Is it time for private school vouchers in Montgomery County?

[Anonymous]

MCAP scores are out and the scores are abysmal. Just a reflection of hard data of how Maryland schools, including MCPS, are failing students.

MCPS was provided with extra ESSER funding to provide extra resources to get students caught up. Any details on how MCPS spent the funds and the results of the allocation?

[Anonymous]

Central Office salaries.

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MCPS is full of mismanagement. Even though Central Office does a bad job allocating resources such as staff and supplies to schools, they say that they put students first.

So much waste that I don’t think MCPS deserves extra funding next year. It’s priorities and currently Central Office wants their high salaries while students are struggling to recover from online learning.

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Anonymous wrote:Look MCPS failed when they got in bed with a multinational corporation (Pearson) for Curriculum 2.0 and stayed with it per the contract for 10 years even though they knew in first year it was utterly dismal. Dear DCUM - do you believe selecting a curriculum and training teachers in selected curriculum is a core mission of a school system? If so then they failed miserably….just wait. Dr McKnight came from Discovery Channel as a consultant. She will be purchasing Discovery Channel Shark video curriculum next because your smart Moco people aren’t minding the store.

So much lies in just one post

Don’t you get tired posting the same drivel?

Curriculum 2.0 was a terrible experiment of a school system who thought they could write their own curriculum and use their once stellar reputation to sell it. It didn’t work and a generation of students have the educational gaps 2.0 created.

Where is this entire generation of MCPS with large educational gaps that are failing them in life? Last I check MCPS students were still being accepted to college, vocational training, and moving out into the world. Curriculum 2.0 may not have been wonderful, but stop acting like it sent kids out in the workd not able to do basic mathematics or basic reading.

Ask some business owners in Montgomery County. We consistenly see potential hires that have graduated from high school and can't do basic math and who lack basic writing skills.

Sure you do. Maybe they are private schools graduates

Different businessman -

We have been trying to hire for a well paid, entry level, front desk position. We received hundreds of cover letters and resumes with typos. The schools listed for most of these candidates are MCPS high schools.

That’s your metric for how well MCPS is doing, Typos? For a position that seems you’ve not filled yet. Not to mention MCPS has 50k+ students in grades 9-12, graduates however many tens of thousands each school year. But if a couple hundred who graduated who knows when have typos on their resume and cover letter, then certainly MCPS is not doing its job???

It’s an entry level position that requires communication skills. If the job application shows errors, then that reflects that the applicant is not a good candidate for the job. As another employer has pointed out, MCPS students are not prepared for the workforce.

It’s the type of applicant that your low skill position is attracting…not necessarily a reflection of MCPS. Employers want top notch candidates but offering just above minimum wage. If you want good candidates offer better compensation.

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Anonymous wrote:Look MCPS failed when they got in bed with a multinational corporation (Pearson) for Curriculum 2.0 and stayed with it per the contract for 10 years even though they knew in first year it was utterly dismal. Dear DCUM - do you believe selecting a curriculum and training teachers in selected curriculum is a core mission of a school system? If so then they failed miserably….just wait. Dr McKnight came from Discovery Channel as a consultant. She will be purchasing Discovery Channel Shark video curriculum next because your smart Moco people aren’t minding the store.

So much lies in just one post

Don’t you get tired posting the same drivel?

Curriculum 2.0 was a terrible experiment of a school system who thought they could write their own curriculum and use their once stellar reputation to sell it. It didn’t work and a generation of students have the educational gaps 2.0 created.

Where is this entire generation of MCPS with large educational gaps that are failing them in life? Last I check MCPS students were still being accepted to college, vocational training, and moving out into the world. Curriculum 2.0 may not have been wonderful, but stop acting like it sent kids out in the workd not able to do basic mathematics or basic reading.

Ask some business owners in Montgomery County. We consistenly see potential hires that have graduated from high school and can't do basic math and who lack basic writing skills.

Sure you do. Maybe they are private schools graduates

Different businessman -

We have been trying to hire for a well paid, entry level, front desk position. We received hundreds of cover letters and resumes with typos. The schools listed for most of these candidates are MCPS high schools.

That’s your metric for how well MCPS is doing, Typos? For a position that seems you’ve not filled yet. Not to mention MCPS has 50k+ students in grades 9-12, graduates however many tens of thousands each school year. But if a couple hundred who graduated who knows when have typos on their resume and cover letter, then certainly MCPS is not doing its job???

It’s an entry level position that requires communication skills. If the job application shows errors, then that reflects that the applicant is not a good candidate for the job. As another employer has pointed out, MCPS students are not prepared for the workforce.

It’s the type of applicant that your low skill position is attracting…not necessarily a reflection of MCPS. Employers want top notch candidates but offering just above minimum wage. If you want good candidates offer better compensation.

We’re talking about high school graduates. No college degree. No work experience.

It is reasonable to expect that a high school graduate has solid basic skills - ability to alphabetize, do percentages, write letters, basic math skills.

How is possible that some MCPS high school graduates simply don’t have these skills?

Sure, my kid will be fine. But we should expect that MCPS high school graduates do have basic skills to enter the work force at an entry level if they choose not to go on to college or trade school. That is currently not happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is full of mismanagement. Even though Central Office does a bad job allocating resources such as staff and supplies to schools, they say that they put students first.

So much waste that I don’t think MCPS deserves extra funding next year. It’s priorities and currently Central Office wants their high salaries while students are struggling to recover from online learning.

Can you provide specifics with citations? I find all the complaining about vague misdeeds hard to take seriously.

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Anonymous wrote:Look MCPS failed when they got in bed with a multinational corporation (Pearson) for Curriculum 2.0 and stayed with it per the contract for 10 years even though they knew in first year it was utterly dismal. Dear DCUM - do you believe selecting a curriculum and training teachers in selected curriculum is a core mission of a school system? If so then they failed miserably….just wait. Dr McKnight came from Discovery Channel as a consultant. She will be purchasing Discovery Channel Shark video curriculum next because your smart Moco people aren’t minding the store.

So much lies in just one post

Don’t you get tired posting the same drivel?

Curriculum 2.0 was a terrible experiment of a school system who thought they could write their own curriculum and use their once stellar reputation to sell it. It didn’t work and a generation of students have the educational gaps 2.0 created.

Where is this entire generation of MCPS with large educational gaps that are failing them in life? Last I check MCPS students were still being accepted to college, vocational training, and moving out into the world. Curriculum 2.0 may not have been wonderful, but stop acting like it sent kids out in the workd not able to do basic mathematics or basic reading.

Ask some business owners in Montgomery County. We consistenly see potential hires that have graduated from high school and can't do basic math and who lack basic writing skills.

Sure you do. Maybe they are private schools graduates

Different businessman -

We have been trying to hire for a well paid, entry level, front desk position. We received hundreds of cover letters and resumes with typos. The schools listed for most of these candidates are MCPS high schools.

That’s your metric for how well MCPS is doing, Typos? For a position that seems you’ve not filled yet. Not to mention MCPS has 50k+ students in grades 9-12, graduates however many tens of thousands each school year. But if a couple hundred who graduated who knows when have typos on their resume and cover letter, then certainly MCPS is not doing its job???

It’s an entry level position that requires communication skills. If the job application shows errors, then that reflects that the applicant is not a good candidate for the job. As another employer has pointed out, MCPS students are not prepared for the workforce.

It’s the type of applicant that your low skill position is attracting…not necessarily a reflection of MCPS. Employers want top notch candidates but offering just above minimum wage. If you want good candidates offer better compensation.

We’re talking about high school graduates. No college degree. No work experience.

It is reasonable to expect that a high school graduate has solid basic skills - ability to alphabetize, do percentages, write letters, basic math skills.

How is possible that some MCPS high school graduates simply don’t have these skills?

Sure, my kid will be fine. But we should expect that MCPS high school graduates do have basic skills to enter the work force at an entry level if they choose not to go on to college or trade school. That is currently not happening.

You have no proof of this. Just your whiny agenda.

What kind of boss is so damned whiny all the time? It's sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCAP scores are out and the scores are abysmal. Just a reflection of hard data of how Maryland schools, including MCPS, are failing students.

MCPS was provided with extra ESSER funding to provide extra resources to get students caught up. Any details on how MCPS spent the funds and the results of the allocation?

Where do you see the overall results or school-specific data? My kid is in the 99th percentile but I opted out & homeschooled for the pandemic …🤪

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Central Office salaries.

Maybe the anti-racist audit too

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCAP scores are out and the scores are abysmal. Just a reflection of hard data of how Maryland schools, including MCPS, are failing students.

MCPS was provided with extra ESSER funding to provide extra resources to get students caught up. Any details on how MCPS spent the funds and the results of the allocation?

Where do you see the overall results or school-specific data? My kid is in the 99th percentile but I opted out & homeschooled for the pandemic …🤪

Damn smart!

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Anonymous wrote:MCAP scores are out and the scores are abysmal. Just a reflection of hard data of how Maryland schools, including MCPS, are failing students.

MCPS was provided with extra ESSER funding to provide extra resources to get students caught up. Any details on how MCPS spent the funds and the results of the allocation?

Where do you see the overall results or school-specific data? My kid is in the 99th percentile but I opted out & homeschooled for the pandemic …🤪

Well you don't really need actual data. Just make stuff that suits your politics. That's what these guys do.,

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Privates are recruiting again.

There was a 300% increase in private school applications in 2021. Most full pay. They don’t have to recruit. This is a desperate post from a publics parent who can’t afford to leave their school zone. No private wants to be deluged with the 160,000 applications of students fleeing MCPS.

😂😂😂😂

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Anonymous wrote:Privates are recruiting again.

There was a 300% increase in private school applications in 2021. Most full pay. They don’t have to recruit. This is a desperate post from a publics parent who can’t afford to leave their school zone. No private wants to be deluged with the 160,000 applications of students fleeing MCPS.

😂😂😂😂

As people move children out of public schools, less funding will go to the school system. MCPS gets state funding based on the number of students.

[Anonymous]

If only funding was tied to performance. Then perhaps MCPS would put its focus on teaching students.

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Anonymous wrote:Look MCPS failed when they got in bed with a multinational corporation (Pearson) for Curriculum 2.0 and stayed with it per the contract for 10 years even though they knew in first year it was utterly dismal. Dear DCUM - do you believe selecting a curriculum and training teachers in selected curriculum is a core mission of a school system? If so then they failed miserably….just wait. Dr McKnight came from Discovery Channel as a consultant. She will be purchasing Discovery Channel Shark video curriculum next because your smart Moco people aren’t minding the store.

So much lies in just one post

Don’t you get tired posting the same drivel?

Curriculum 2.0 was a terrible experiment of a school system who thought they could write their own curriculum and use their once stellar reputation to sell it. It didn’t work and a generation of students have the educational gaps 2.0 created.

Where is this entire generation of MCPS with large educational gaps that are failing them in life? Last I check MCPS students were still being accepted to college, vocational training, and moving out into the world. Curriculum 2.0 may not have been wonderful, but stop acting like it sent kids out in the workd not able to do basic mathematics or basic reading.

Ask some business owners in Montgomery County. We consistenly see potential hires that have graduated from high school and can't do basic math and who lack basic writing skills.

Sure you do. Maybe they are private schools graduates

Different businessman -

We have been trying to hire for a well paid, entry level, front desk position. We received hundreds of cover letters and resumes with typos. The schools listed for most of these candidates are MCPS high schools.

That’s your metric for how well MCPS is doing, Typos? For a position that seems you’ve not filled yet. Not to mention MCPS has 50k+ students in grades 9-12, graduates however many tens of thousands each school year. But if a couple hundred who graduated who knows when have typos on their resume and cover letter, then certainly MCPS is not doing its job???

It’s an entry level position that requires communication skills. If the job application shows errors, then that reflects that the applicant is not a good candidate for the job. As another employer has pointed out, MCPS students are not prepared for the workforce.

It’s the type of applicant that your low skill position is attracting…not necessarily a reflection of MCPS. Employers want top notch candidates but offering just above minimum wage. If you want good candidates offer better compensation.

We’re talking about high school graduates. No college degree. No work experience.

It is reasonable to expect that a high school graduate has solid basic skills - ability to alphabetize, do percentages, write letters, basic math skills.

How is possible that some MCPS high school graduates simply don’t have these skills?

Sure, my kid will be fine. But we should expect that MCPS high school graduates do have basic skills to enter the work force at an entry level if they choose not to go on to college or trade school. That is currently not happening.

You have no proof of this. Just your whiny agenda.

What kind of boss is so damned whiny all the time? It's sad.

The proof is on the MCPs website! LOL

By MCPS’ own data, that they post, so many kids are not ‘proficient’.

What’s sad is that MCPS is letting so many kids down and getting away with it fantastically.