Does MCPS administrators need better Project or Program Management skills

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. Such as a counselor telling first-time-parents-of middle-schoolers that they (counselor) can not answer questions about middle school and that questions will be answered when MS counselors visit the ES. Parents don't attend the counselor visit day to meet 5th graders, so when do parents' questions get answered, damn counselor?

The 6th grade parent meeting or Orientation. Or a call to the MS counselor.

Nope. 6th grade parent meeting is before courses registration. Parents may not have questions at that time. Orientation is few days before school starts. Parents may not have questions at that time. Call a MS counselor when you don't know which MS you kid is going to attend (decisions don't come out until a certain date, remember Cram and company?) BUT a student and student's family does have a ES counselor at the school they attend until they leave that school who SHOULD be ABLE to field calls or emails. Duh.

Unless the question is about a specific program, then you just call your home MS counselor. Registration for 6th grade happens in January at ES school. Kids register for their home MS precisely because Magnet and Special program decisions don’t come out until February. So if you have a question about MS, you can and should in fact reach out to the MS counselor. And if your 6th grade meeting is occurring before registration then you already know who to reach out to at the MS, right.

Sessions about special programs/magnets occur in October. They provide information about who to contact at that school/program with questions specific to the program.

What are these oh so random and burning questions that you don’t have during registration, nor at the parent meeting, nor at orientation, nor during the special program meeting?