LCPS parents - are you happy with your MS/HS?

[Anonymous]

If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

[Anonymous]

LCPS MS parent here - there is some video / slide education like you're describing but the vast majority is more hands on. Three years in and we're very happy.

[Anonymous]

We have the same complaint about private school, so we are heading back to public and planning to supplement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LCPS MS parent here - there is some video / slide education like you're describing but the vast majority is more hands on. Three years in and we're very happy.

OP here. Which school? We would actually consider a move if it were noticeably better somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Have you been in the classrooms to observe? I'm just wondering how you know what goes on in the classes. My kid tells me very little.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Both of my 5th graders teachers have told us to prepare for our son/daughter to be on the computer all day starting next year! We’re currently exploring leaving the county for this and other negatives we keep hearing about their middle school. I will say they are on a good bit of the day in elementary now so I don’t know. Will probably just be more of the same of what they have this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LCPS MS parent here - there is some video / slide education like you're describing but the vast majority is more hands on. Three years in and we're very happy.

OP here. Which school? We would actually consider a move if it were noticeably better somewhere else.

Eagle Ridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Both of my 5th graders teachers have told us to prepare for our son/daughter to be on the computer all day starting next year! We’re currently exploring leaving the county for this and other negatives we keep hearing about their middle school. I will say they are on a good bit of the day in elementary now so I don’t know. Will probably just be more of the same of what they have this year.

I teach MS in FCPS and am shocked at some of the stuff the elementary teachers tell my son will happen when he goes to middle school.

“We give homework every night to prepare you for middle school where you will have an hour or two of work every night.”
“If you are late 3 times in middle school you get detention”
“Don’t sign up for honors unless you are okay with Bs and Cs, no one gets all As in honors.”

None of these things are true. The elementary teachers truly don’t know what happens in the middle schools. When we do vertical articulation meetings, middle school meets with high school, we never get to share with elementary feeders.

All this to say, take what they are saying with a grain of salt. Speak to neighborhood kids who attend the middle school and find out their real experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Have you been in the classrooms to observe? I'm just wondering how you know what goes on in the classes. My kid tells me very little.

My kids and their friends tell me everything, whether I want to know or not. My kids screen shot their daily agendas just to show me how lame and boring it is. Also they have straight A’s and do no homework or studying. They are both smart, but no Doogie Housers or anything. It’s way too easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LCPS MS parent here - there is some video / slide education like you're describing but the vast majority is more hands on. Three years in and we're very happy.

OP here. Which school? We would actually consider a move if it were noticeably better somewhere else.

Eagle Ridge.

Does that go to Briar Woods? Any experience there yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Have you been in the classrooms to observe? I'm just wondering how you know what goes on in the classes. My kid tells me very little.

My kids and their friends tell me everything, whether I want to know or not. My kids screen shot their daily agendas just to show me how lame and boring it is. Also they have straight A’s and do no homework or studying. They are both smart, but no Doogie Housers or anything. It’s way too easy.

What school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LCPS MS parent here - there is some video / slide education like you're describing but the vast majority is more hands on. Three years in and we're very happy.

OP here. Which school? We would actually consider a move if it were noticeably better somewhere else.

Eagle Ridge.

Does that go to Briar Woods? Any experience there yet?

Yes, Briar Woods is the high school. No experience yet (child is in 8th) but have heard many positive things from friends and neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Briar Woods is rated surprisingly high given what I know about the middle school and elementaries, compared to say Rosa Lee Carter and Stone Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If so, would you name it and share what you like? We are unhappy with just the overall lack of teaching - everyone is just videos and slides and links and computer work. It’s like asynchronous learning at school with the teacher sitting at the front on her laptop. It’s pervasive and not just a few teachers. Or are we out of luck?

Both of my 5th graders teachers have told us to prepare for our son/daughter to be on the computer all day starting next year! We’re currently exploring leaving the county for this and other negatives we keep hearing about their middle school. I will say they are on a good bit of the day in elementary now so I don’t know. Will probably just be more of the same of what they have this year.

I teach MS in FCPS and am shocked at some of the stuff the elementary teachers tell my son will happen when he goes to middle school.

“We give homework every night to prepare you for middle school where you will have an hour or two of work every night.”
“If you are late 3 times in middle school you get detention”
“Don’t sign up for honors unless you are okay with Bs and Cs, no one gets all As in honors.”

None of these things are true. The elementary teachers truly don’t know what happens in the middle schools. When we do vertical articulation meetings, middle school meets with high school, we never get to share with elementary feeders.

All this to say, take what they are saying with a grain of salt. Speak to neighborhood kids who attend the middle school and find out their real experiences.

This was our experience as well. The teachers actually were so wrong about middle school.

[Anonymous]

Harper Park middle and yes, we’ve been really happy with it.