Mundo Verde principal resigning

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Anonymous wrote:Here’ is the breakdown of PARCC. 3 is approaching/passing and 4 is readiness for next grade level

https://www.testprep-online.com/parcc-scores

What is the difference between "passing" and "readiness"?

4 is grade-level proficiency in the Common Core standards.
3 is approaching proficiency.
5 is above grade level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

This is hilariously delusional! Our DCPS differentiates and all the kids I know are being pushed -- many kids reading and doing math above grade level because their teacher noticed and set individual goals for them.

I have never met an MV parent who said their kid is being challenged above grade level.

People flee to these charters because of demographics, but what is going on in the classrooms? I've seen so many white people swtich from DCPS schools that would have pushed their kids farther to schools with larger peer groups and much less challenging work from the teachers.

Here is some news for you. We are a minority family and not even considering our DCPS school and neither is our neighbor who is an AA family. It’s not about race. It’s about wanting a good education for our child like any other family. Making a generalization that all white families are leaving your DCPS school is racist is just propagating racial divides. PARCC may not be the be all and end all but at least it’s an objective starting point of a student’s competency. Care to share your DCPS schools score?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’ is the breakdown of PARCC. 3 is approaching/passing and 4 is readiness for next grade level

https://www.testprep-online.com/parcc-scores

What is the difference between "passing" and "readiness"?

4 is grade-level proficiency in the Common Core standards.
3 is approaching proficiency.
5 is above grade level.

So according to common core, passing the test is not proficient.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

Couldn’t agree more. DCPS is a disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

This is hilariously delusional! Our DCPS differentiates and all the kids I know are being pushed -- many kids reading and doing math above grade level because their teacher noticed and set individual goals for them.

I have never met an MV parent who said their kid is being challenged above grade level.

People flee to these charters because of demographics, but what is going on in the classrooms? I've seen so many white people swtich from DCPS schools that would have pushed their kids farther to schools with larger peer groups and much less challenging work from the teachers.

Here is some news for you. We are a minority family and not even considering our DCPS school and neither is our neighbor who is an AA family. It’s not about race. It’s about wanting a good education for our child like any other family. Making a generalization that all white families are leaving your DCPS school is racist is just propagating racial divides. PARCC may not be the be all and end all but at least it’s an objective starting point of a student’s competency. Care to share your DCPS schools score?

+ a million.

Signed,

Latino family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

I wish you the best of luck but am curious why would you think MV will be any different? My child at MV tested at reading level Z at the beginning of the year (the highest level they measure) and when we asked about how they'd support her growth throughout the year we got a puzzled look. She was simply one less kid they had to worry about. Our request for advanced level book recommendations went unanswered. The entire school library had 2 books on level Z, which she read way back in September. I have no sense that she gained any critical reading skills this entire school year. On top of that, her teachers had to spend most of the day dealing with a handful of kids with extreme discipline problems (think throwing chairs in the classroom). It feels like a lost year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

I wish you the best of luck but am curious why would you think MV will be any different? My child at MV tested at reading level Z at the beginning of the year (the highest level they measure) and when we asked about how they'd support her growth throughout the year we got a puzzled look. She was simply one less kid they had to worry about. Our request for advanced level book recommendations went unanswered. The entire school library had 2 books on level Z, which she read way back in September. I have no sense that she gained any critical reading skills this entire school year. On top of that, her teachers had to spend most of the day dealing with a handful of kids with extreme discipline problems (think throwing chairs in the classroom). It feels like a lost year.

I think that is crazy, they should be expecting her to advance to the next level, which would a grade 6 level somewhere. I think Z represents the end of year 5. My DCPS is very on top of this in the reading, but the math, well they keep everyone at the same pace regardless of aptitude or entry level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

I wish you the best of luck but am curious why would you think MV will be any different? My child at MV tested at reading level Z at the beginning of the year (the highest level they measure) and when we asked about how they'd support her growth throughout the year we got a puzzled look. She was simply one less kid they had to worry about. Our request for advanced level book recommendations went unanswered. The entire school library had 2 books on level Z, which she read way back in September. I have no sense that she gained any critical reading skills this entire school year. On top of that, her teachers had to spend most of the day dealing with a handful of kids with extreme discipline problems (think throwing chairs in the classroom). It feels like a lost year.

What grade? Our teacher brought in books (with her own money!) for the handful of kids who are two grades ahead. In a previous class, there was a parent drive for more advanced Spanish books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey PP, thank you for sharing your concerns about your DCPS vs. MV. We are likely going to have the same choice this summer and I'm feeling the same way. And I'm super disappointed about what happened yesterday at the Council. Dysfunctional puts it mildly. It's a really tough time.

We have enrolled at MV and no regrets. DCPS in general is a mess, dysfunctional, and way more unstable when it comes to any competent and transparent leadership. A few schools may be the exception but in general when it comes to meeting the needs of the kids above grade level, they could care less and don’t listen to parents. All they care about is closing the achievement gap and pulling up the kids at the bottom. ECE May be OK but wait till you get to upper elementary.........

I wish you the best of luck but am curious why would you think MV will be any different? My child at MV tested at reading level Z at the beginning of the year (the highest level they measure) and when we asked about how they'd support her growth throughout the year we got a puzzled look. She was simply one less kid they had to worry about. Our request for advanced level book recommendations went unanswered. The entire school library had 2 books on level Z, which she read way back in September. I have no sense that she gained any critical reading skills this entire school year. On top of that, her teachers had to spend most of the day dealing with a handful of kids with extreme discipline problems (think throwing chairs in the classroom). It feels like a lost year.

What grade? Our teacher brought in books (with her own money!) for the handful of kids who are two grades ahead. In a previous class, there was a parent drive for more advanced Spanish books.

Me again. We were told that the report card would not reflect a higher reading level once maxed out for the year, but the books have naturally got more advanced, beyond the official grade scale.

[Anonymous]

People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

Sure. The point is MV only has 6% of its kids that would even be eligible for G&T. PP started it by assuming MV has a crazy amount of kids that are above grade level. That’s just not true. There are 12 students out of 200 in testing grades (3rd-5th) so about 1 kid per classroom that are testing advanced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

Sure. The point is MV only has 6% of its kids that would even be eligible for G&T. PP started it by assuming MV has a crazy amount of kids that are above grade level. That’s just not true. There are 12 students out of 200 in testing grades (3rd-5th) so about 1 kid per classroom that are testing advanced.

No PP’s definition was PARCC 4 for above grade level, not PARCC 5. PARCC 4 is ready for the next grade. Common core might not agree that it’s above grade level, but I am not going to argue details.

You are missing the whole point. It’s not about G & T. The point is the charters EOTP all have much better performing peer groups than DCPS schools EOTP unless you live in Capital Hill. That’s the environment I want my child in, not an environment where the majority of kids are at below grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

Sure. The point is MV only has 6% of its kids that would even be eligible for G&T. PP started it by assuming MV has a crazy amount of kids that are above grade level. That’s just not true. There are 12 students out of 200 in testing grades (3rd-5th) so about 1 kid per classroom that are testing advanced.

No PP’s definition was PARCC 4 for above grade level, not PARCC 5. PARCC 4 is ready for the next grade. Common core might not agree that it’s above grade level, but I am not going to argue details.

You are missing the whole point. It’s not about G & T. The point is the charters EOTP all have much better performing peer groups than DCPS schools EOTP unless you live in Capital Hill. That’s the environment I want my child in, not an environment where the majority of kids are at below grade level.

PP is wrong. 4 does not equal above grade level, it is grade level.

Charters are just whiter/wealthier. Also, there are other EOTP DCPS schools other than Cap Hill that perform better than MV. Marie Reed and Shepherd come to mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

Sure. The point is MV only has 6% of its kids that would even be eligible for G&T. PP started it by assuming MV has a crazy amount of kids that are above grade level. That’s just not true. There are 12 students out of 200 in testing grades (3rd-5th) so about 1 kid per classroom that are testing advanced.

No PP’s definition was PARCC 4 for above grade level, not PARCC 5. PARCC 4 is ready for the next grade. Common core might not agree that it’s above grade level, but I am not going to argue details.

You are missing the whole point. It’s not about G & T. The point is the charters EOTP all have much better performing peer groups than DCPS schools EOTP unless you live in Capital Hill. That’s the environment I want my child in, not an environment where the majority of kids are at below grade level.

PP is wrong. 4 does not equal above grade level, it is grade level.

Charters are just whiter/wealthier. Also, there are other EOTP DCPS schools other than Cap Hill that perform better than MV. Marie Reed and Shepherd come to mind.

And you think Shepherd Park is a poor area where homes go for over 1 million?? Their at risk is low and they are not even a title 1 school. If we lived there, sure no issues with sending our child there. As a minority, I don’t care about the demographics or socioeconomic makeup of a school, I care about peer groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who don’t think peer group is important are deluding themselves. This starts in elementary and becomes even more important as you advance up to middle and high school.

I am from a poor minority family (had free lunches) but was placed in G & T in elementary, tracked in the highest level courses in middle and high school, to AP courses/AP test and college credit. I got a full 4 year academic scholarship in college. Now I have an advance degree and a successful career. If I wasn’t in G & T with similar academic peers, I might not be where I am today. If the people around you are motivated to do well, you also become motivated to do well and are challenged to your fullest potential. If I was in the general class, bored, and did not have to work hard to do well, I likely would not have reached the potential that I did.

DCPS is terrible because there is no G & T in elementary and hardly any tracking in middle or high school with the exception of a few schools and the test in high schools. So you bet to compensate for this deficiency, I’m going to be looking at PARCC scores in elementary school for my child. If there is a sizable cohort of kids doing well, great. The teacher will likely teach and challenge these kids. If there is only 2 or 3 kids doing well, forget about it. I don’t care if the teacher is giving them harder assignments. They will likely be on chrome books most of the day while the teacher is actively trying to bring the rest of the class up to grade level. That’s not my definition of active learning. I can put my child on a chrome book at home.

I agree that PARCC scores are not the be all and end all as someone mentioned, but it’s pretty important in giving you an idea about peer groups.

Sure. The point is MV only has 6% of its kids that would even be eligible for G&T. PP started it by assuming MV has a crazy amount of kids that are above grade level. That’s just not true. There are 12 students out of 200 in testing grades (3rd-5th) so about 1 kid per classroom that are testing advanced.

No PP’s definition was PARCC 4 for above grade level, not PARCC 5. PARCC 4 is ready for the next grade. Common core might not agree that it’s above grade level, but I am not going to argue details.

You are missing the whole point. It’s not about G & T. The point is the charters EOTP all have much better performing peer groups than DCPS schools EOTP unless you live in Capital Hill. That’s the environment I want my child in, not an environment where the majority of kids are at below grade level.

PP is wrong. 4 does not equal above grade level, it is grade level.

Charters are just whiter/wealthier. Also, there are other EOTP DCPS schools other than Cap Hill that perform better than MV. Marie Reed and Shepherd come to mind.

And you think Shepherd Park is a poor area where homes go for over 1 million?? Their at risk is low and they are not even a title 1 school. If we lived there, sure no issues with sending our child there. As a minority, I don’t care about the demographics or socioeconomic makeup of a school, I care about peer groups.

I didn’t say any of that. I simply corrected PP that said only good EOTP DCPS schools were in Capitol Hill. Calm down. If you're happy with MV so be it.