MCPS is cuttting compacted math and cohorted literacy enrichment

[Anonymous]

"Did you have a question?"

Montoya: "My question is: why are you so full of shit?" (Paraphrased!)

[Anonymous]

Q: show me where in the policy it requires this specific model

A: policy requires acceleration and we will provide that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YES to Montoya!! I was not expecting this from her.

See, this is why it's great to have current parents on the Board of Ed. A parent of a 4th grader in a good compacted math class and a crappy homogenous ELC class is the exact person to know what's up and call it out.

Crappy heterogeneous/Model 2 ELC class, I mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS should just adopt the meritocracy of AI math learning in some way, so kids get the level they need, can move up/down, and 100% have all the required basics to move on.

I think the new Amplify Desmos is aimed at that, but MCPS is hiding the ball for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Omg their plan is so insane. You cannot seriously say with a straight face that kids are going to be getting what they need within such heterogenous classrooms

[Anonymous]

How do teachers feel about teaching a classroom of one-level math to teaching up to five levels in a single classroom?

[Anonymous]

How is she pretending with a straight face that teachers can do this successfully?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg their plan is so insane. You cannot seriously say with a straight face that kids are going to be getting what they need within such heterogenous classrooms

Haha, jinx!

[Anonymous]

The level of disrespect for teachers from Central Office is absolutely appalling

[Anonymous]

Montoya: Did you confer with MCPS legal or 2E people?

Did not confer with legal

[Anonymous]

So current compacted 4/5 will stay as a cohorted class. Unclear what the actual curriculum is.

[Anonymous]

Has the Chief Academic Officer ever been an elementary school teacher? How does she expect this to happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Montoya: Did you confer with MCPS legal or 2E people?

Did not confer with legal

Pretty interesting to say that we think we're following all these laws/policies but we didn't consult with the MCPS lawyers about that

[Anonymous]

Grace is horrible

[Anonymous]

Montoya: Slide 13 says Current 4/5 kids are going new Math 5 w/Accel"

MCPS: "They will stay in a cohorted class for Math 5 w/Accel", not the mixed-group class for regular kids.

Montoya doesn't understand what the difference is.

She's missing the "it's a cluster group but there are fewer groups/levels in that class"

Montoya: Did you ask your lawyer or the 2E person about this?

MCPS: Yes on 2E; no on Legal, because we know we are following the law. (Not a great track record on that, MCPS....)

Montoya: Is this REQUIRED, or ALLOWED?

MCPS: I didn't say it's REQUIRED. I said the old version didn't meet new standards.

Montoya: Doesn't mean that we have to do the new version. We can fix the old version.

Rivera-Oven going wild now. Montoya is a lawyer and wants to talk law.