Looks like ELC is gone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

And everyone should bring this is with the the following:

A) Their principal
B) The Gifted Education Liaison at their ES
C) Their ES PTA and Cluster PTA Coordinator
D)The BOE
E) Every survey or communication about the in process Program Study
E) Every survey about the in progress Boundary Study

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have more information on how the enriched version of CKLA next year will differ from the regular CKLA? For the kids who will be doing it a cohort, I mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

And everyone should bring this is with the the following:

A) Their principal
B) The Gifted Education Liaison at their ES
C) Their ES PTA and Cluster PTA Coordinator
D)The BOE
E) Every survey or communication about the in process Program Study
E) Every survey about the in progress Boundary Study

Just note that both the academic programs analysis and the boundary study are focused on secondary schools, not elementary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

PP here- it says that if schools choose to, then the current 4th graders will be the last to have ELC. I dont think forcing 4th graders who took ELC this year into taking CKLA next year is right by any means.

[Anonymous]

I have a 4th grader at a school that doesn’t cohort ELC kids and it’s a nightmare. Kids get 30 minutes of “flexible intervention time” once a week and it’s unclear what the ELC kids do.

Why doesn’t my kid get a cohort for ELA like she does for compacted math? Several other elementary schools cohort the ELC kids daily and they are reading actual books! How is this considered equitable? My kid just gets to read the dry nonfiction worksheets for CKLA.

I’m looking for documentation about next year so I can advocate for my child’s school to do the same as every other (which I pray is daily cohorting!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a 4th grader at a school that doesn’t cohort ELC kids and it’s a nightmare. Kids get 30 minutes of “flexible intervention time” once a week and it’s unclear what the ELC kids do.

Why doesn’t my kid get a cohort for ELA like she does for compacted math? Several other elementary schools cohort the ELC kids daily and they are reading actual books! How is this considered equitable? My kid just gets to read the dry nonfiction worksheets for CKLA.

I’m looking for documentation about
next year so I can advocate for my child’s school to do the same as every other (which I pray is daily cohorting!)

Do you know why your school doesn’t cohort? Is it because there are not enough kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

PP here- it says that if schools choose to, then the current 4th graders will be the last to have ELC. I dont think forcing 4th graders who took ELC this year into taking CKLA next year is right by any means.

PP you are responding to and I’m not sure what you are saying. That our school is choosing this? It’s definitely happening per our principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 4th grader at a school that doesn’t cohort ELC kids and it’s a nightmare. Kids get 30 minutes of “flexible intervention time” once a week and it’s unclear what the ELC kids do.

Why doesn’t my kid get a cohort for ELA like she does for compacted math? Several other elementary schools cohort the ELC kids daily and they are reading actual books! How is this considered equitable? My kid just gets to read the dry nonfiction worksheets for CKLA.

I’m looking for documentation about
next year so I can advocate for my child’s school to do the same as every other (which I pray is daily cohorting!)

Do you know why your school doesn’t cohort? Is it because there are not enough kids?

I don’t know why our school doesn’t do it. They divide the whole grade among the homeroom teachers for 30 minutes/week based on ability level so they should be able to do it every day during the ELA block

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 4th grader at a school that doesn’t cohort ELC kids and it’s a nightmare. Kids get 30 minutes of “flexible intervention time” once a week and it’s unclear what the ELC kids do.

Why doesn’t my kid get a cohort for ELA like she does for compacted math? Several other elementary schools cohort the ELC kids daily and they are reading actual books! How is this considered equitable? My kid just gets to read the dry nonfiction worksheets for CKLA.

I’m looking for documentation about
next year so I can advocate for my child’s school to do the same as every other (which I pray is daily cohorting!)

Do you know why your school doesn’t cohort? Is it because there are not enough kids?

I don’t know why our school doesn’t do it. They divide the whole grade among the homeroom teachers for 30 minutes/week based on ability level so they should be able to do it every day during the ELA block

Wait it’s just 30 minutes per week? That’s nothing!!! What school is this? Our school has WIN time 30 minutes 3x per week in addition to ELC at least until now. You must be so frustrated. That kind of disparity between schools should not be tolerated.

[Anonymous]

“FIT” for 30 minutes every Wednesday at Viers Mill Elementary School. No cohorting for ELA, just compacted math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a 4th grader at a school that doesn’t cohort ELC kids and it’s a nightmare. Kids get 30 minutes of “flexible intervention time” once a week and it’s unclear what the ELC kids do.

Why doesn’t my kid get a cohort for ELA like she does for compacted math? Several other elementary schools cohort the ELC kids daily and they are reading actual books! How is this considered equitable? My kid just gets to read the dry nonfiction worksheets for CKLA.

I’m looking for documentation about
next year so I can advocate for my child’s school to do the same as every other (which I pray is daily cohorting!)

Do you know why your school doesn’t cohort? Is it because there are not enough kids?

I don’t know why our school doesn’t do it. They divide the whole grade among the homeroom teachers for 30 minutes/week based on ability level so they should be able to do it every day during the ELA block

Wait it’s just 30 minutes per week? That’s nothing!!! What school is this? Our school has WIN time 30 minutes 3x per week in addition to ELC at least until now. You must be so frustrated. That kind of disparity between schools should not be tolerated.

What school has it 3x/week? So there are actually at least 3 different ways MCPS is currently serving kids that qualified for ELC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

PP here- it says that if schools choose to, then the current 4th graders will be the last to have ELC. I dont think forcing 4th graders who took ELC this year into taking CKLA next year is right by any means.

PP you are responding to and I’m not sure what you are saying. That our school is choosing this? It’s definitely happening per our principal.

Yes, that's what I'm saying. I'm a teacher in the county and got the email. What your principal does is up to their discretion. The email states "Leadership has clarified that while the ELC course will no longer be newly implemented in schools, schools that would like to provide continuity for their grade 5 students (currently in ELC 4), may implement ELC5 during the 2025–2026 school year provided they have the necessary resources and materials.".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers just got an email saying this next year will be the last year to phase out ELC(aka if a 4th grade class is currently being given ELC curriculum, next year, they will be the last group to get it.). No future 4th graders will have ELC!

I don’t think this is right, or at least not what is happening everywhere. I have a current 4th grader in ELC and we were already told that it will not continue next year and they will switch to the new curriculum. No details on if they will even have an accelerated cohort. Parents are very upset.

PP here- it says that if schools choose to, then the current 4th graders will be the last to have ELC. I dont think forcing 4th graders who took ELC this year into taking CKLA next year is right by any means.

PP you are responding to and I’m not sure what you are saying. That our school is choosing this? It’s definitely happening per our principal.

Yes, that's what I'm saying. I'm a teacher in the county and got the email. What your principal does is up to their discretion. The email states "Leadership has clarified that while the ELC course will no longer be newly implemented in schools, schools that would like to provide continuity for their grade 5 students (currently in ELC 4), may implement ELC5 during the 2025–2026 school year provided they have the necessary resources and materials.".

Oh thank you. That makes me really really annoyed that they are making this choice. Do principals have descretion to decide how it is implemented as well (e.g. an actual accelerated cohort vs the little bits of enrichment a PP was describing?)

[Anonymous]

I’m the VMES poster and just found out from kid they also make the kids sit on computers to use the CKLA computer program Boost in their homerooms.

https://readingsuccess.amplify.com/

I asked my kid flat out “do you ever read books in class?” And they said no.