Good Riddance to MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am as left as they come but agree that MCPS is a shadow of its former self now. They are lurching from one thing to the next, having lost the focus on academics. They don’t really know how to pursue academic excellence with the new demographic/socioeconomic class of students. Also love the teachers- but as a school system, hoo boy, I agree with OP- happy to be almost done.

Please you have no clue how it was in the 80’s/90’s/2000’s if you think this is worse.

DP
8th grade math and reading scores are down since 2000
https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile/overview/MD?sfj=NP&chort=2&sub=MAT&sj=MD&st=MN&year=2024R3&cti=PgTab_OT

[Anonymous]

Did your kid not get into UMD? I don’t think that is MCPS’ fault.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a flex to leave after your done with educating your child. If it was so bad you would have left years ago… but it wasn’t bad do you stayed.

What option is there for OP?
-NP

Move
Private
Home school
Online

But it wasn’t bad it was great actually OP is just a psycho.

- It is not easy to move. People have jobs here. + it is expensive to move
- Private is worse than MCPS for rigor. + it is expensive
- Parent will have to stay home to homeschool. Most parents are struggling to make ends meet and need to work.
- Online? Where? Youtube? There is no guidance about how and what to study? How do you go about hiring teachers? What about the socialization?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did your kid not get into UMD? I don’t think that is MCPS’ fault.

dp.. my kid got into UMDCP for CS a couple of years ago, and I still think MCPS is going down hill. Look at the achievement numbers for the past few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your kid not get into UMD? I don’t think that is MCPS’ fault.

dp.. my kid got into UMDCP for CS a couple of years ago, and I still think MCPS is going down hill. Look at the achievement numbers for the past few years.

Achievement tests are biased against students of color and our multilingual learners which now comprise a large percentage of our students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right there with you. Will be done in May. We moved here for the schools 10+ years ago, but now I tell my kids not to move back here if they have kids.

For those who think, nbd, it is a big deal. A large % of the student population are below level, yet, MCPS thinks taking away instruction days is a-ok. So much wasted money; focusing too much on DEI initiatives rather than academics (which is ironic given how not focusing more on academics mostly hurts URM kids).

So thankful to be done. 🙏

One fewer flyover family. The more of you who left, the better.

? We are originally from the west coast. People like you are killing MCPS. You are probably more proud of how woke MCPS is rather than be embarrassed at the low academic achievement of the student body, which is actually more hurtful for URM.

Grade inflation, 50% rule - why do you think MCPS finally got rid of these stupid rules? Moving violent students around... look at how many children have been shot, stabbed, raped over the past several years. Did you see the picture of the kids with their hands up in the classroom at Wootton as police charged in with their assault rifles drawn? How terrifying. Those kids were traumatized.

The all powerful teacher's union is also not helping the students. I used to respect all the teachers, even the not so great ones. I would tell my kids to always be respectful of their teachers. But, lately, I've become disgusted with the teacher's union.

So, yea, glad to be out of MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your kid not get into UMD? I don’t think that is MCPS’ fault.

dp.. my kid got into UMDCP for CS a couple of years ago, and I still think MCPS is going down hill. Look at the achievement numbers for the past few years.

Achievement tests are biased against students of color and our multilingual learners which now comprise a large percentage of our students.

and there you are. Thanks for proving my point about how MCPS wokism is actually hurting students.

Also, we are immigrants, and my parents don't speak English. I know a thing or to about non English speakers and struggling in academics. Dumbing things down doesn't help such students. I fully support providing a lot of free academic support, even meals, free backpacks (which I have donated to in the past), but dumbing things down doesn't help them in the long run.

Also, why do you suppose a lot of top universities are going back to test required? Studies have shown that SATs are a better marker of how well a student does in college compared to grades. Did you know that in college most of your grade is based on test scores? So, tell me how grade inflation and not focusing on tests will help these students in college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right there with you. Will be done in May. We moved here for the schools 10+ years ago, but now I tell my kids not to move back here if they have kids.

For those who think, nbd, it is a big deal. A large % of the student population are below level, yet, MCPS thinks taking away instruction days is a-ok. So much wasted money; focusing too much on DEI initiatives rather than academics (which is ironic given how not focusing more on academics mostly hurts URM kids).

So thankful to be done. 🙏

Specifically how is being inclusive to everyone taking away from academics?

They are MAGA from flyover states.

I'm a minority from the west coast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same here. My disdain for MCPS leadership is one thing, but I've got nothing but love for the teachers and local admin staff.

it's the teacher's union who wanted the 5 day waiver.

Nope, but I hope this made you feel better!

Really? Did the teacher's union fight to not get the waiver then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right there with you. Will be done in May. We moved here for the schools 10+ years ago, but now I tell my kids not to move back here if they have kids.

For those who think, nbd, it is a big deal. A large % of the student population are below level, yet, MCPS thinks taking away instruction days is a-ok. So much wasted money; focusing too much on DEI initiatives rather than academics (which is ironic given how not focusing more on academics mostly hurts URM kids).

So thankful to be done. 🙏

One fewer flyover family. The more of you who left, the better.

? We are originally from the west coast. People like you are killing MCPS. You are probably more proud of how woke MCPS is rather than be embarrassed at the low academic achievement of the student body, which is actually more hurtful for URM.

Grade inflation, 50% rule - why do you think MCPS finally got rid of these stupid rules? Moving violent students around... look at how many children have been shot, stabbed, raped over the past several years. Did you see the picture of the kids with their hands up in the classroom at Wootton as police charged in with their assault rifles drawn? How terrifying. Those kids were traumatized.

The all powerful teacher's union is also not helping the students. I used to respect all the teachers, even the not so great ones. I would tell my kids to always be respectful of their teachers. But, lately, I've become disgusted with the teacher's union.

So, yea, glad to be out of MCPS.

Cool! No wonder students don't respect education or their teachers-they are learning it at home. So congratulations for being part of the problem!

[Anonymous]

Yes we have always had fantastic teachers except for one. All the BS is from the administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a flex to leave after your done with educating your child. If it was so bad you would have left years ago… but it wasn’t bad do you stayed.

What option is there for OP?
-NP

Move
Private
Home school
Online

But it wasn’t bad it was great actually OP is just a psycho.

- It is not easy to move. People have jobs here. + it is expensive to move
- Private is worse than MCPS for rigor. + it is expensive
- Parent will have to stay home to homeschool. Most parents are struggling to make ends meet and need to work.
- Online? Where? Youtube? There is no guidance about how and what to study? How do you go about hiring teachers? What about the socialization?

You are delusional. In college, private school grads fare far better than public school kids. We’ve had kids in both, and private is far better and not always as expensive as people on here think. It can range from $15,000 to $60,000 in this area. People make choices. You can take fancy vacations, drive a high end car, have a movie theater in your McMansion and give your kid a mediocre MCPS education or you can use that money for private school tuition. Of all
the things I would never sacrifice for my kid, health and education would be the non-negotiable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a flex to leave after your done with educating your child. If it was so bad you would have left years ago… but it wasn’t bad do you stayed.

What option is there for OP?
-NP

Move
Private
Home school
Online

But it wasn’t bad it was great actually OP is just a psycho.

- It is not easy to move. People have jobs here. + it is expensive to move
- Private is worse than MCPS for rigor. + it is expensive
- Parent will have to stay home to homeschool. Most parents are struggling to make ends meet and need to work.
- Online? Where? Youtube? There is no guidance about how and what to study? How do you go about hiring teachers? What about the socialization?

You are delusional. In college, private school grads fare far better than public school kids. We’ve had kids in both, and private is far better and not always as expensive as people on here think. It can range from $15,000 to $60,000 in this area. People make choices. You can take fancy vacations, drive a high end car, have a movie theater in your McMansion and give your kid a mediocre MCPS education or you can use that money for private school tuition. Of all
the things I would never sacrifice for my kid, health and education would be the non-negotiable.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am as left as they come but agree that MCPS is a shadow of its former self now. They are lurching from one thing to the next, having lost the focus on academics. They don’t really know how to pursue academic excellence with the new demographic/socioeconomic class of students. Also love the teachers- but as a school system, hoo boy, I agree with OP- happy to be almost done.

Please you have no clue how it was in the 80’s/90’s/2000’s if you think this is worse.

Look at the achievement level of MCPS students as a whole. It has gotten worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Right there with you. Will be done in May. We moved here for the schools 10+ years ago, but now I tell my kids not to move back here if they have kids.

For those who think, nbd, it is a big deal. A large % of the student population are below level, yet, MCPS thinks taking away instruction days is a-ok. So much wasted money; focusing too much on DEI initiatives rather than academics (which is ironic given how not focusing more on academics mostly hurts URM kids).

So thankful to be done. 🙏

One fewer flyover family. The more of you who left, the better.

? We are originally from the west coast. People like you are killing MCPS. You are probably more proud of how woke MCPS is rather than be embarrassed at the low academic achievement of the student body, which is actually more hurtful for URM.

Grade inflation, 50% rule - why do you think MCPS finally got rid of these stupid rules? Moving violent students around... look at how many children have been shot, stabbed, raped over the past several years. Did you see the picture of the kids with their hands up in the classroom at Wootton as police charged in with their assault rifles drawn? How terrifying. Those kids were traumatized.

The all powerful teacher's union is also not helping the students. I used to respect all the teachers, even the not so great ones. I would tell my kids to always be respectful of their teachers. But, lately, I've become disgusted with the teacher's union.

So, yea, glad to be out of MCPS.

Cool! No wonder students don't respect education or their teachers-they are learning it at home. So congratulations for being part of the problem!

nah. I have always told my children to respect their teachers, even the not so good ones.

The problem is the woke contingent. You are the opposite side of the same coin as MAGA. You are both ruining education.