Controversy at Deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The IB grading system was/is heavily skewed towards higher achieving students to “earn” multiple chances beyond the DCPS policy in order to achieve the grade scale band that a student and/or their parent wanted.

However, the grading scale allowed a student to reach Mastery level at an 87% and earn an A-, instead of a B+.

As far as students with special needs, the grading scale does not offer students with extended time beyond the due date of the assignment and simultaneously undercuts other IEP and 504 needs. An example of this is if a student can only earn an A, C, or F on an assessment due to the number of questions the student with special needs has to conform to that grading scale and there is no other rubric that the student’s work can be measured against.

Consequently, they’re pigeonholed in to one system instead of adding more questions to allow for greater flexibility since the original ones have been cleared by the IB process.

This doesn’t happen all of the time, but it is definitely a challenge for parents and their children if the IB process is handled with fidelity.

Hope this helps.

- Deal Teacher

I don't quite understand the A C or F thing. Could you give an example? How are B or D grades not available?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 10 year old 6th grader? I guess possible but certainly not the norm. Most kids in DCPS turn from 10 to 11 in their 5th grade year.

Maybe they just live far away? Why is this the point of this thread? Who cares if people drive their kids to school?

I care but then we are trying to do our part so our kids have a livable planet - it was a hike but my kid walked to Deal all 3 years he attended. But I didn't buy an affordable rowhouse in Petworth and find a backdoor way to get into Deal so I could avoid my kids going to school in their own neighborhood with my black and brown neighbors.

hahahaha wait wait wait. so you moved to w3 with mostly white neighbors and that makes you morally superior to kids coming from neighborhoods where they have non-white neighbors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A 10 year old 6th grader? I guess possible but certainly not the norm. Most kids in DCPS turn from 10 to 11 in their 5th grade year.

Maybe they just live far away? Why is this the point of this thread? Who cares if people drive their kids to school?

I care but then we are trying to do our part so our kids have a livable planet - it was a hike but my kid walked to Deal all 3 years he attended. But I didn't buy an affordable rowhouse in Petworth and find a backdoor way to get into Deal so I could avoid my kids going to school in their own neighborhood with my black and brown neighbors.

hahahaha wait wait wait. so you moved to w3 with mostly white neighbors and that makes you morally superior to kids coming from neighborhoods where they have non-white neighbors?

Wooosh...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rising 6th grader parent here.

Aren’t these issues at every school or are they specific to Deal only?

Any input would be helpful. Thank you.

After what you’ve seen on this thread and others about deal you still expect helpful input. These people are insane

Hilarious. Absolutely. These people are insane and speaking as a Deal parent, there need to be more helipads for all of the helicopter parents.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chrissy is with Darren, but Darren was texting Gabby, so Chrissy told the teachers that Gabby was smoking pot in the bathroom, so the teachers put both Chrissy and Gabby in a restorative justice circle, but Gabby didn't forgive Chrissy.

Marky got with Sharon, Sharon got Sherice
She was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar, and Bobby was a racist
They were all in love with dyin', they were doin' it in Texas

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain
Then he lost his leg in Dallas, he was dancin' with a train
They were all in love with dyin', they were drinking from a fountain
That was pourin' like an avalanche comin' down the mountain

Darn you people. That’s been stuck in my head all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IB grading system was/is heavily skewed towards higher achieving students to “earn” multiple chances beyond the DCPS policy in order to achieve the grade scale band that a student and/or their parent wanted.

However, the grading scale allowed a student to reach Mastery level at an 87% and earn an A-, instead of a B+.

As far as students with special needs, the grading scale does not offer students with extended time beyond the due date of the assignment and simultaneously undercuts other IEP and 504 needs. An example of this is if a student can only earn an A, C, or F on an assessment due to the number of questions the student with special needs has to conform to that grading scale and there is no other rubric that the student’s work can be measured against.

Consequently, they’re pigeonholed in to one system instead of adding more questions to allow for greater flexibility since the original ones have been cleared by the IB process.

This doesn’t happen all of the time, but it is definitely a challenge for parents and their children if the IB process is handled with fidelity.

Hope this helps.

- Deal Teacher

I don't quite understand the A C or F thing. Could you give an example? How are B or D grades not available?

I am also a Deal teacher who doesn’t think this post makes a whole lot of sense. On the ib scale this year: 1= 63, 2=69, 3=73, 4=79, 5=85, 6=89, 7 =93, 8= 100

There’s rampant grade inflation, but that’s more a consequence of Dcps’ policies than ib.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chrissy is with Darren, but Darren was texting Gabby, so Chrissy told the teachers that Gabby was smoking pot in the bathroom, so the teachers put both Chrissy and Gabby in a restorative justice circle, but Gabby didn't forgive Chrissy.

But I thought Gabby and Brandon were together?

They WERE but then someone mistook Brandon for a 6th grader and gave him/his/he a swirly in the bathroom. Everyone found out about it and it drove Gabby back into Kyle’s arms. They were making out between classes, got caught up in a hall sweep and ended up in detention with the swirled AND the pantser and two kids still high from lunchtime.

any updates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard about the pantsing from my 8th grader. Lots of fights and weirdness this year, maybe from lack of adequate supervision at recess (my kid said the fights always seem to happen at the end of recess when they’re headed back into the building.)

We call the Deal field the prison yard. Ever walked past there mid-day?

Do you find yourself clever or just obnoxious?

Neither. This is exactly what I think of when I look down from the hill at 500+ kids fenced in, being yelled at through a bullhorn and huddled in various groups. And this is apparently where many of the fights happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chrissy is with Darren, but Darren was texting Gabby, so Chrissy told the teachers that Gabby was smoking pot in the bathroom, so the teachers put both Chrissy and Gabby in a restorative justice circle, but Gabby didn't forgive Chrissy.

But I thought Gabby and Brandon were together?

They WERE but then someone mistook Brandon for a 6th grader and gave him/his/he a swirly in the bathroom. Everyone found out about it and it drove Gabby back into Kyle’s arms. They were making out between classes, got caught up in a hall sweep and ended up in detention with the swirled AND the pantser and two kids still high from lunchtime.

any updates?

Ohmygod you didn't hear? So. Because Gabby was making out and therefore NOT WEARING HER MASK, Evie was like "oh wow she's not safe don't go around her ew." But Gabby is vaccinated but Edie isn't (wtf) so Gabby was like "omg I just need to live my life and make out with who I want and Evie why are you a judgemental hoebag you just want Kyle but I already gave him covid so there." So then Evie cried, they all when to Wholefoods and ate directly from the hot food bar and now everyone has mono.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The IB grading system was/is heavily skewed towards higher achieving students to “earn” multiple chances beyond the DCPS policy in order to achieve the grade scale band that a student and/or their parent wanted.

However, the grading scale allowed a student to reach Mastery level at an 87% and earn an A-, instead of a B+.

As far as students with special needs, the grading scale does not offer students with extended time beyond the due date of the assignment and simultaneously undercuts other IEP and 504 needs. An example of this is if a student can only earn an A, C, or F on an assessment due to the number of questions the student with special needs has to conform to that grading scale and there is no other rubric that the student’s work can be measured against.

Consequently, they’re pigeonholed in to one system instead of adding more questions to allow for greater flexibility since the original ones have been cleared by the IB process.

This doesn’t happen all of the time, but it is definitely a challenge for parents and their children if the IB process is handled with fidelity.

Hope this helps.

- Deal Teacher

I don't quite understand the A C or F thing. Could you give an example? How are B or D grades not available?

Deal Teacher here…

Basically, if you have only 4 questions, you can only get a 100%…75%…50%…zero.

The rubric doesn’t always leave room for a variety of question styles and also lacks depth in providing students with multiple opportunities to increase their scores.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like the grading inflation isn’t just limited to high schools like Wilson. Maybe it all starts at Deal with IB?

Who paid for this program anyway? How much does it cost? Do the taxpayers have to foot the bill? This is nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like the grading inflation isn’t just limited to high schools like Wilson. Maybe it all starts at Deal with IB?

Who paid for this program anyway? How much does it cost? Do the taxpayers have to foot the bill? This is nuts.

You should probably file a foia IMMEDIATELY to get to the bottom of this scandal. Check the SWW thread for pointers

[Anonymous]

Pp- There are no 0s in Dcps. It is scored as a 50 even if not turned in. It’s scored as a 63 if turned in.

[Anonymous]

Not all teachers follow this rule.

…Deal teachers aren’t immune to this.

[Anonymous]

If this grading system is so biased and confusing, why do they use it?