A review of LCPS

[Anonymous]

This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

Not really. I have been teaching for LCPS for the last 10+ years. It’s overrated and sold as top notch primarily because of the high-income clientele derived from its geographical location to the nation’s capital.

Students only excel if they truly bring solid aptitudes from home. Otherwise, you are another cog in the wheel and the staff is more concerned with avoiding scenarios that can land them in a lawsuit from a helicopter parent while collecting Checks. Admin? Biggest winners with comfy salaries for pushing papers and checking boxes. Of course, if you don’t follow suit with the current agenda then you’re out before you can say SCAM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

Not really. I have been teaching for LCPS for the last 10+ years. It’s overrated and sold as top notch primarily because of the high-income clientele derived from its geographical location to the nation’s capital.

Students only excel if they truly bring solid aptitudes from home. Otherwise, you are another cog in the wheel and the staff is more concerned with avoiding scenarios that can land them in a lawsuit from a helicopter parent while collecting Checks. Admin? Biggest winners with comfy salaries for pushing papers and checking boxes. Of course, if you don’t follow suit with the current agenda then you’re out before you can say SCAM.

BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

Not really. I have been teaching for LCPS for the last 10+ years. It’s overrated and sold as top notch primarily because of the high-income clientele derived from its geographical location to the nation’s capital.

Students only excel if they truly bring solid aptitudes from home. Otherwise, you are another cog in the wheel and the staff is more concerned with avoiding scenarios that can land them in a lawsuit from a helicopter parent while collecting Checks. Admin? Biggest winners with comfy salaries for pushing papers and checking boxes. Of course, if you don’t follow suit with the current agenda then you’re out before you can say SCAM.

It’s amazing that you responded to a comment asking for examples by not giving any examples whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have been here 5 years now and I wanted to summarize my thoughts for those who may also consider moving from a major metropolitan city to this area. For the urban mindset, maybe FCPS offers a better alternative? I haven’t experienced it so others can chime in.

I find this school district LCPS to be insular and unsophisticated, offering an uninspired and mechanistic education that teaches a very narrow world view with little exposure to broader intellectual currents. Certainly, global critical thinkers are not developed here. Yet paradoxically, there is also this very strange and performative progressive social posturing that feels vapid and dogmatic. It doesn’t seem to be driven by authentic core values, nor is it centered around student learning and development. It’s like an insulated small-town culture wrapped in some kind of robotic ideological shroud or script - devoid of substance. All in all, it’s really the worst of both worlds here. Provincial in perspective and performative in culture and inclusion.

Wow. That was quite a word salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

Not really. I have been teaching for LCPS for the last 10+ years. It’s overrated and sold as top notch primarily because of the high-income clientele derived from its geographical location to the nation’s capital.

Students only excel if they truly bring solid aptitudes from home. Otherwise, you are another cog in the wheel and the staff is more concerned with avoiding scenarios that can land them in a lawsuit from a helicopter parent while collecting Checks. Admin? Biggest winners with comfy salaries for pushing papers and checking boxes. Of course, if you don’t follow suit with the current agenda then you’re out before you can say SCAM.

It’s amazing that you responded to a comment asking for examples by not giving any examples whatsoever.

Isn't this....every school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This entire post is BS. It doesn't make sense.

Please give examples, because right now it is just a rambling use of a thesaurus.

Not really. I have been teaching for LCPS for the last 10+ years. It’s overrated and sold as top notch primarily because of the high-income clientele derived from its geographical location to the nation’s capital.

Students only excel if they truly bring solid aptitudes from home. Otherwise, you are another cog in the wheel and the staff is more concerned with avoiding scenarios that can land them in a lawsuit from a helicopter parent while collecting Checks. Admin? Biggest winners with comfy salaries for pushing papers and checking boxes. Of course, if you don’t follow suit with the current agenda then you’re out before you can say SCAM.

It’s amazing that you responded to a comment asking for examples by not giving any examples whatsoever.

Isn't this....every school?

Yes. Income is the number one determiner of all life outcomes for all children , in all areas. Children with wealthy parents being more successful than children of lower income parents is not unique to LCPS . The many disadvantages that students of lower incomes face cannot single handedly addressed or fixed by LCPS. Admin is a mixed bag everywhere with some being excellent and some being paper pushers the county is hiding. None of this is special or unique to LCPS nor does it back up any of the OP’s silly little claims.

[Anonymous]

Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

Did you come up with a concrete criticism or shortcoming of the system yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

Huh??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

Huh??

It’s bizarre to see a bunch of anonymous folks defending LCPS because they’re rich. LCPS isn’t all of that. $25K per student/year is crazy for the continued drops in testing scores. Your kid is another number in a 25-30 class roster. You’re not getting top-notch education only because that’s what you want to believe. Been In lcps almost 15 years. Leaving this June and can’t wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yes. Income is the number one determiner of all life outcomes for all children , in all areas. Children with wealthy parents being more successful than children of lower income parents is not unique to LCPS . The many disadvantages that students of lower incomes face cannot single handedly addressed or fixed by LCPS. Admin is a mixed bag everywhere with some being excellent and some being paper pushers the county is hiding. None of this is special or unique to LCPS nor does it back up any of the OP’s silly little claims.

BS. It's not income, it's the IQ of the parents, which manifests in their income. Smart parents tend to both have smart kids, and dumb parents tend to both have dumb kids. These differences are accentuated, but not caused by, differences in income. Which is why all efforts to "fix" bad outcomes among lower-income kids fails spectacularly no matter how much money is thrown at them.

Need evidence? Look at what happens to the (almost exclusively) low-income people who have won the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

Huh??

It’s bizarre to see a bunch of anonymous folks defending LCPS because they’re rich. LCPS isn’t all of that. $25K per student/year is crazy for the continued drops in testing scores. Your kid is another number in a 25-30 class roster. You’re not getting top-notch education only because that’s what you want to believe. Been In lcps almost 15 years. Leaving this June and can’t wait.

I don’t think it’s “top notch” but my kids all did well on AP’s and SATs so they must have learned something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of posters in this thread come off Agent Smith. Passionately defending a system that isn’t genuinely concerned with their child’s wellbeing as much as their own paychecks lol
Notwithstanding most likely because of how little they actually invest with their own flesh and blood and are hoping that “teachers” and “admin” pick up the slack from home. Pathetic to say the least and albeit one of the most obvious reasons this country as a whole and its education system in particular is a laughing stock.

Huh??

It’s bizarre to see a bunch of anonymous folks defending LCPS because they’re rich. LCPS isn’t all of that. $25K per student/year is crazy for the continued drops in testing scores. Your kid is another number in a 25-30 class roster. You’re not getting top-notch education only because that’s what you want to believe. Been In lcps almost 15 years. Leaving this June and can’t wait.

I don’t think it’s “top notch” but my kids all did well on AP’s and SATs so they must have learned something.

Lmao your bar is low. And you sound like an average American parent “must’ve learned something” my god