Expansion of Enriched Literacy Curriculum to New Elementary Schools

[Anonymous]

MCPS has published the list of the new elementary schools that will receive the ELC program next year. I count 20 new schools. I had hoped for a lot more given the changes to the CES admission process and because I've heard great things about ELC. List is pasted below (from here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/enriched/programs/elc.aspx)


Schools new to ELC in the 2022-2023 school year are marked with a "*"

Ashburton

Belmont*

Bethesda*

Beverly Farms

Bradley Hills

Burtonsville*

Cannon Road

Carterock Springs*

Cashell

Cedar Grove

Clarksburg*

Clopper Mill*

Cresthaven

Capt. James E. Daily*

Diamond

East Silver Spring

Farmland

Fallsmead*

Fields Road

Flower Hill

Forest Knolls

Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg #8*

Galway

Garrett Park

Glenallan*

Great Seneca Creek

Greencastle

Greenwood

Harmony Hills

Jackson Road

Jones Lane

JoAnn Leleck

Kensington-Parkwood*

Lakewood*

Little Bennett*

Luxmanor*

Thurgood Marshall

S. Christa McAuliffe

Ronald McNair

North Chevy Chase

Olney*

Poolesville

Ritchie Park*

Rosemont

Sherwood

Sargent Shriver

Flora Singer

Snowden Farm

Somerset

Strathmore

Summit Hall*

Waters Landing*

Wayside*

Weller Road

Westbrook*

Whetstone

Wilson Wims

Woodlin

Wyngate

[Anonymous]

For middle schools, they only have a politically correct statement. Talking to many parents, the local middle schools enrichments does not exist as they struggle with children who do not perform at their grade levels.

"Students whose motivation, outstanding talent, performance, or potential for performing at high levels of accomplishment are identified at the local school level to receive accelerated and enriched instruction. Each school has instruction tailored for students identified as gifted and talented."

[Anonymous]

Up to almost half of elementary schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Nope. CCES did not get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

I mean, I think the first roll-out was meant to be representative. In the pilot phase, they wanted to know whether it would work at all types of schools, so they picked a sample. It just looks skewed toward "working class" schools because there are more economically integrated schools in MCPS than not.

As for schools that didn't get it this round, it seems that no school got the program if they were hosting a different specialized program (CES or immersion). That has to be frustrating for the parents in those schools, since an "Academy" kid derives no benefit at all from being in a school with a CES or language immersion program, and in this case it means they are being penalized for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

I mean, I think the first roll-out was meant to be representative. In the pilot phase, they wanted to know whether it would work at all types of schools, so they picked a sample. It just looks skewed toward "working class" schools because there are more economically integrated schools in MCPS than not.

As for schools that didn't get it this round, it seems that no school got the program if they were hosting a different specialized program (CES or immersion). That has to be frustrating for the parents in those schools, since an "Academy" kid derives no benefit at all from being in a school with a CES or language immersion program, and in this case it means they are being penalized for it.

Thats not a rule. Takoma elementary school (piney branch) has a CES program and ELC. All the kids who qualified for the CES lottery but ended up on waitlist are enrolled for ELC (i dont know if kids who were not selected for CES lottery can get access to ELC)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

I mean, I think the first roll-out was meant to be representative. In the pilot phase, they wanted to know whether it would work at all types of schools, so they picked a sample. It just looks skewed toward "working class" schools because there are more economically integrated schools in MCPS than not.

As for schools that didn't get it this round, it seems that no school got the program if they were hosting a different specialized program (CES or immersion). That has to be frustrating for the parents in those schools, since an "Academy" kid derives no benefit at all from being in a school with a CES or language immersion program, and in this case it means they are being penalized for it.

Thats not a rule. Takoma elementary school (piney branch) has a CES program and ELC. All the kids who qualified for the CES lottery but ended up on waitlist are enrolled for ELC (i dont know if kids who were not selected for CES lottery can get access to ELC)

Piney Branch is not listed as an ELC site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

I mean, I think the first roll-out was meant to be representative. In the pilot phase, they wanted to know whether it would work at all types of schools, so they picked a sample. It just looks skewed toward "working class" schools because there are more economically integrated schools in MCPS than not.

As for schools that didn't get it this round, it seems that no school got the program if they were hosting a different specialized program (CES or immersion). That has to be frustrating for the parents in those schools, since an "Academy" kid derives no benefit at all from being in a school with a CES or language immersion program, and in this case it means they are being penalized for it.

Thats not a rule. Takoma elementary school (piney branch) has a CES program and ELC. All the kids who qualified for the CES lottery but ended up on waitlist are enrolled for ELC (i dont know if kids who were not selected for CES lottery can get access to ELC)

Piney Branch is not listed as an ELC site.

you are correct and i am wrong. Not sure why i thought i remembered it from a presentation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Up to almost half of elementary schools

Why is the not available to all students? Is it reserved for the rich schools or something?

Look at the non starred schools and you'll see that it was mostly working class schools that got it first.

I mean, I think the first roll-out was meant to be representative. In the pilot phase, they wanted to know whether it would work at all types of schools, so they picked a sample. It just looks skewed toward "working class" schools because there are more economically integrated schools in MCPS than not.

As for schools that didn't get it this round, it seems that no school got the program if they were hosting a different specialized program (CES or immersion). That has to be frustrating for the parents in those schools, since an "Academy" kid derives no benefit at all from being in a school with a CES or language immersion program, and in this case it means they are being penalized for it.

Thats not a rule. Takoma elementary school (piney branch) has a CES program and ELC. All the kids who qualified for the CES lottery but ended up on waitlist are enrolled for ELC (i dont know if kids who were not selected for CES lottery can get access to ELC)

Piney Branch is not listed as an ELC site.

you are correct and i am wrong. Not sure why i thought i remembered it from a presentation.

I suspect you are thinking of Benchmark Advance, which is the standard "advanced" reading curriculum for schools without the ELC curriculum. From what I can tell, the big difference is that ELC is meant to mimic the CES curriculum, focusing on actual books, writing assignments, and projects. Benchmark Advance still relies on excerpts of books, which feels like a pretty big downside.

Even though my kids aren't impacted, I also think it sucks for families whose kids are at the neighborhood school and derive no benefit from the fact that there is a language immersion program at the school. They are penalized because the school already has a "special" program, but one that only helps your child if they got a good lottery number four years ago.

[Anonymous]

MCCPTA G/T committee is unhappy that MCPS has only added 20 schools when they previously stated a goal of 25-30.

ELC is a strong curriculum; miles better than Benchmark

[Anonymous]

Np and new to MCPS. If ELC is available at your school, is it available to all students or only to students who need help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Np and new to MCPS. If ELC is available at your school, is it available to all students or only to students who need help?

It's designed for the more advanced readers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For middle schools, they only have a politically correct statement. Talking to many parents, the local middle schools enrichments does not exist as they struggle with children who do not perform at their grade levels.

"Students whose motivation, outstanding talent, performance, or potential for performing at high levels of accomplishment are identified at the local school level to receive accelerated and enriched instruction. Each school has instruction tailored for students identified as gifted and talented."

MS English in MCPS is abysmal. Advanced English for all students does nothing for any of the students. It is just terrible.