Admin needs to back down

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Anonymous wrote:It sounds like admin is concerned about the huge number of below grade level students and some are trying to solve this problem by micromanaging.

Of course no one likes to be judged by someone who is ignorant of the difficult dynamic that exists in some classrooms. For example, some students really do not belong in the same classroom as neurotypical students—it is very disruptive to learning (and raising test scores) and not fair for anybody.

Admin would do better fixing structural problems like these than to annoy staff with unhelpful advice.

Exactly this. Not everyone needs to be in "advanced" whatever. Put students with similar-level skill-set, and teach to differentiated medians. Right now, you have 1/3 kids bored out of their minds (and possibly being disruptive), 1/3 struggling because they never understood the basics, and 1/3 are actually getting what they need. And of course the kids with LD who shouldn't be there at all, but are forced to be there in the name of equity and inclusion.

I volunteer in my (middle schooler's) math class and I swear to G-D the teacher spends 20 mins out of 45 in classroom management. Then of the other remaining 25 mins she spends half reviewing basic concepts that the kids really should know (but they don't because 1) everyone is cohorted to 'advanced'; 2) mcps is allergic to memorizing math facts). I feel so terrible for her. And she's a good teacher (with currently 3 parent volunteers in the roster who are an engineer, mathematician, and computer programmer). We are a low FARMs school with good test scores. If it's this hard for us, I don't know how under-resourced areas without involved parents are even treading water.

Which MCPS middle school allows regular parent volunteers for instruction in a math class?

Um...almost every single one? Why do you keep posting when you're soooo woefully uniformed on EVERY. SINGLE. POINT.

Before, during and after covid, our ES nor MS would allow us to volunteer. I would have done it.

And...we are well past COVID. I think everyone in this county actually knows that EXCEPT you. Time to move on. Maybe read the emails from your school. They probably asked for volunteers in August. Le sigh. You....are truly something. I hope you're just a troll because otherwise.....

I do read the emails and go to the meetings. And, before and after covid, it was always a no.

Are you just lying at this point? Are you even a parent? You have definitely picked a bizarre hill to die on.

I’m a different person and I’ve never heard of parents volunteering in classes in our ES or MS either. At our ES, there was a bit uproar by parents and they finally agreed to let parents volunteer at recess if they did the McPS background check. Then I think no one actually ever did it. Our MS allows parent volunteers to supervise lunch but I’ve never heard of them in classrooms and I’m sure my kids would tell me because we talk about classroom management issues a lot.

And, let's not forget that MCPS is requiring parent volunteers to provide proof of vaccination. I mean, really? They're just throwing out hoops for parents to jump through in order to volunteer. Any kind of vaccine requirement is just bogus at this point.

Your kids need basic vaccines just to be in school. Nothing has really changed, but continue to go off.

Those vaccines are useful.

The Covid vaccine is a complete joke. We have data to show that. Requiring parents to provide proof of a Covid vaccine to volunteer is unnecessary and ridiculous.

Except it isn't and all the data supports this. Sure, if you want to subject your family by all means, but spare the rest of us.

Exactly, my sentiments as well!

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Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

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Anonymous wrote:Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

Except their goal is to protect students and staff by ensuring parent volunteers are fully vaccinated.

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Anonymous wrote:Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

Except their goal is to protect students and staff by ensuring parent volunteers are fully vaccinated.

The requirement is two doses of the vaccine. Most adults who are volunteering have had that. Time for you to move on.

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Anonymous wrote:Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

Except their goal is to protect students and staff by ensuring parent volunteers are fully vaccinated.

The requirement is two doses of the vaccine. Most adults who are volunteering have had that. Time for you to move on.

Great then you agree admin is doing their job protecting staff and students.

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Anonymous wrote:Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

Except their goal is to protect students and staff by ensuring parent volunteers are fully vaccinated.

The requirement is two doses of the vaccine. Most adults who are volunteering have had that. Time for you to move on.

Great then you agree admin is doing their job protecting staff and students.

No, I think the vaccine requirement is pointless as it's not stopping transmission. We need things like outdoor lunch, masking and distancing still. We also need them to clean the schools nightly or at least a few times a week more than a surface clean.

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Anonymous wrote:Admin does what admin wants regardless of the harm admin causes on students and staff.

Except their goal is to protect students and staff by ensuring parent volunteers are fully vaccinated.

The requirement is two doses of the vaccine. Most adults who are volunteering have had that. Time for you to move on.

Great then you agree admin is doing their job protecting staff and students.

No, I think the vaccine requirement is pointless as it's not stopping transmission. We need things like outdoor lunch, masking and distancing still. We also need them to clean the schools nightly or at least a few times a week more than a surface clean.

Makes sense!