Time for a mutiny yet? MCPS = crummy math, no grammar, poor writing

[Anonymous]

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Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

[Anonymous]

I love how Title 1 ppl think they're differentiating skill and ability levels by putting ESOL in one math break-out and non-ESOL in the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

[Anonymous]

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Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.

I was wondering how long it would take for this argument to show up. PP in Gaithersburg, the parents in Bethesda just know better! They know better about their kids' schools, and they know better than you about your kid's school, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how Title 1 ppl think they're differentiating skill and ability levels by putting ESOL in one math break-out and non-ESOL in the other.

You know this how, exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."

It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.

I'm starting to believe it as well. I have a friend who has a kid at a Bethesda ES.. miserable. Then we have a bunch of W parents who complain here. I'm pretty happy with our Focus school in Gaithersburg with a FARMS rate of 40%. Very little complaints and I'm happy with the education that my kids are getting. I'm really confused. Parents here are complaining that their kids are not getting the appropriate leveled instruction- it's like a different system entirely because that has not been our experience at all. And I'm one of those very involved parents who care a lot about my kids' education. I'm wondering if it's the class sizes?

Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.

FYI, this is why so many hate Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."

It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.

You are your life experiences. Period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.

Can't do that or be that under C2.0. Must pace the same as every other grade in the school system.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.

I think public school teachers have so many rules and restrictions imposed upon them. It’s top down. With smaller class size teachers can work more intuitively with kids, follow their instincts about what a child needs. That’s the main reason I’d pick private if I could afford it. It’s not thencurriculum
Itself that’s the problem. It’s the number of kids in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader is in a math class with 7th and 8th graders. Sorry your kid didn't make the cut.

No extra support here, and we are quite happy with how MCPS has moved her up.

Has she been with older kids since elementary school? How did you get MCPS to move her up-- or did they do so on their own initiative without prompting? Curious to know and am not criticizing.

Love to know too, TIA!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pyle. Did HGC for 4th and 5th grade in chevy chase. No differentiation, now prides itself on "the miracles of stratifying 1/3 subpar, 1/3 avg, and 1/3 top students into each class in order to maximize average outcome."

It strikes me, anecdotally from reading DCUM, that the people who paid the highest "good schools" surcharge (by living in the Bethesda/Potomac area) complain the most about the awfulness of those schools. Maybe the "good schools" surcharge is a bad buy.

I'm starting to believe it as well. I have a friend who has a kid at a Bethesda ES.. miserable. Then we have a bunch of W parents who complain here. I'm pretty happy with our Focus school in Gaithersburg with a FARMS rate of 40%. Very little complaints and I'm happy with the education that my kids are getting. I'm really confused. Parents here are complaining that their kids are not getting the appropriate leveled instruction- it's like a different system entirely because that has not been our experience at all. And I'm one of those very involved parents who care a lot about my kids' education. I'm wondering if it's the class sizes?

Parents in Bethesda have very high expectations. Not saying that parents in Gaithersburg don't, but it is evident in Bethesda by the complaints you say you have noticed.

FYI, this is why so many hate Bethesda.

I think a lot of people are very resentful and jealous of those who live in Bethesda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.

Can't do that or be that under C2.0. Must pace the same as every other grade in the school system.

You are right, pp. That is part of the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Kids are bored in class because MCPS doesn't challenge them. I hear this from so many parents these days, particularly in "W" elementary schools. It's absolutely a failure of the system.

Kids are bored in class because boredom is a feeling that humans feel.

We need to let teachers be more creative in the classroom. I think that is part of the problem, especially in elementary school. When kids have dynamic and creative teachers, they are less bored.

Can't do that or be that under C2.0. Must pace the same as every other grade in the school system.

PP, the previous curriculum was also county-wide. Maybe you can also blame C2.0 for the drop in the stock market, the traffic on Rockville Pike on weekend afternoons, and my cat's refusal to clean her own cat box.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My 6th grader is in a math class with 7th and 8th graders. Sorry your kid didn't make the cut.

No extra support here, and we are quite happy with how MCPS has moved her up.

Has she been with older kids since elementary school? How did you get MCPS to move her up-- or did they do so on their own initiative without prompting? Curious to know and am not criticizing.

She has been with her classmates in elementary school, though at the top reading and math level. MCPS assigned her middle school classes based on grades, teacher recommendations, and test scores. She was EXTREMELY nervous when she realized she was the one of two 6th graders in her math class, but it was an easy transition.

The only thing I work with her on in the evenings is Spanish (first year), and that only consists of basic vocabulary flash cards. We are very happy with MCPS.