
No, we are calling out the people who are blatantly LYING about the content of the surveys. |
DP. It'd be an administrative nightmare to have families opt-in for every little thing. Nothing would get gone. The very few people (Republicans, bigots, liars) who don't want their kids to take these surveys can just opt-out. If the kids aren't comfortable, they can opt-out. |
x1 billion Republicans & bigots: Leave our kids and schools alone. |
No more difficult than to get a permission slip for a field trip. It would not be an administrative nightmare--unless you are the administrator who wants to leave parents out. |
Again, as a former teacher, I cannot imagine working with this schedule. Planning must be a nightmare. How do they schedule "specials" in elementary school?
The SB does not understand anything except pandering to different groups. |
It’s ugly and almost Orwellian to suggest that everyone who takes issue with, or has questions about, the intrusive information-gathering (or the rest of FCPS’s social and political agenda) must be a cave dweller. There seems to be a consistent refrain of you either get with the progressive program or you can just leave. And judging from the flat/declining enrollment numbers lots of people are taking FCPS up on the suggestion and cutting ties with FCPS. |
So a false analogy. Outstanding. One class at a time re: field trips does not equal an entire school system of 180K kids , or a school of 900 simultaneously. This is why admins don't like opt ins--not because they want to leave you and your bloated importance and misconceptions out of anything. |
It would be quite simple, much easier than FCPS hunting down Impact Aide forms every year. It would be as simple as collecting the SR&R handbook acknowledgements. Put all the opt ins and relevant info on a single list, with a window in SIS just like the SR&R acknowlegement. Parents select the surveys they want their kid to participate in. If a critical mass, say at least 50% of parents opt into the survey, the survey gets administered to those who opted in. If fewer than 50% of parents opt into any given survey at any school, the survey gets dropped. If fewer than 50% of parents district wide opt into any given survey, and the contract is cancelled, saving FCPS millions of dollars. If the surveys have the value that you claim, most parents will opt in. I suspect you know that the vast majority of parents, including the vast majority of liberal parents given ffx county voting trends, would not see value in the majority of these surveys and would not opt their kids into them. But please, throw more insults and make this about politics. It really helps and supports your argument. |
I believe PSATs are opt in. So are the one free senior SAT. It is a simple process to manage opt ins. |
You have no idea what Orwellian means or why FCPS has seen declining numbers and it isn't just "oh, FCPS sucks," which is part of the reasoning, but not the entire story. "Of those who departed, nearly 42 percent opted for a public school elsewhere in Virginia or the United States. Roughly 8 percent chose a school “outside the United States,” while 7 percent switched to a private or parochial school and 2 percent opted for home schooling. Other, much smaller numbers of students left for reasons including “financial hardship,” “employment,” “family” and “achievement problems.”" |
No parent of kids in school talks like this, insulting people so rudely. |
Nope and nope. It's just as simple to opt out. This is you trying to control a situation you already have control over. Get a grip. |
I wish the the troll posting constant insults would stay away from the schools forum and stick to politics.
It is difficult to have an adult conversation with other FCPS when every other post is a politics troll posting single line insults |
Those stats have always been there. But, why are people not moving in as they always have? |
Was this supposed to be in the thread about the calendar? |