truth, the best schools in Fairfax county have farms 10 to 35%

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Newbie question - what does FARM stand for?

Free and reduced meals

READ: Way for people to be bigots while pretending they aren't.

calm down there knee jerk reactor

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Anonymous wrote:So sorry that I got 19 verses 15 wrong if that's the case. It says in the budget document that title one schools can have a cap of less than 21 students depending on their FARM rate and there are definitely schools with way less than that. I was reading there are classes with even 14 students. How they got there, I don't know

I will explain how they got there.

A school has a cap of (say) 19 students in each 1st grade class.

So (let's say) the total number of 1st grade students for that school is 46 students.

The principal takes 46 students and spreads them out across 1st grade classes. 19 can go in classroom #1. 19 can go in classroom #2.

But that leaves 46 - (2 * 19) = 8 students without a classroom.

So the principal does not want 8 students in a class. (S)he alters the assignments so there are 15 students in classroom #1, 15 students in classroom #2, and 16 students in classroom #3. (15 + 15 +16 = 46)

Larla in classroom #1 moves out of the district in November, bringing the classroom #1 size to 15 - 1 = 14.

You do realize other schools have to have combination classes to make it work out, correct? Teachers in non-title one schools are allocated based on a total number of students in grades 1-6. They are not given another teacher just because the numbers don't work out well.

Title I schools have combination classes, too.

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Which title 1 schools have combination classes? As an example Bucknell Elementary has two six grade classes with 14 students each. On their website they talk about assistants in the classrooms as well. Isn't the cap for K-2 classes? How would this school have enough teachers for two six grade classes of 14 students each?

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Anonymous wrote:Which title 1 schools have combination classes? As an example Bucknell Elementary has two six grade classes with 14 students each. On their website they talk about assistants in the classrooms as well. Isn't the cap for K-2 classes? How would this school have enough teachers for two six grade classes of 14 students each?

mount Eagle has 4 classes of 4/5 combinations. But those classes are not part of the cap. The cap only applies to K-3.

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Anonymous wrote:Another thing people forget to mention when discussing "FARMs." It is my understanding that FCPS (not sure about other area districts) does absolutely nothing to verify income eligibility for FARMs. Of course, why would they want to if it means they get more funding?

Your understanding is incorrect. Audits are done. Parents have to submit income verifications.

LOL---a TINY fraction of apps are audited...

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Anonymous wrote:Which title 1 schools have combination classes? As an example Bucknell Elementary has two six grade classes with 14 students each. On their website they talk about assistants in the classrooms as well. Isn't the cap for K-2 classes? How would this school have enough teachers for two six grade classes of 14 students each?

mount Eagle has 4 classes of 4/5 combinations. But those classes are not part of the cap. The cap only applies to K-3.

They have four combination classes of just two grades? Why?

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Question: Do fairfax county elementary schools in high FARMS schools still place children in groups according to their math, reading, etc abilities? (aside from AAP). I know I was in an advanced group in my school for reading and math. We had different assignments and instruction. I think THIS is the most important thing, regardless of the % of FARMS students. I heard in MoCo all the kids are taught the same material together no matter what their ability level.

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Anonymous wrote:Question: Do fairfax county elementary schools in high FARMS schools still place children in groups according to their math, reading, etc abilities? (aside from AAP). I know I was in an advanced group in my school for reading and math. We had different assignments and instruction. I think THIS is the most important thing, regardless of the % of FARMS students. I heard in MoCo all the kids are taught the same material together no matter what their ability level.

I doubt it. Once the FARMs get high enough, I think most teachers just presume the whole class is pretty dumb and teaches to the lowest common denominator. That's why you really want to stay out of the high FARMs schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Question: Do fairfax county elementary schools in high FARMS schools still place children in groups according to their math, reading, etc abilities? (aside from AAP). I know I was in an advanced group in my school for reading and math. We had different assignments and instruction. I think THIS is the most important thing, regardless of the % of FARMS students. I heard in MoCo all the kids are taught the same material together no matter what their ability level.

I doubt it. Once the FARMs get high enough, I think most teachers just presume the whole class is pretty dumb and teaches to the lowest common denominator. That's why you really want to stay out of the high FARMs schools.

Please go away troll. Come back when you've actually crossed the threshold of a Title 1 school and talked with the principal and teachers and actually sat in some classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Question: Do fairfax county elementary schools in high FARMS schools still place children in groups according to their math, reading, etc abilities? (aside from AAP). I know I was in an advanced group in my school for reading and math. We had different assignments and instruction

When was this? Was that a FCPS policy? They didn't do this in the nineties. Least not in our school.

[Anonymous]

Please go away troll. Come back when you've actually crossed the threshold of a Title 1 school and talked with the principal and teachers and actually sat in some classrooms.

+10000

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry for the typos obviously my highly rated fairfax county school failed me

Obviously. Punctuation is also important.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Question: Do fairfax county elementary schools in high FARMS schools still place children in groups according to their math, reading, etc abilities? (aside from AAP). I know I was in an advanced group in my school for reading and math. We had different assignments and instruction. I think THIS is the most important thing, regardless of the % of FARMS students. I heard in MoCo all the kids are taught the same material together no matter what their ability level.

I doubt it. Once the FARMs get high enough, I think most teachers just presume the whole class is pretty dumb and teaches to the lowest common denominator. That's why you really want to stay out of the high FARMs schools.

Please go away troll. Come back when you've actually crossed the threshold of a Title 1 school and talked with the principal and teachers and actually sat in some classrooms.

So can you answer the question about ability grouping in title 1 schools?

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Our school WAS title 1, no longer is due to surplus of folks with $. In k-2 our DCs were taught to the LCD. I was alwyas complaining about this to te school administration. Deaf ears. All DCs are in AAP and we prepped the hell out of them to ensure that they made it in! This is how your kids get a decent education.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school WAS title 1, no longer is due to surplus of folks with $. In k-2 our DCs were taught to the LCD. I was alwyas complaining about this to te school administration. Deaf ears. All DCs are in AAP and we prepped the hell out of them to ensure that they made it in! This is how your kids get a decent education.

Do you know anything about grades 3-6 in your base school?