What happened to MCPS?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

Are you serious??
So, because you have not experienced what I am talking about -- it is not true?
I have never been to war, but I know wars exist.
Gee Whiz!
If it makes you feel better -- the school was a Catholic school.
Feel better now?
Why in the world would you be so defensive? How in the world would my friend's experience invalidate yours? If her kid was in a class with 200, your kid is still in a class with 16. I suggest you calm down and realize that your experience is your own and other people actually have different experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

(Parochial schools are false private schools?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

(Parochial schools are false private schools?)

Yes -- it is false if you are are paying your really money to some other REAL private school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

(Parochial schools are false private schools?)

Yes -- it is false if you are are paying your really money to some other REAL private school!

translation please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

(Parochial schools are false private schools?)

Yes -- it is false if you are are paying your really money to some other REAL private school!

translation please?

It means if you follow 14:08's logic -- A Catholic school is not truly a private school if you choose to pay a different type of private school.
In other words, it ain't real if 14:08 says it's not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

Are you serious??
So, because you have not experienced what I am talking about -- it is not true?
I have never been to war, but I know wars exist.
Gee Whiz!
If it makes you feel better -- the school was a Catholic school.
Feel better now?
Why in the world would you be so defensive? How in the world would my friend's experience invalidate yours? If her kid was in a class with 200, your kid is still in a class with 16. I suggest you calm down and realize that your experience is your own and other people actually have different experiences.

So basically you are mad at the poster who actually was right because the school was catholic. Calm down lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

Are you serious??
So, because you have not experienced what I am talking about -- it is not true?
I have never been to war, but I know wars exist.
Gee Whiz!
If it makes you feel better -- the school was a Catholic school.
Feel better now?
Why in the world would you be so defensive? How in the world would my friend's experience invalidate yours? If her kid was in a class with 200, your kid is still in a class with 16. I suggest you calm down and realize that your experience is your own and other people actually have different experiences.

So basically you are mad at the poster who actually was right because the school was catholic. Calm down lady.

I was not mad. And there was no right or wrong. A Catholic school -- that is still a private school.
What difference does it make -- it was still a private school that had 32 kids in the class.
GollyWolly people truly want to alter reality to fit their own preconceptions and validate their own choices.
Own your decisions and give people the freedom to own and be happy with THEIR OWN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

Are you serious??
So, because you have not experienced what I am talking about -- it is not true?
I have never been to war, but I know wars exist.
Gee Whiz!
If it makes you feel better -- the school was a Catholic school.
Feel better now?
Why in the world would you be so defensive? How in the world would my friend's experience invalidate yours? If her kid was in a class with 200, your kid is still in a class with 16. I suggest you calm down and realize that your experience is your own and other people actually have different experiences.

So basically you are mad at the poster who actually was right because the school was catholic. Calm down lady.

I was not mad. And there was no right or wrong. A Catholic school -- that is still a private school.
What difference does it make -- it was still a private school that had 32 kids in the class.
GollyWolly people truly want to alter reality to fit their own preconceptions and validate their own choices.
Own your decisions and give people the freedom to own and be happy with THEIR OWN.

No, it was a parochial school. There is a difference. Most people know that Catholic schools usually have higher teacher to student ratios than public. But they also can accept who they want and kick your kid out too. I think many of them have teacher aides too. So some people are okay with the ratios. Non- denominational schools that are geared towards college prep have much lower ratios. I am not sure where the argument is at here or why it is happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well my kids are in W schools and I would say the education has gone from so so to bad. The class sizes are ridiculous (32 kids). The new report cards tell you nothing other than your kid meets low state standards. I have caught the staff giving out grades my kids didn't earn just to cover up problems. MSA test scores overall are falling. The teachers have not been trained or have the resources to implement 2.0 in the full capacity Starr proposes in all his propaganda pieces. Parents don't like 2.0 and when I have met with teachers one on one, they don't like it also. They just can't go on record to say what they really think because they fear retaliation. Not everyone dislikes change but of course, people hate change when it means going from a so so curriculum to an untested, unproven, bad curriculum.

If choosing between MD and VA, I would recommend VA hands down. Too many problems with MCPS right now.

32 kids?
Haha
A friend just moved 2nd grader from private to public MOCO because there were 32 kids in the private school class.
Plus, a host if other issues.
This parent is now ecstatic about the experience her kid is having.
Is 2.0 perfect?
No!
Is the implementation perfect?
No!
But my kid is learning and not at some gutter bucket level.
Sorry if you are having a bad experience.

This is total BS. There are no true private schools (meaning non-parochial) that have that many kids in a class. Name the school?? We moved one of our kids from a class of 33 in MCPS to Holton and she now has 16 in her class and 11 in her Math class. All the other private schools we looked at had 20 kids or less in every class setting.

Are you serious??
So, because you have not experienced what I am talking about -- it is not true?
I have never been to war, but I know wars exist.
Gee Whiz!
If it makes you feel better -- the school was a Catholic school.
Feel better now?
Why in the world would you be so defensive? How in the world would my friend's experience invalidate yours? If her kid was in a class with 200, your kid is still in a class with 16. I suggest you calm down and realize that your experience is your own and other people actually have different experiences.

So basically you are mad at the poster who actually was right because the school was catholic. Calm down lady.

I was not mad. And there was no right or wrong. A Catholic school -- that is still a private school.
What difference does it make -- it was still a private school that had 32 kids in the class.
GollyWolly people truly want to alter reality to fit their own preconceptions and validate their own choices.
Own your decisions and give people the freedom to own and be happy with THEIR OWN.

No, it was a parochial school. There is a difference. Most people know that Catholic schools usually have higher teacher to student ratios than public. But they also can accept who they want and kick your kid out too. I think many of them have teacher aides too. So some people are okay with the ratios. Non- denominational schools that are geared towards college prep have much lower ratios. I am not sure where the argument is at here or why it is happening.

Cause somebody yelled at me cause I said a friend had a kid in private with 32 kids in the class.
And it being parochial school was not valid to say private.
Cause MCPS is not the only place to find large classrooms
Bottom line they SEEMED mad cause I don't hate MCPS.
My feelings are hurt(sob,sob)

[Anonymous]

Not free = Private! Free = Public. Simple as that....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not free = Private! Free = Public. Simple as that....

Exactly what I was trying to say -- but I got railed because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not free = Private! Free = Public. Simple as that....

Exactly what I was trying to say -- but I got railed because of it.

NP here. If it helps, I totally agree. You could even do this:

Public = free and always secular
Private = you pay ($1,000 or $30,000) and it may or may not be religious

My kids attended an episcopalian school - anyone doubt that it was private?