The root cause of issues in MCPS is the loss of vission to do right by the child.

Many years ago, there were good people in the school system that would look out for what was best for children. They were willing to fix errors if they occurred instead of ignoring problems till molehills became mountains. They considered their career goal as teaching students not how to get their next promotion. They treated students and parents with honesty and dignity instead of lies to cover their butts for the crappy job that they do. When these standards were lost, MCPS ceased to be a good public school system.

Anonymous wrote:Central Office is the root cause of issues at MoCo schools. It is bloated, gaming the pension system, did nothing with 8 years of serious complaints on C2.0, and only focuses on the golden unicorn Achievement Gap. Everyone else (teachers, parents who care), have to pick up the slack.

I don't understand what a golden unicorn is.

Central Office is the root cause of issues at MoCo schools. It is bloated, gaming the pension system, did nothing with 8 years of serious complaints on C2.0, and only focuses on the golden unicorn Achievement Gap. Everyone else (teachers, parents who care), have to pick up the slack.

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Anonymous wrote:The demographics of Montgomery County is changing. The problems of children face on an everyday basis is changing. Teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and administrators need to continue to adapt and learn themselves or they will be out of touch with how to address the needs of students.

almost impossible to do that as a super large 200+ school district.

Many fields require continued education to keep up certification. Why would you consider keeping abreast of changes and continue to learn and strive to meet new demands "impossible"?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The demographics of Montgomery County is changing. The problems of children face on an everyday basis is changing. Teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and administrators need to continue to adapt and learn themselves or they will be out of touch with how to address the needs of students.

almost impossible to do that as a super large 200+ school district.

We're talking about people adapting to the needs of the students they interact with. What does that have to do with the number of schools in the school district?

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Anonymous wrote:The code of conduct and the extreme behavior issues which hijack the majority of the resources away from the rest of the students. I'm not talking about kids with IEPs.

--from a teacher

What about violations of the MCPS Employee Code of Conduct in which students who are in the care of MCPS are harmed?

-- A MCPS Parent

Anonymous wrote:The code of conduct and the extreme behavior issues which hijack the majority of the resources away from the rest of the students. I'm not talking about kids with IEPs.

--from a teacher

The code of conduct and the extreme behavior issues which hijack the majority of the resources away from the rest of the students. I'm not talking about kids with IEPs.

Anonymous wrote:The demographics of Montgomery County is changing. The problems of children face on an everyday basis is changing. Teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and administrators need to continue to adapt and learn themselves or they will be out of touch with how to address the needs of students.

almost impossible to do that as a super large 200+ school district.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the demographics are changing and as a result the tax revenues are also going to be negatively impacted. MOCO has hit the tipping point and is going downhill fast.

It's so crowded, nobody goes there anymore.

Yes, the demographics are changing and as a result the tax revenues are also going to be negatively impacted. MOCO has hit the tipping point and is going downhill fast.

The demographics of Montgomery County is changing. The problems of children face on an everyday basis is changing. Teachers, counselors, school psychologists, and administrators need to continue to adapt and learn themselves or they will be out of touch with how to address the needs of students.

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Anonymous wrote:How much faster has the central office staff grown over the past decade relative to the student population? 2X, 3X...

Suppose you go and get the numbers on central office staff and then get back to us?

I'll give you the student numbers:

2007-2008: 137,667
2017-2018: 161,460

so an increase of 17.3%.

Central office is shrinking.

Sadly, it is send back into classrooms and schools people who lack a decade of experience with today’s students. Many are near retirement and will just hold out for the magic number. My school got one such individual this past year. He was nice, but clearly overwhelmed. Another was hired a month or so ago and his last Classroom was in the 90s!

I’m mid career and find I have to adjust my expectations between students I taught as a novice and those we get now. Yes, the increase in LEP is part of it depending on where you teach, but also:
screen addiction across socioeconomic groups
skyrocketing SN diagnosis and inclusion rates
Increasingly complex family/household arrangements
more litigious parents
traumatized children (whether unaccompanied minors or native US kids who have experience homelessness, drug abuse in the home, neighborhood violence, abuse and neglect)

I could go on and on.

I love teaching, but I don’t romanticize it. And I worry about the hiring trends I see in MCPS. I don’t see us hiring for the students we have right now. The candidates would be fine for the 1997-98 school year.

Anonymous wrote:How much faster has the central office staff grown over the past decade relative to the student population? 2X, 3X...

Suppose you go and get the numbers on central office staff and then get back to us?

I'll give you the student numbers:

2007-2008: 137,667
2017-2018: 161,460

so an increase of 17.3%.

How much faster has the central office staff grown over the past decade relative to the student population? 2X, 3X...