Good Riddance to MCPS
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Anonymous
My kid once showed me a list of books they had to read from. They had to choose two. Every single one was about DEI. They looked boring AF. I wouldn't want to read it, either. They read Macbeth recently and loved that. My CS major DS even read Pride and Prejudice in their IB class, and they preferred books like that over DEI type books. MCPS keeps moving more and more towards reading boring DEI type books. What a way to turn kids off from reading. |
Anonymous
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The immigrants we have today are coming in with lots of trauma. They are coming illiterate (the family and the child). They are coming in very poor with few resources. We have kids entering K still wearing diapers. We have kids coming in at K or older never having previous special Ed services and are severely autistic. This is not unique to MCPS. It is tanking scores across the nation. There is only so much MCPS can do to combat that. There are plenty of things MCPS does that I disagree with and haven't handled correctly but there are some things you can't blame them for. For what it's worth, I am an MCPS employee in special Ed and it's maddening what is happening with the funding, , the over crowding on some of our programs, staffing issues.
That being said, my kids are having a really good experience so far at the elementary level (title 1 school) though I definitely see things that could be changed. Taylor has gone and made major changes but it's not hitting what really needs to be done.
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Anonymous
Uh, no, short bus. There are no MCPS comms people here. |
Anonymous
Whatever you need to tell yourself. I might say that too if I wasted six figures on private school education. |
Anonymous
1. MCPS is not the state of MD 2. Your link shows that test scores are higher in the 2000's than the 1990's. DP |
Anonymous
DP-no. You still sound like the problem. You ARE the problem. Feel sorry for your kids. They are probably the ones in class ruining it for the kids who DO respect teachers and want to actually learn. |
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I’m so conflicted, after 15 years in McPS (3 more to go).
The demographics of the county has changed a ton over the last 20-30 years and I don’t think the school board really knows how to handle that. They seem to really want a one size fits all solution which is doomed to fail and not fit anyone correctly. There’s a national teaching crisis (like the national law enforcement crisis) with not enough people going into the field. Boomers all retired during the pandemic and Gen X is checking out now. Ai is having a massive impact that no one knows how to deal with. Not just the kids using it, but also the teachers. My kids say so many teachers are now using AI to grade. I feel bad they don’t have more grading time. I actually would support something like having the kids in HS humanities classes spend 1 or even 2 days a week watching stuff like Len burns documentaries to allow the teachers time to provide actual feedback on written work. Or maybe 1 day a week doing something like that and one day a week with dedicated in class writing time so that the teachers have a solid 90 minutes in addition to their planning period to grade papers in a way that actually helps kids learn to think critically and write. Real solutions would require at least 50% more teachers plus double the security staff … I’m not sure anyone would want to pay for that. |
Anonymous
Not sure why you are making excuses for the OP. It *is* ridiculous to wait until your kids have graduated and then make some obnoxious "good riddance!" statement. There are many private school options across the cost spectrum including parochial schools and you can apply for financial aid. No reason to stay in public school if you hate it so much. I also wonder if OP was active in their PTA/PSTAs; did they volunteer as a cluster rep; did they submit comments to the BOE or attend meetings? Or did they just sit on their MAGA butt complaining for 12+ years? |
Anonymous
See, this is part of the problem right here. Go ahead, mock parents who aren't happy. Just focus on the students who do well -- after all, they're the ones who are carrying MCPS. I've had some overachievers so I know what I'm talking about. From the $$$ private violin lessons that make the school performance amazing, for which the orchestra teacher takes a bow, to the classroom teachers who don't bother reaching the students who sit bored day after day after day. Such a lame attitude, PP. Glad to be almost done with the likes of you, too. |
Anonymous
Most of them are about crisis and trauma -- alcoholic parents, abuse, rape. Then they wonder why they need suicide prevention lessons. |
Anonymous
LOL what are you even doing here? |
Anonymous
Nope. I've told my kids to always respect the teacher, even if the teacher sucks. They are both high achieving, but some of the teachers don't actually teach. I read some of their essays and made them rewrite it AFTER they got it graded because the teacher didn't point out any issues -- which were many. They have both told me that they hated when I made them do it, but they have grudgingly stated that it had helped them be better writers. One graduated with a 4.0/4.92 and the other 3.75/4.5. They are done with MCPS, and they are glad, as well. The only good thing about MCPS was the programming, and numerous AP classes, but MCPS is even killing the county magnet programs. IMO, that's a big mistake. |
Anonymous
+1 Sure, there are some good teachers, but too many clocking it in teachers. Makes sense to dumb things down if you don't want to teach. |
Anonymous
You've got reading comprehension issues. |
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I don't have kids in MCPS so no direct skin in the game. But I did graduate from Churchill closer to its golden age (early 2000s) and went to a top 20 school.
What I noticed in college makes me question all the parents who think the end goal is to get their kids into the best college and how maybe public school is good enough or even better than privates to do that. My college classmates differed dramatically in their academic ability and readiness, even though we all made it to the same college. The kids from private school/boarding school were on another level. The kids who were affirmative action admits (either because of race or socioeconomic status) were clearly behind and more likely to struggle. As a graduate or Churchill, I would put myself maybe in the 70th percentile of readiness (though I was objectively prepared). The kids from the likes Georgetown prep were more prepared. |