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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]another Kennedy parent here. I typically didn't go into the building, but once I had to find my way to a certain room for a meeting. I didn't know where I was going, so asked a small group of students for a steer.

Those students were sooo sweet and helpful. Whenever I read things about 'high FARMs' schools or underperforming MCPS schools, I think of those kids who were genuinely just nice, respectful, pleasant. I want those kids to have the same chances to succeed as the kids at other schools. It's frustrating to see the ankle-monitor PP focusing only on that and implying that someone should write off the entire school, even its IB program. The fact is that MCPS high schools all have their behavioral/safety issues and no school has been immune.

Also, to the immediate PP, I am disturbed that you wrote "the criminality and significant FARMS student population exists at all DCC schools"  as if criminality was, by definition, a factor of the FARMS population. This is certainly not true, as being a FARMS student doesn't mean you're likely to be a criminal. That's unfair. We need to understand that communities where kids are engaging in criminal behavior are communities where other longstanding unresolved and still unaddressed social issues are present.[/quote]

Hi PP here, I meant no harm. I suppose I should have said "perceived criminality" to be fair. But my point is that crime, which is often correlated with poverty, family instability, etc., which our system pretty much uses FARMS status as a KPI. I agree that being from a lower SES doesn't mean you WILL be involved in crime. But you also cannot deny the correlation between SES/FARMS rates and higher incidences of crime or disciplinary behavior. That's why schools that have higher FARMS rate get more support and special designations, because those issues tend to correlate with those statuses. Again, it's a correlation, not a causation thing.

Like you, I have been SO impressed by the Kennedy kids that I've had the pleasure to meet and speak with. The school's reputation does them no justice. So my intent was not to disparage the school in any way.
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