Did you waste your money buying a house to get access to MCPS?

[Anonymous]

I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why all this disparagement of MCPS. It was actually their decision to bring in JHU to evaluate the curriculum. I think Dr. Smith did the right thing bringing them in and now is doing the right thing in acting on their recommendations. I'm not sure what else they could have done. I didn't here MCCPTA or any PTAs leading a charge to change the curriculum or any of the Teachers for that matter.

Sure they deserve some blame but they are also being proactive in trying to fix the issues.

And what were they supposed to do, back when common core started there really wasn't much choice for a district as big as MCPS for curriculum so they had to write their own.

Lang found the forum!

[Anonymous]

No, we purchased in MoCo to be close to our jobs and have a better commute.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's great that your kids totally loved 2.0. Johns Hopkins, nearly all the teachers, and many parents have concluded that it utterly failed, so you are the exception.

So go have fun with your super well-educated kids. Over here, we're worried about the real deficiencies in the curriculum.

You're confusing people saying that their kids did learn foundational skills with 2.0 with "we love 2.0". I don't see anyone saying they want to keep 2.0, just that their kids did learn some things. I, and I'm sure most parents, are fine, even happy, with replacing 2.0, we just don't think we wasted money buying into MCPS. There's a bit of difference there.

I'll raise you: Most parents in MCPS are totally clueless about C2.0 or what their kid does on a weekly basis in school.

We asked a neighbor what she thought about the curriculum and she literally said, "Oh, I don't know anything about it. My kids love school."

There you have it, ignorance is bliss.

I think that's totally true. They don't want to look under the hood and see what's actually going on. This is why nothing will change. There are too few parents actually examining these things closely.

Ok
I'm about sick of these annoying, anonymous heffas getting in hear somehow proclaiming they are better, more informed, care, strategic parents than anyone else. Just shut up now. Just go away. Move somewhere you like the school system and fellow parents (Mars, perhaps).
The rest of us will go on living our lives and sending our kids to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, we purchased in MoCo to be close to our jobs and have a better commute.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's great that your kids totally loved 2.0. Johns Hopkins, nearly all the teachers, and many parents have concluded that it utterly failed, so you are the exception.

So go have fun with your super well-educated kids. Over here, we're worried about the real deficiencies in the curriculum.

You're confusing people saying that their kids did learn foundational skills with 2.0 with "we love 2.0". I don't see anyone saying they want to keep 2.0, just that their kids did learn some things. I, and I'm sure most parents, are fine, even happy, with replacing 2.0, we just don't think we wasted money buying into MCPS. There's a bit of difference there.

I'll raise you: Most parents in MCPS are totally clueless about C2.0 or what their kid does on a weekly basis in school.

We asked a neighbor what she thought about the curriculum and she literally said, "Oh, I don't know anything about it. My kids love school."

There you have it, ignorance is bliss.

I think that's totally true. They don't want to look under the hood and see what's actually going on. This is why nothing will change. There are too few parents actually examining these things closely.

Yes, we are all stupid parents and you are the only smart one. Or maybe, we see our kids progressing, and with the amount we're saving by not sending our kids to private school, we can supplement our kids' education with outside lessons.

[Anonymous]

I moved to MOCO to be near the best publics, the best privates, the best country clubs, the most billionaires and the prettiest landscape while being embedded in the DC culture and not across a river from it.

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Or, just maybe, you could shut up. People are right to be upset that the curriculum failed their kids.

I have to assume that 1) you're an MCPS hack, 2) you're a private school parent, 3) you're from another school system, or 4) you don't give a crap about your kid's education.

Those are silly assumptions. Why would you make them? I don't work for MCPS, I have two kids in MCPS, and my kids' education in MCPS has been fine so far. Perfect? No, but I don't expect perfection.

How, specifically, has the curriculum failed your child?

have you read the audit? Read it, and then come back and tell me it's fine.

Can someone link to the audit?

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Or, just maybe, you could shut up. People are right to be upset that the curriculum failed their kids.

I have to assume that 1) you're an MCPS hack, 2) you're a private school parent, 3) you're from another school system, or 4) you don't give a crap about your kid's education.

Those are silly assumptions. Why would you make them? I don't work for MCPS, I have two kids in MCPS, and my kids' education in MCPS has been fine so far. Perfect? No, but I don't expect perfection.

How, specifically, has the curriculum failed your child?

have you read the audit? Read it, and then come back and tell me it's fine.

Can someone link to the audit?

It’s in the OP of the board of ed curriculum review thread.

[Anonymous]

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I INVESTED money in land near downtown Bethesda, which has appreciated and will continue to do so. The schools are good as well!

for how much longer?

I've been in the system for over 20 years as a teacher. born in Mo Co - spent my entire lifetime in this county

Don't depend on Bethesda "holding out" for much longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's great that your kids totally loved 2.0. Johns Hopkins, nearly all the teachers, and many parents have concluded that it utterly failed, so you are the exception.

So go have fun with your super well-educated kids. Over here, we're worried about the real deficiencies in the curriculum.

You're confusing people saying that their kids did learn foundational skills with 2.0 with "we love 2.0". I don't see anyone saying they want to keep 2.0, just that their kids did learn some things. I, and I'm sure most parents, are fine, even happy, with replacing 2.0, we just don't think we wasted money buying into MCPS. There's a bit of difference there.

I'll raise you: Most parents in MCPS are totally clueless about C2.0 or what their kid does on a weekly basis in school.

We asked a neighbor what she thought about the curriculum and she literally said, "Oh, I don't know anything about it. My kids love school."

There you have it, ignorance is bliss.

I think that's totally true. They don't want to look under the hood and see what's actually going on. This is why nothing will change. There are too few parents actually examining these things closely.

Ok
I'm about sick of these annoying, anonymous heffas getting in hear somehow proclaiming they are better, more informed, care, strategic parents than anyone else. Just shut up now. Just go away. Move somewhere you like the school system and fellow parents (Mars, perhaps).
The rest of us will go on living our lives and sending our kids to school.

ok

really - heffas?

My 9th graders in the early 2000s were using that term. Seriously, PP, if you want to make a point, argue without using slang. You're not making MCPS parents look good.

[Anonymous]

Believe me I am rooting for the system to get its act together. I’m a homeowner and a parent. But we won’t see that improvement if parents don’t lock up some dust. The defensive peeps on here who don’t like the complaining are short-sighted. An improvised system will benefit you in every way. Short term pain for long term gain.

[Anonymous]

*kick up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

I'll raise you: Most parents in MCPS are totally clueless about C2.0 or what their kid does on a weekly basis in school.

We asked a neighbor what she thought about the curriculum and she literally said, "Oh, I don't know anything about it. My kids love school."

There you have it, ignorance is bliss.

Alternatively, maybe your neighbor knows more about her children's foundational skills than you do?

doubtful

Foundational skills from the MAP aren't shared. I know them b/c I understand the MAP and have administered it. So I understand my kids' scores. This isn't true of most parents. Most parents are in the "Ignorance is bliss" state, as the PP stated.

We are moving our two-teacher HH out of the MCPS! And while my kids are considered "high achievers" in this county, I do wonder how that translates over into a new county.

But as a teacher, I can figure things out. Non-educators have a more difficult time doing so.

Peace out, pals! I saw this coming years ago, and while I tried to ride it out, it's become one big tsunami.

[Anonymous]

Ack and improved not improvised, damn spell check!