Good school pyramid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:40 here. I just realized my post above is confusing.

I wasn't talking about Mt. Ranier. I was responding to the PP's suggestion that your kid will do well in any school so long as you are involved and your kid does well in a school setting.

My point was that I think that is true up to a certain extent. If there is a lot of fighting, then that creates an environment that makes it difficult for any kid to thrive.

The example I gave wasn't in PG, though. I live in PG now, but my example is from a place before I moved here.

Just wanted to emphasize that. Sorry if it wasn't clear.

I'm the Mt. Rainierite you cited, and I actually agree with you. A TRULY disruptive environment isn't OK. For anyone. But, as you pointed out, data points such as test scores, FARMs rates, etc. are the most accessible info a lot of the time, but they won't tell you if fights are breaking out or if the reading intervention program is top-notch.

[Anonymous]

PG resident here. To say that your kid will do "OK as long as the parents are involved" is completely ignoring the influence of a child's peer environment, access to school resources, and the quality of the curriculum. These factors as well as others, are just as important as test scores.

[Anonymous]

Oh for crying out loud, people. It was a generalization. Perhaps an oversimplified one.

While my generalization was perhaps oversimplifying the situation, it's also quite possible that your child will not crumble if they encounter a less than ideal peer environment, kids who get subsidized lunch (or heaven forbid YOUR kids receive the subsidized lunch), or witness a fight.

[Anonymous]

It seems as if we are all running the same race but truly starting at different points. I would assume that anyone zoned for a less than ideal public school would not be simply scared off by a FARMS kid or a fight.