Are schools in FL terrible? Would you send your kids?

[Anonymous]

I have two kids in the public school system here. We are in an IB elementary school with incredible teachers, small class sizes, and two PTA's (one for school, one for IB program) that raise funds to provide the very best of things for the school. We are obviously very happy with the schooling, and do agree with Desantis in many things he's done for the state and for schools. I am also very close with 3 friends who are teachers in my area and they have no issues with the things Desantis has done regarding education. They have similar grievances most teachers have around the country about challenging students, too much testing etc.

After elementary we will go private unless we get into the corresponding middle school IB program. This is likely the case since we get priority coming from the elementary school. There is nothing wrong with the middle or high schools here. My DH and I both graduated from public Florida high schools and have done well for ourselves. We just want to continue with the small class sizes, are concerned with school safety, and enjoy being a part of a school with a very active parent scene.

If you navigate the school system here, your kids will do wonderfully. This goes for any state you are in.

[Anonymous]

I would not consider it. While I am not LGBT, I have relatives in a same sex marriage (and who have kids) and I do not want to live somewhere that they could basically never visit.

I would also be very worried about my kids in a school situation where teaching/administration is so heavily influenced by religious conservatives. The large scale book banning, shutting down libraries, taking all the books out of the classroom, etc. isn't an environment I'd want my kids in. I also wouldn't want them experiencing such a narrow curriculum at school - where they are only getting a tiny angle of the story on certain topics because the schools just cater to reactionaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are female I would seriously reconsider.

Why?

are they letting boys call themselves girls in order to access female spaces down there?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kids are female I would seriously reconsider.

Why?

are they letting boys call themselves girls in order to access female spaces down there?

Why? You can not be this dumb.

Executive orders heading Florida's way. To change the FL constitution and he is every day issuing more and more.

1. Women will defer to men for jobs. Family men, companies will be required to fill positions with men first.
2. Schools adding religion into public ones
3. All contraceptives banned (great for college students no sex LOL)
4. Women ankle monitoring headed Florida's way

If that is not enough for you or OP good luck to you, you will need it.

If you don't beleive me look this up the magic box takes less than five minutes.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is a Florida public school teacher and is counting the days until she retires at the end of the year. She said the environment has gotten unbelievably toxic. And this is an old white lady who used to vote Republican. DeSantis is really that bad.

[Anonymous]

I could not live in Fl, nor could I send my kids to a FL school. Teachers have to have their classroom libraries all "pre-approved". FL won't allow AP African American History. The "don't say gay" law. It's all pretty Nazi-ish, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could not live in Fl, nor could I send my kids to a FL school. Teachers have to have their classroom libraries all "pre-approved". FL won't allow AP African American History. The "don't say gay" law. It's all pretty Nazi-ish, no?

Yes. Allowing your children to be educated like this and paying FL taxes is morally reprehensible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have two kids in the public school system here. We are in an IB elementary school with incredible teachers, small class sizes, and two PTA's (one for school, one for IB program) that raise funds to provide the very best of things for the school. We are obviously very happy with the schooling, and do agree with Desantis in many things he's done for the state and for schools. I am also very close with 3 friends who are teachers in my area and they have no issues with the things Desantis has done regarding education. They have similar grievances most teachers have around the country about challenging students, too much testing etc.

After elementary we will go private unless we get into the corresponding middle school IB program. This is likely the case since we get priority coming from the elementary school. There is nothing wrong with the middle or high schools here. My DH and I both graduated from public Florida high schools and have done well for ourselves. We just want to continue with the small class sizes, are concerned with school safety, and enjoy being a part of a school with a very active parent scene.

If you navigate the school system here, your kids will do wonderfully. This goes for any state you are in.

+1.

Do your own research, OP

[Anonymous]

When compared to mcps. Meh. Same same.

[Anonymous]

How are Tampa schools?

[Anonymous]

Like everywhere else, some schools are great and some are not so great. Just like here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MIL is a Florida public school teacher and is counting the days until she retires at the end of the year. She said the environment has gotten unbelievably toxic. And this is an old white lady who used to vote Republican. DeSantis is really that bad.

I’m a local teacher public school here and many of us are counting the days until retirement. The environment is that toxic. It’s that bad here.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t even move to FL if somebody paid me. Why would I ever want my kids to go to school with the kids of people who agree with Desantis? Or teachers who agree with him?

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Anonymous wrote:Fact: Florida has higher NAEP scores than ‘all-mighty’ Maryland even though Maryland spends 2x more. Cue someone from MoCo who blames Baltimore for these abysmal scores when MCPS is the largest school district in Maryland. Lol.

This cannot be.

Link?

NP. You could have just looked this up yourself, could t you? DC at the absolute bottom, FL near the very top.

https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/profiles/stateprofile?chort=1&sub=MAT&sj=&sfj=NP&st=MN&year=2022R3

This doesn't show what you think it does.

https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/participating/pdfs/participating_10_4.pdf

Federal law specifies that NAEP is voluntary for every student, school, school district, and state. However, federal law also requires all states that receive Title I funds to participate in NAEP reading and mathematics assessments at fourth and eighth grades. Similarly, school districts that receive Title I funds and are selected for the NAEP sample are also required to participate in NAEP reading and mathematics assessments at fourth and eighth grades.

Other than Title 1 schools, which yes, would include Baltimore City schools, you don't have any idea which schools in MD, or FL for that matter, took part.

This is cherry picking data.

When I first saw the data, I was shocked, too, until I read that FAQ and realized that the data does not reflect the entire state.

It says every state that accepts Title I, which I think is everyone but New Hampshire. For the other states, would it be every school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t even move to FL if somebody paid me. Why would I ever want my kids to go to school with the kids of people who agree with Desantis? Or teachers who agree with him?

Don't worry, no one in FL will ever pay you to move there. Only smart people have been moving there for the last 3 years, why look for dumbos who can't even read OP's post?