome it to make my day-to-day reality work.

Thank you for trying?! I know teachers are not the reason these student:teacher ratios exist but am horrified. In the absence of state action, could PTAs focus on filling staffing/classroom assistant gaps instead of paying for parties, uniforms, and outdoor classrooms??

The schools with PTAs that can afford these things are not the schools with the highest number of ESOL students. My DC’s ES PTA budget was $15K - there’s no parties, uniforms (for what?), outdoor classrooms, or gap filling possible.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

On an anonymous forum, I have no idea if this is true or not.
However, when you consider that seniors from last year have graduated or moved on in some way and that the influx has stopped, I can believe this number.

We can check the FCPS profile after the end of September.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

On an anonymous forum, I have no idea if this is true or not.
However, when you consider that seniors from last year have graduated or moved on in some way and that the influx has stopped, I can believe this number.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

100% Fake News

DP. I’m interested in the topic and not inclined to believe random stats without a cite, but your statement is even more worthless. Do you have a source for your statement?

Anonymous wrote:FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

100% Fake News

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two families who've moved away due to federal job loss (or contractor working for government), several more vulnerable to move if they don't find something soon. j

DP.

I know several more.

Also noticed our lawn service suddenly employee different men. Like the ones they replaced, they all appear to be from Central America. But, why the sudden turnover?

I know this is anecdotal, but I know probably 3 families who left due to job loss, mostly relocating to the West Coast where tech money has retained some jobs in our industry. Then another 3 who were mixed US citizen/green card holder families who left to go back to the country of one of the parents, all in Southeast Asia or Western Europe.

A friend who is an administrator in a high needs school said the number of kids leaving the country is not as high as she expected, but as a PP noted, they may not be living with their own parents. So, undocumented parents or parents in the middle of their immigration process signed guardianship paperwork and left their kids in the care of US citizen friends and family.

FCPS is down over 4000 expected English Language Learners. Most likely there will be cuts to teaching staff for next year. It's not clear if the kids actually left the country or if they just aren't coming to school. I suspect most are the latter.

Anonymous wrote:The school I work at is still very much overcrowded.

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