I’m a high-ranking administrator at an MCPS high school, AMA

[Anonymous]

My partner told me about this website a while ago and now I’m fed up at the system. AMA

[Anonymous]

What are you fed up with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are you fed up with?

Inefficiency and incompetence

[Anonymous]

My Junior sometimes misses school to do work (usually related to extracurriculars) or just to catch up on sleep. Like a full day each quarter. They come after first period (their easiest class) once or twice a quarter. They are a very very high performer and sometimes I just say, ok, fine by me. Their grades are great and they are well liked by some teachers (maybe not first period, which they find easy and kind of coast through and do the minimum). Do you hate them or me for this?

[Anonymous]

Why are you making the decision you are to hurt our kids and families? Why will you not have a structured curriculum, with textbooks, formal teaching and help any child struggling? Why will you not address the safety issues in the schools? Are you ok with the financial mismanagement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Junior sometimes misses school to do work (usually related to extracurriculars) or just to catch up on sleep. Like a full day each quarter. They come after first period (their easiest class) once or twice a quarter. They are a very very high performer and sometimes I just say, ok, fine by me. Their grades are great and they are well liked by some teachers (maybe not first period, which they find easy and kind of coast through and do the minimum). Do you hate them or me for this?

Sounds like a parenting issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you fed up with?

Inefficiency and incompetence

Can you expand and give specific examples?

[Anonymous]

How is it that you didn't know about this site on your own? I find it hard to believe that you had to hear about it from your partner.

[Anonymous]

Seems credible...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Junior sometimes misses school to do work (usually related to extracurriculars) or just to catch up on sleep. Like a full day each quarter. They come after first period (their easiest class) once or twice a quarter. They are a very very high performer and sometimes I just say, ok, fine by me. Their grades are great and they are well liked by some teachers (maybe not first period, which they find easy and kind of coast through and do the minimum). Do you hate them or me for this?

This is normal, OP. My kids did this as well. No one at school batted an eye. It's actually a good thing for teens to learn what to prioritize in their lives. I don't think anybody at school begrudges a high-performing kid looking to get into a good college for their absences, considering that college admissions is determined in large part by what kids do OUTSIDE of school. Schools are worried about low-performing students who skip school.

[Anonymous]

^ sorry, meant PP, not OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are you fed up with?

Inefficiency and incompetence

You have a union. That is your voice. What have they said recently?

[Anonymous]

This post seems weird.
You just recently became fed up with the system? I don’t buy it.

[Anonymous]

Why is MCPS refusing to have a loss of credit policy? It could help students who "an out" with friends when feeling pressure to cut class.

Are we ever going back to having final exams?

What needs to happen to convince the school system to go back to having a textbook for math? It is easier for students to have examples, problems, a few answers in the back etc than to have so many worksheets.

[Anonymous]

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