MCPS is cuttting compacted math and cohorted literacy enrichment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

Brenda Wolff too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

Wolf is horrible as usual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

I don't know, Wolff sounds worse - "the students want this!" Also, it doesn't violate our policies. Or at least from what I can see.

[Anonymous]

Wolff up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Except that earlier in the presentation she did say it was required - the state is making us do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

She was much stronger on this when she was first talking, but apparently she hates Montoya enough that the fact that Montoya opposes it means she has to support it now...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

How did the peanut gallery go from applauding Rivera-Oven for questioning MCPS to calling her horrible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Except that earlier in the presentation she did say it was required - the state is making us do this.

+1. Incredibly dishonest from the start.

[Anonymous]

"We do acknowledge the teacher input piece is one we have missing" lol

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't Natalie Zimmerman, as a recent MCPS elementary classroom teacher, be the loudest voice on this issue? What is she saying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

How did the peanut gallery go from applauding Rivera-Oven for questioning MCPS to calling her horrible?

Rivera cheered for Yang at first, and then we she wanted Montoya to shut up because time is up, she told Montoya that MCPS was agreeing with her so Montoya can stop talking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't Natalie Zimmerman, as a recent MCPS elementary classroom teacher, be the loudest voice on this issue? What is she saying?

She's not there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grace is horrible

How did the peanut gallery go from applauding Rivera-Oven for questioning MCPS to calling her horrible?

Because she switched to smacking Montoya down for questioning MCPS.

(It would be fair to tell her she needed to take a pause to let others speak, and come back to her questions later if there's time. But she went way beyond that.)

[Anonymous]

Taylor back up

[Anonymous]

TT says "success is determined by increased math proficiency"

Thanks, dingbat.