Basic Info
Springbrook HS is located at 201 Valley Brook Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20904. The principal is Dr. Frank Stetson.
Rating
Please rate your experience at this school with respect to the following aspects on a scale from 0 to 10.- Inclusiveness: Does the school have a culture of inclusion and inclusive practices in place (e.g., co-teaching)? Are these practices effectively and systematically implemented?
- Staffing and resources: Does the school have staff and resources to accommodate a wide range of special needs?
- Cooperation: Does the school staff exhibit a cooperative approach by accepting/requesting the parents' input, listening to concerns, and attempting to resolve disagreements?
- Communication: Does the school implement progress monitoring plans? Does the staff regularly communicate with parents with respect to their child's progress and challenges? Is the staff responsive when contacted?
- Academic expectations: Does the staff systematically set high expectations for students with special needs? Does the staff systematically raise expectations when IEP goals are met ahead of time?
Springbrook HS
Inclusiveness
2.3
Staffing and resources
1.6
Cooperation
1.9
Communication
2.3
Academic expectations
2
3
Inclusiveness
7
Staffing and resources
1
Cooperation
0.9
Communication
1
Academic expectations
0.9
Unless the parent actively engages to the point of annoyingness, the IEP wont be followed. If the child, like my dyslexic son, is shy and not the best advocate, his needs will go unmet. My son is bright and could have done well with AP classes, but they were “not able to provide a paraeducator” for AP classes. I know realize this is illegal, as he has the right to an equal education.
IEP are followed minimally, with minimal engagement with the student. IEP students are offered the watered down regular classes, instead of challenging AP classes.
Transition services are a check in the box, with no real engagement as there is no vested interest in the students future as long as they have checked the box and met the graduation box.
Springbrook unfortunately suffers along with most of the Eastbound County schools, there is a lack of resources and funding and a lack of caring. A lot of talk to closing the achievement gap, but all one needs to do is walk into any of the East County schools and compare them to the Bethesda/ Potomac schools and no there is absolutely no way students in these diverse, low socioeconomic schools have access to the same Montgomery County assets as the other higher socioeconomic schools on the other side of the county. No where is this more glaringly obvious than in the special education services, where is it sadly needed the most.