Glen Forest Elementary

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Anonymous wrote:OP here: Well, certainly the FARMS rate didn't skyrocket in the summer between 2011-2012 vs. 2012-2013.

Anyway in 2012- 2013 total precentage was 73% it was 70% in the previous years. I am guessing that is not enough of an increase to drive the scores down that much.

I know the accreditation bench marks changed. Maybe that is the issue.

wow - that actually is quite a jump from 2008/2009.

Do yourself a favor and look at private schools. The reason is at a rate that high the school needs to put all it's resources towards those kids and your averare or above average middle income kid spends a lot of time learning on their own - worksheets, reading silently - and the rest of the time dealing with disruptions. We tried it in a 50% FARMs school in another area and it was really bad and my child hated it. She made friends, there were involved parents but the constant class disruptions, the teaching of the same lessons over and over and over to make was too much.

You have never been in Glen Forest and have no idea what actually goes on in there. The classes are very small, usually 18-22 kids, none of the overcrowding you see in many other FCPS schools. They use a team teaching model where the ESOL and special education teachers are working in the classroom so that means more kids get individual attention and lesson tailored to their ability levels. And they do have AAP classes.

No but my child is in an equivalent school in Alexandria, the "individual attention" is paid to those kids to get to the point of being just below average so they can pass the SOL tests. And the small class size means nothing when the kids are disruptive and the curriculum needs to be taught to a low level.

You're hilarious! There are almost 140 schools in FCPS and you seem to know what is happening in a school you have never set foot in because it's "equivalent" to your kid's school. You can tell what is happening in each classroom. Tell us more Magic Mom! Will we have a snowy winter? Will the Redskins win their next game?

See this post about an equivalent FCPS school.
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/45/328417.page

It's not about being "magic", it's about actually doing research into what works in education, how it works and why. It's having a vested interest in finding the best school for your kids.

Being a school in Fairfax county doesn't magically make it immune to the problems of way too many FARMS kids with compounding issues that exceed what a classroom teacher can assist.

so perhaps you should find out facts for yourself vs making assumptions based on how other schools opperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: Well, certainly the FARMS rate didn't skyrocket in the summer between 2011-2012 vs. 2012-2013.

Anyway in 2012- 2013 total precentage was 73% it was 70% in the previous years. I am guessing that is not enough of an increase to drive the scores down that much.

I know the accreditation bench marks changed. Maybe that is the issue.

wow - that actually is quite a jump from 2008/2009.

Do yourself a favor and look at private schools. The reason is at a rate that high the school needs to put all it's resources towards those kids and your averare or above average middle income kid spends a lot of time learning on their own - worksheets, reading silently - and the rest of the time dealing with disruptions. We tried it in a 50% FARMs school in another area and it was really bad and my child hated it. She made friends, there were involved parents but the constant class disruptions, the teaching of the same lessons over and over and over to make was too much.

You have never been in Glen Forest and have no idea what actually goes on in there. The classes are very small, usually 18-22 kids, none of the overcrowding you see in many other FCPS schools. They use a team teaching model where the ESOL and special education teachers are working in the classroom so that means more kids get individual attention and lesson tailored to their ability levels. And they do have AAP classes.

No but my child is in an equivalent school in Alexandria, the "individual attention" is paid to those kids to get to the point of being just below average so they can pass the SOL tests. And the small class size means nothing when the kids are disruptive and the curriculum needs to be taught to a low level.

You're hilarious! There are almost 140 schools in FCPS and you seem to know what is happening in a school you have never set foot in because it's "equivalent" to your kid's school. You can tell what is happening in each classroom. Tell us more Magic Mom! Will we have a snowy winter? Will the Redskins win their next game?

See this post about an equivalent FCPS school.
http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/45/328417.page

It's not about being "magic", it's about actually doing research into what works in education, how it works and why. It's having a vested interest in finding the best school for your kids.

Being a school in Fairfax county doesn't magically make it immune to the problems of way too many FARMS kids with compounding issues that exceed what a classroom teacher can assist.

so perhaps you should find out facts for yourself vs making assumptions based on how other schools opperate.

You are so right. This school defies all odds and of course is the most amazing stellar school EVER. And the fact that it is bogged down with FARMS kids who will far outstrip needing an education, the administration will turn a blind eye and only focus on education.

I am glad this school is such an anomaly and I think it should in fact be researched by every education scholar in the country so the program can be replicated and save all the other schools and kids that are in the same situation.

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^^^^looks like PP forgot to take her meds this week^^^

backing away slowly...