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Anonymous wrote:How are we supposed to trust FCPS to teach children when they can’t do the basic minimum of keeping everyone safe?

Should we tie up the child with special needs? Restrict them to a 6x6 room? Not allow them to have recess?

So what is your solution? The child is attacking kids and teachers at recess. The child has an aide with them, so there is a known issue. Why can’t there be a consequence for the child's actions, like solo recess indoors. The idea that the child is allowed to continue to hurt other kids because they have an IEP is what angers people. Why is it ok for other kids to be hurt because another child has an issue?

Increase teacher to student ratios for kids who need this type of support. We’ll also need to increase salaries to entice the additional staff to take these specific jobs.

Or you can stop mainstreaming kids who are violent.

My kids have been in classrooms where, due to special programs, there were 4 or 5 adults in the room at all times, and at least 2 of those were paras. The kids all know which adults are assigned to which kids.

And to a PP's point, my kids were in AAP classes.

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This is such common sense you'd think it would be a no-brainer. Why should all of the other kids have to suffer due to the uncontrollable behavior of the few?

All you’ve done is think of an idea, you didn’t think through the next 3 steps where the problems start to occur. So in fact, it is not a no-brainer.

Why don't you walk us through the "next 3 steps" since you seem to be the authority here. We'll wait.

1. Find buildings
2. Find staff
3. Find money

Anonymous wrote:In other words-spin doctors- PR staff that writes the letters and covers photo op visits.

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Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

Well, how about starting with Youngblood's dept. Look at how many people are there and what they do is really not needed.

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Who is Youngblood?

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Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

Well, how about starting with Youngblood's dept. Look at how many people are there and what they do is really not needed.

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Anonymous wrote:My 4th grader came home today and wanted to talk about "something weird that happened at recess". For reference, my child refers to anything they find disturbing as "weird", ie discussing options to flee in an active shooter situation.

A child in a younger grade was out at the playground with an aide and started stealing items from kids on the playground. When the kids tried to get their items back, this devolved into the younger child kicking and punching the 4th graders, then the aide that was with the child, then the principal and assistant principal who came out to assist the aide in removing the younger child from the playground.

The 4th graders who were injured were spoken to but my child said no one spoke to any of the kids who witnessed the scene and were disturbed by it. Apparently this isn't the first incident with this child that mine has witnessed and they're not even in the same class.

Is this something we should expected communication from the school or teacher about? Is this something we need to be speaking to admin about? I understand that some children have issues that they cannot control but it also isn't okay that my child felt unsafe and teachers didnt even check to see if the kids were okay unless they were physically injured.

If you have a question email the teacher. When these things happen, we normally talk about it for a few minutes after recess (generally a 5-10 min discussion), but I don’t email parents about it. If parents emailed me later on, I would respond.
-ES Teacher

Anonymous wrote:I taught my kid to run around the school screaming very loudly “help me I’m scared” when something like this happens, then requested an evaluation for screaming and running at school. The problem child was removed.

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Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This has been discussed a few times on this forum. You’re specifically referring to a handful of departments. There are many departments that shouldn’t be cut, such as HR, payroll, benefits, etc.

When you look at those departments that in your opinion should be cut, cutting 50% is not that many employees/money. Cutting those positions, would probably allow the hiring of 40 teachers, across 200 schools. It might be a start, but it’s not going to make a significant impact.

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Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

This. The layers on layers on layers at detriment to actual teachers in the classroom

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.

Anonymous wrote:Cutting Gatehouse staff by 50% might free up funding for classroom instruction and help.