PGCPS

I am a former PGCPS employee, alumni, and parent of 2 and have been a PG County resident for 30 plus years. Since my high school graduation I have not seen many improvements with PGCPS, only teachers becoming more and more fed up, stressed, overwhelmed, and overloaded with an astronomical amount of work and an even bigger shortage in staff across-the-board the board.

I resigned from my position as ISEA with PGCPS 6 months ago. Prior to that, I've seen more teachers and staff leave the school system than I have seen in recruitment. The SPED students, especially, are suffering the most in PGCPS. Since my time of service working in early childhood with pre-k students, I've seen children misdiagnosed by school specialists and misplaced in classrooms that do not fit their academic and disability needs.

I've even had to advocate for my own children by arguing my case with the school board to have my children removed from their boundary schools and placed into better schools outside their boundary that can sufficiently accommodate their academic needs as well as IEP.

I, too, am fed up with PGCPS and will be withdrawing my children from PGCPS, with no plans to return in the future. Furthermore, I wouldn't recommend PGCPS to my worse enemy, much less my family and friends.