Does Bailey's Elementary offer compacted math?

[Anonymous]

If yes, does it start in 3rd grade?

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

So no level IV and no compacted math. I thought all elementary schools in FCPS were moving toward offering compacted math.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how often level III kids get pulled out at Bailey's?

[Anonymous]

There are HUGE disparities across the county as to what math and advanced services are offered to kids in each elementary school. The school board is looking at that now to see if there's a way to fix that. But there are a bunch of schools in some pockets int eh county that do not offer any advanced math curriculum. We are at a school not too far from Bailey's and do not have any advanced math either in the upper grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are HUGE disparities across the county as to what math and advanced services are offered to kids in each elementary school. The school board is looking at that now to see if there's a way to fix that. But there are a bunch of schools in some pockets int eh county that do not offer any advanced math curriculum. We are at a school not too far from Bailey's and do not have any advanced math either in the upper grades.

Fidelity of curriculum is an issue that seems to be gaining momentum among many different issue in the County.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how Bailey's can possibly worry about complicated math when they have poor SOL scores.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with one school focusing on bringing up SOLs verses compacted math, but I think that information should be readily available for all parents to see and not just over hear by word of mouth or experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how often level III kids get pulled out at Bailey's?

When my DS was at Bailey's a few years, they were only pulled out once a week. And that got cancelled frequently if there was anything else going on that week. But Bailey's only had one part-time AART in those days. I've heard they have more AARTs, so hopefully they're able to do more pullouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how Bailey's can possibly worry about complicated math when they have poor SOL scores.

I think it's a part of the school's job to "worry" about all its students. You're basically saying that it's ok for Bailey's to ignore the advanced students because they are in an underperforming school. So basically a poor kid who's smart gets a lower quality of education than a smart kid from a more affluent FCPS school. While that is in fact what FCPS has decided, it sucks for the kids who are affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how Bailey's can possibly worry about complicated math when they have poor SOL scores.

I think it's a part of the school's job to "worry" about all its students. You're basically saying that it's ok for Bailey's to ignore the advanced students because they are in an underperforming school. So basically a poor kid who's smart gets a lower quality of education than a smart kid from a more affluent FCPS school. While that is in fact what FCPS has decided, it sucks for the kids who are affected.

The parents of the affluent kids complain that schools like Bailey's with their small class sizes already suck up too much money from the budget. Adding complicated math? What a even further burn to the affluent parents' plight!!