10/18 - 7pm Curriculum 2.0 Information Night with MCPS Educators

[Anonymous]

For those parents who want to know more and voice their opinions re: Curriculum 2.0, the following is your chance:

MCCPTA invites you to "Curriculum Information Night with MCPS Educators".

Thursday, October 18, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the Cafeteria at the Carver Educational Services Center
Learn about what's new and how the English/Language Arts K-12 Curriculum fits into the new standards as part of the Maryland plan for state education reform. Learn about elementary Reading and Writing and homework expectations for Curriculum 2.0. Learn about changes already occurring with the Secondary English/ Language Arts Curriculum and what to expect in the future. Get a glimpse of how teachers will measure the learning of your child through standards based grading. Have a chance to ask questions after the information session. All are Welcome/ Parents, Teachers, Students, and Community Members. No RSVP required
Carver Educational Services Center is located at 850 Hungerford Dr., Rockville, MD
You can enter the cafeteria directly from the parking lot adjacent to the Board of Education parking signs.

[Anonymous]

I would be really interested in hearing from parents who attend this.

[Anonymous]

We've attended information sessions like this at our DD's ES. Each time we leave feeling like we've been sold a bill-of-goods. Lots of bureaucratic language, layers of administrative-speak, power points, flow charts, catch phrases signifying nothing. Each time feels like a waste of time.
I, too, would love to hear from those parents who attend, but for me, I've heard enough to know it is baloney.

[Anonymous]

I hope people who attended can post and let us know their thoughts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope people who attended can post and let us know their thoughts.

All these people are complaining about 2.0 - but no one has any feedback about the meeting? Did anyone go?

[Anonymous]

Wasn't this in the 17th? The flyer from our school said the 17th? The 18th was Movie Night at our school which my kids did not want to miss.

[Anonymous]

It was on the 18th.

[Anonymous]

Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

[Anonymous]

It appears to be focused on Language Arts whereas the complaints all center around math. Also, I've been to such meetings before (and even watched one all the way through on MPT once.) The parents who try to use such meetings as a forum to voice concerns just end up being treated like annoyances (didn't you know this was an *informational* meeting?) and subjected to another earful of rhetoric.

[Anonymous]

Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

Fat couch potato. If you've ever bothered to attend these meetings the only questions allowed are those submitted on paper that never get answered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

Why is this meeting valuable? I have been to these meetings before. They present sanitized material that sucks up all the time. They might take a few questions at the end, but not say much. They nod and smile. They are not there to engage with parents, they are there for a token parent meeting. If they really wanted parent input they would hold many of these meetings at various schools rather than picking a place way up Rockville Pike that requires a rush hour trip.

Did you see the core values statement presented by the board? How many parents meetings did they do before they created this statement. None. These guys build curriculums, write core values, hire superintendents, raise class sizes before they talk to parents, not after. C2.0 is too late to change. We are getting it. The only way to change this system is to vote against the powerful Apple Ballot. Voters don't want parents involved I guess.

Meanwhile, I am happy to vent on DCUM. It is very low cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

Fat couch potato. If you've ever bothered to attend these meetings the only questions allowed are those submitted on paper that never get answered.

Please be an adult. Please treat others with dignity. Our children need us to be role models.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

Why is this meeting valuable? I have been to these meetings before. They present sanitized material that sucks up all the time. They might take a few questions at the end, but not say much. They nod and smile. They are not there to engage with parents, they are there for a token parent meeting. If they really wanted parent input they would hold many of these meetings at various schools rather than picking a place way up Rockville Pike that requires a rush hour trip.

Did you see the core values statement presented by the board? How many parents meetings did they do before they created this statement. None. These guys build curriculums, write core values, hire superintendents, raise class sizes before they talk to parents, not after. C2.0 is too late to change. We are getting it. The only way to change this system is to vote against the powerful Apple Ballot. Voters don't want parents involved I guess.

Meanwhile, I am happy to vent on DCUM. It is very low cost.

I agree with you!! Parents that want to change 2.0 MUST VOTE AGAINST the Apple Ballot. VOTE IN NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED.

[Anonymous]

Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

What's so awesome?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Oh this is awesome -- 12 pages of complaints on that other 2.0 thread and no one here even went.

What's so awesome?

its called sarcasm