Would you send your kid to a Title 1 school?

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep, the post about bel Pre yielded no responses from actual patents.

Read it again.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/364319.page

[Anonymous]

I'd avoid Title 1 or any school where my child was less than a 10% minority.

[Anonymous]

I knew a young woman who was teaching 2nd grade in a school in Rockville a few years ago. Classroom order was a big problem. If one or two kids started to run around or talk loud, on one in the classroom could focus on learning anymore. The only way she got her classroom stay focused was to bribe the kids with small toys and candy. Most of the kids came to school hungry and never read books at home. Kids were promoted regardless if they have mastered the grade level materials. So there was always catch up to do. If you kid is a smart student, he/she will get extra work from the teacher to work on the side; assume no one care to bother him/her. Later she will get great recommendation from the teachers and get into HGC.

[Anonymous]

Pp is correct. It's easier for a bright, well behaved kid in a title I to get into the HGC or magnet for MS. I know people who switched from private to do a year in a title I to get their kid into a magnet. Easy peasy.

Another PP who referenced reading groups is also correct. My nephew was the only white kid in his class (for whatever reason, his title I school spilt the four white kids into four different classes) but he and the other white and Asian kids were sent to another room for reading each day. His needs were always met academically...but it was odd how the school approached diversity by separating all the white and Asian kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pp is correct. It's easier for a bright, well behaved kid in a title I to get into the HGC or magnet for MS. I know people who switched from private to do a year in a title I to get their kid into a magnet. Easy peasy.

Another PP who referenced reading groups is also correct. My nephew was the only white kid in his class (for whatever reason, his title I school spilt the four white kids into four different classes) but he and the other white and Asian kids were sent to another room for reading each day. His needs were always met academically...but it was odd how the school approached diversity by separating all the white and Asian kids.

I have to disagree with you on the part where you say that it is easier for kids to get into T1 to HGC. I know of a few White kids who were not given stellar recommendations because the school was struggling in MSA scores and did not want to lose out on good scorers. (BTW - I am not White). In fact black and hispanic students who were admitted to HGC were bright students with behavioral problems that the school was happy to send to HGC. Maybe, my example is anecdotal, but I am guessing your example is anecdotal as well.


I agree with your second statement. In my DS school, all the Asians and Whites and a handful of blacks and hispanics were pulled out and all belonged to one classroom. It was like a mini HGC classroom. Great academically and socially as well. However, there was no school community that we could become a part of. It was very frustrating.

[Anonymous]

It depends.

Some schools, particularly Title I schools, have more issues to address and bases to cover outside of academics, and that can take away from the overall academic achievement of a child who is getting those needs met at home.

For example, if the school is under-resourced or serves a particularly under-served demographic, there will be days that finding coats for everyone or making sure field trip forms are turned in becomes paramount (and takes precedence over the spelling lesson). If Johnny doesn't have a coat and dad doesn't speak English to be able to read the form, then we need to help Johnny get those needs met. If Bobby has a coat and mom signed the form last week, Bobby is essentially doing busy work or sitting around while he could be learning more. BOTH Johnny and Bobby are left behind academically, since teachers have to spend more time focusing on non-academics. Yes, Title I schools have extra resources and staff, but they don't have enough all the time and these issues that make a Title I school Title I don't exist in a vacuum.

I send my child to a Title I school, but we are moving next year. I think the issues mount as the grades progress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends.

Some schools, particularly Title I schools, have more issues to address and bases to cover outside of academics, and that can take away from the overall academic achievement of a child who is getting those needs met at home.

For example, if the school is under-resourced or serves a particularly under-served demographic, there will be days that finding coats for everyone or making sure field trip forms are turned in becomes paramount (and takes precedence over the spelling lesson). If Johnny doesn't have a coat and dad doesn't speak English to be able to read the form, then we need to help Johnny get those needs met. If Bobby has a coat and mom signed the form last week, Bobby is essentially doing busy work or sitting around while he could be learning more. BOTH Johnny and Bobby are left behind academically, since teachers have to spend more time focusing on non-academics. Yes, Title I schools have extra resources and staff, but they don't have enough all the time and these issues that make a Title I school Title I don't exist in a vacuum.

I send my child to a Title I school, but we are moving next year. I think the issues mount as the grades progress.

I should add that my kid's school is something like 98% FARMS (we are in DC). I am speaking specifically to that, and not Title I schools with a larger spread.

[Anonymous]

Heck no! I attended one as a child and it was a complete nightmare. I wouldn't wish that horror on my worst enemy. However, it was a DCPS. So, maybe the Title 1 schools in MCPS aren't that bad. My childhood school was basically a pediatric mental institution that offered daycare. There was way too much violent, aggressive, and anti-social behaviors going on within the classrooms. The teachers wasted time dealing with behavior and anger management that learning was place on the back burner. After witnessing a group of students "jumping" (a group of students beating one student into submission) my mother sent me to Catholic school. My Title 1 school was a dangerous and an unhealthy environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I teach at a title 1 (middle) school and know firsthand how incredible the teachers I work with are. I have no doubt that a student at my school can get a fantastic education if they are motivated to do so.

But most aren't motivated and i wouldn't want my child around that.

[Anonymous]

Unless they speak Spanish, I wouldn't.

[Anonymous]

My child is in the HGC at a Title I school. It is not our home school. While the HGC is great for my child, I would not send my children to a Title I school otherwise. The community and parental involvement is just much greater at our home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I teach at a title 1 (middle) school and know firsthand how incredible the teachers I work with are. I have no doubt that a student at my school can get a fantastic education if they are motivated to do so.

But most aren't motivated and i wouldn't want my child around that.

So most kids at Title 1 schools are not motivated???