Tutoring or Summer School

[Anonymous]

My rising 2nd grader is struggling and has qualified for summer school at MCPS. We also plan to have a summer tutor (1 hour, 3x per week). But we don't think he can handle tutoring AND summer school at the same time. For those who have experience with summer school pre-COVID, was it helpful? My DS does much better in small class settings so I am leaning towards tutor, but DH thinks summer school makes more sense because of total hours of learning.

TIA

[Anonymous]

Summer school will be more socially beneficial but tutoring will have greater impact if it is one on one.

[Anonymous]

I would do tutoring and then add camp for the social benefits.

[Anonymous]

A second grader who is struggling is a red flag for learning disabilities, in my opinion (my son was in that situation years ago). So I would do a one-on-one tutor, and a really good one, who will be able to give you more information on what seems to be the problem, so you can do a little more research and then possibly have him evaluated. The tutor will get him up to speed in no time if there is no actual disability or low IQ issue. And if there is such an issue, a group class will not be able to address it anyway.

[Anonymous]

Both

[Anonymous]

OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

He is behind, which means school isn’t working. Why would more school fix it? Targeted interventions will be much more effective.

[Anonymous]

Ah ok, you mention now that this is boy. Be patient OP they catch up slower than the girls for the most part, by the end of 3rd grade all should be pretty level in terms of abilities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

Do both and get a private educational evaluation. MCPS offers free virtual tutoring with unlimited hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

Do both and get a private educational evaluation. MCPS offers free virtual tutoring with unlimited hours.

OP here. On a waitlist for private eval, but probably won't happen until Aug (part of the reason we can't afford more tutoring). Thanks everyone.

[Anonymous]

Both. If he's doing 20 hours a week of summer school, that's only 4 hours a day. He can easily do a tutoring session on top of that. Also, get him screened for learning disabilities. -teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

Yes, do this. Skip the chaos that is summer school (a classroom full of kids that are behind, everyone needing attention and no one getting it), and do the private tutoring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. So the consensus is 3 hours per week of tutoring is more useful that 20 hours of summer school?

3x per week is the most we can afford.
Socialization isn't an issue.

Do both and get a private educational evaluation. MCPS offers free virtual tutoring with unlimited hours.

OP here. On a waitlist for private eval, but probably won't happen until Aug (part of the reason we can't afford more tutoring). Thanks everyone.

Try the mcps tutoring.