Triage is an odd way to run a school system. |
Blame the county for crowing so much low income housing along a single corridor |
Yes, there is still MV Pride. We are a 2nd generation MV family and know many other students who have one parent (sometimes both) who graduated from MVHS. Yes, test scores are low, there is a high number of ESOL and FARMS students. But if you take advantage of what MVHS offers, you can be very successful. Contrary to the bashers on this board, MVHS is a hidden gem. |
Bc I’m sure residents in McLean, Vienna, and Langley would be cool with low income housing in their neck of the woods. |
Stay strong! We have similar feelings on the other side of the county in Herndon. |
OP, racial demographics mean nothing to me ... economic demographic, yes, but racial, no.
Individuals and families who don't easily fit into racial categories. |
The biggest shift in demographics for FCPS in general (not just MVHS) has been an increase in Latino students. If you look at most schools, Latino students are the ones struggling. Im Latina and I came to this country as a teen. But my parents were educated and ESL was something you were in for a few months. I think it’s very different now. Lots of kids are dealing with more than just learning a new language. It’s trauma, poverty, and to a degree self-segregation that makes it even harder to break certain molds. I don’t know what the solution is but it’s so much more complicated than FCPS bad/expectations low. |
+1 |
The solution is for FCPS to adopt a significant shift towards CTE programs. We need to stop pretending that teenage English Language Learners are best served by a traditional high school diploma meant to lead to a university path. It's setting them up for failure; they will not learn subject content at a level needed to succeed in college nor will they learn practical skills. They are left in a limbo zone where their test scores are horrible but they are given a pass using loopholes. I've seen it first-hand. Principals are encouraged to keep their enrollment numbers up for funding and test scores which is why they don't actively push kids to alternative programs (ISAEP, NCRA) that are a better fit given their life circumstances. In the end it's a huge disservice to ELL kids who will absolutely not be ready to succeed in college at 18. |
I’m the PP you are responding to here. The issue isn’t ESL kids per se. I was one and I have a graduate degree. The issue is kids who are barely literate in their own language and/or have other issues impacting academics. And the fact that FCPS (and every other public school system) keep passing kids along (ESL or otherwise) when they haven’t come close to mastering the material. |
And this doesn't just impact their academics. They tend to have behavioral issues that affect other students as well, some overt (causing distraction in class, soaking up more teacher/admin resources, etc.) or less overt (bullying, harassment, gang activity, etc.) |