13 MoCo high schools decline in state rankings

[Anonymous]

It's true the rankings for MCPS schools is a reflection of the county's changing demographics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

No, rich people filled the boundary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

No, rich people filled the boundary.

They lobbied to ensure that the boundary was exclusive but it was made back when redlining was still a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's true the rankings for MCPS schools is a reflection of the county's changing demographics.

No, it's because of changing criteria, mainly chronic absenteeism. It affects every school district in MD. Last year there were 215 5-star schools statewide compared to just 85 this year.

https://wtop.com/education/2023/12/fewer-md-schools-at-five-star-status-in-states-report-card/

One main reason for the difference stems from absenteeism, a measure in the rating system that wasn’t used two years ago because of chronic absenteeism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's true the rankings for MCPS schools is a reflection of the county's changing demographics.

No, it's because of changing criteria, mainly chronic absenteeism. It affects every school district in MD. Last year there were 215 5-star schools statewide compared to just 85 this year.

https://wtop.com/education/2023/12/fewer-md-schools-at-five-star-status-in-states-report-card/

Yes and I’ll reiterate the point I made in earlier posts that a kids’ absences can be excused (e.g. due to illness) but still count toward the chronic absenteeism analysis. Last year kids were hit with a huge variety of respiratory illnesses and I think families are more sensitive to not spreading germs than pre-pandemic so it wouldn’t surprise me if that impacted numbers.

One main reason for the difference stems from absenteeism, a measure in the rating system that wasn’t used two years ago because of chronic absenteeism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

[Anonymous]

Kids aren’t missing 18+ days of school in one school year due to illness unless they have underlying health conditions. Parents aren’t sending their kids to school. I have quite a few students who’ve already missed 18 days of school. Our school now has two full time employees to deal with students like this. It’s ridiculous IMO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids aren’t missing 18+ days of school in one school year due to illness unless they have underlying health conditions. Parents aren’t sending their kids to school. I have quite a few students who’ve already missed 18 days of school. Our school now has two full time employees to deal with students like this. It’s ridiculous IMO.

What are their job duties?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

No, rich people filled the boundary.

They lobbied to ensure that the boundary was exclusive but it was made back when redlining was still a thing.

That's how it was done back in the good ol' days...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kids aren’t missing 18+ days of school in one school year due to illness unless they have underlying health conditions. Parents aren’t sending their kids to school. I have quite a few students who’ve already missed 18 days of school. Our school now has two full time employees to deal with students like this. It’s ridiculous IMO.

My kids did because they got COVID twice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

No, rich people filled the boundary.

They lobbied to ensure that the boundary was exclusive but it was made back when redlining was still a thing.

Redlining was outlawed in 1968. It's time to move on.

[Anonymous]

I want to say that one of the main reasons for the change for the first time since 2019 is that academic Growth is factored into the score. This is the main reason for the decline in the school's ranking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wootton is a 5/5 so I don’t think there’s a need to panic about W schools. I didn’t look at all the schools but I agree with others that it’s at least partially dependent on changing demographics. Let’s make sure all kids in MCPS are well fed, safe and supported. That’s the answer.

W schools boundaries were drawn to keep out poors so they are less affected by these changes than other MCPS schools.

No, rich people filled the boundary.

They lobbied to ensure that the boundary was exclusive but it was made back when redlining was still a thing.

Redlining was outlawed in 1968. It's time to move on.

That was around the time they last updated those boundaries.

[Anonymous]

I unfortunately have an in-depth look at an F-rated school and think that MCPS needs to closely examine those in charge of these failing schools and get rid of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I unfortunately have an in-depth look at an F-rated school and think that MCPS needs to closely examine those in charge of these failing schools and get rid of them.

There is no MCPS school that's rated "F".
Nice try though.