PG County Graduation Rate hits record High

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of the graduates are ready for college or work?

More then what would be if they hadn't graduated in the first place that's for sure. Doesn't matter how "ready" you are for college if your not walking across the stage

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So instead of moving, sending your children to private school, or homeschooling, you are just letting your children get a sub par education and bashing the place you live on an anonymous forum?

Yes, that sounds perfectly plausible. I am sure you are telling the truth.

I can easily believe PP IS telling the truth. A lot of working people do not have choices.

I think not, in this context. And there is always the option to MOVE. It is not like PG county is some sort of open air prison. If you don't like it leave!

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that hard to graduate. You just need to show up... Test scores and grades means more to me than graduation rate going up. Pg county schools have always sucked and will always suck.

As a resident of PG, I wonder about comments like these. I can only imagine that you would make this kind of dumb prediction if you believed that the outcome was in your best interest. Why would PG County having a bad school system be in your interest? Why is PG County so damn threatening to people? Do you think that if our schools got better and our home values rose, yours would drop or something? What kind of amateurish understanding of economics would lead you to think this?

Lame.

Huh? My children attend pg county schools. I grew up going to Montgomery county schools. Husband grew up in pg county schools.

Why are you sending your children to schools that "suck"?

because that is where we live.

So instead of moving, sending your children to private school, or homeschooling, you are just letting your children get a sub par education and bashing the place you live on an anonymous forum?

Yes, that sounds perfectly plausible. I am sure you are telling the truth. [/quote

Oh I believe her. What she means to say is her "superior education" in Montgomery County didn't result in a successful career so she can't afford the Bethesda/Potomac school cluster

[Anonymous]

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So instead of moving, sending your children to private school, or homeschooling, you are just letting your children get a sub par education and bashing the place you live on an anonymous forum?

Yes, that sounds perfectly plausible. I am sure you are telling the truth.

I can easily believe PP IS telling the truth. A lot of working people do not have choices.

I think not, in this context. And there is always the option to MOVE. It is not like PG county is some sort of open air prison. If you don't like it leave!

NP - yes, we did.

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Anonymous wrote:
So instead of moving, sending your children to private school, or homeschooling, you are just letting your children get a sub par education and bashing the place you live on an anonymous forum?

Yes, that sounds perfectly plausible. I am sure you are telling the truth.

I can easily believe PP IS telling the truth. A lot of working people do not have choices.

I think not, in this context. And there is always the option to MOVE. It is not like PG county is some sort of open air prison. If you don't like it leave!

But then she would have to move to Silver Spring or Gaithersburg and ewww who wants that

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Anonymous wrote:How many National Merit Semi or Finalists from PG schools?

Four national merit finalists

I'm not sure how many national Achievement Scholars in the past (the NMS for black students) but the program transitioned over to the UNCF as of 2015

Only 4? MoCo is around ~160.

[Anonymous]

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So instead of moving, sending your children to private school, or homeschooling, you are just letting your children get a sub par education and bashing the place you live on an anonymous forum?

Yes, that sounds perfectly plausible. I am sure you are telling the truth.

I can easily believe PP IS telling the truth. A lot of working people do not have choices.

I think not, in this context. And there is always the option to MOVE. It is not like PG county is some sort of open air prison. If you don't like it leave!

But then she would have to move to Silver Spring or Gaithersburg and ewww who wants that

Good point.

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Anonymous wrote:How many National Merit Semi or Finalists from PG schools?

Four national merit finalists

I'm not sure how many national Achievement Scholars in the past (the NMS for black students) but the program transitioned over to the UNCF as of 2015

Only 4? MoCo is around ~160.

Montgomery county has more wealthy people, plus about 300,000 more residents. But no one can deny that Montgomery County schools ARE better in general.

For now.

[Anonymous]

So did anyone here actually take the parent survey the district had out recently regarding proposed changes to the grading policy? Or do folks like to complain but not do anything...or, you know, live here.

The survey was interesting. I selected "no" on a lot of the ideas that made getting a higher GPA easier, IMO. But if you aren't involved, well, you know where that gets you.

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Anonymous wrote:So did anyone here actually take the parent survey the district had out recently regarding proposed changes to the grading policy? Or do folks like to complain but not do anything...or, you know, live here.

The survey was interesting. I selected "no" on a lot of the ideas that made getting a higher GPA easier, IMO. But if you aren't involved, well, you know where that gets you.

At least we have one parent who is more than just talk.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of the graduates are ready for college or work?

More then what would be if they hadn't graduated in the first place that's for sure. Doesn't matter how "ready" you are for college if your not walking across the stage

My point is are they educating them better? Or just finding a way to graduate them?

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of the graduates are ready for college or work?

Why don't you look that up and let us know?

Because the typical PG basher doesn't really know much about the county. They "just know" everything sucks, they've never been there and get their information about the county by reading headlines and hearing radio sound bites but never actually read the articles. Especially here on DCUM where the number of MoCk and NoVa posters is high.

Once you''ve read DCUM for a while, you''ll recognize the type that regularly respond reflexively out of ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:What percentage of the graduates are ready for college or work?

Why don't you look that up and let us know?

Because the typical PG basher doesn't really know much about the county. They "just know" everything sucks, they've never been there and get their information about the county by reading headlines and hearing radio sound bites but never actually read the articles. Especially here on DCUM where the number of MoCk and NoVa posters is high.

Once you''ve read DCUM for a while, you''ll recognize the type that regularly respond reflexively out of ignorance.

Yes, everything sucks. I used to live there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What percentage of the graduates are ready for college or work?

Why don't you look that up and let us know?

Because the typical PG basher doesn't really know much about the county. They "just know" everything sucks, they've never been there and get their information about the county by reading headlines and hearing radio sound bites but never actually read the articles. Especially here on DCUM where the number of MoCk and NoVa posters is high.

Once you''ve read DCUM for a while, you''ll recognize the type that regularly respond reflexively out of ignorance.

I'm the first pp. I actually live in pg, and used to teach in a district like it, so I know the stat games districts often play to show "improvement".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many National Merit Semi or Finalists from PG schools?

Four national merit finalists

I'm not sure how many national Achievement Scholars in the past (the NMS for black students) but the program transitioned over to the UNCF as of 2015

Only 4? MoCo is around ~160.

Let me guess, you're one of those parents who constantly insult your average child because they don't measure up to the standards of their bright sibling. "You know your sister always did more extracurriculars and had a higher GPA at this point. You're a failure and I'm not sure we should waste money sending a C student to college."

MoCo is one of the best school systems in the state and PG is average. Yet you begrudge PG getting applauded for improving their lot.