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[quote=Anonymous]I have a daughter in 9th grade and she has been there since 6th grade.  Her experience has been positive with the exception of this year.  The math teacher either quit or was fired in November.  Everyone's grade took a nose dive.  The English teacher also left.  The new math teacher is trying to catch the students up, but they are so far behind where they should be at this time of the year.

Regarding poor teachers, the school can't get around this.  The teachers are screened by PGCPS as are all teachers in the county.  There is no litmus test for good and bad teachers.  You can put whatever you want on your resume and talk a real good game, but once you are in the classroom your true teaching abilities are exposed.  The teachers are protected by the PGCEA (union).  There has to be due process before replacing a bad teacher.  The bad teachers at CMIT can end up ANYWHERE in PGCPS - even CPA, Greenbelt, and the Immersion school.  Charter schools in DC can hire and fire at will.  They also control their own pay scales.  CMIT teachers are PGCPS teachers.  The school can only get prospective teachers from the pool of people hired by the system.

My son will be attending CMIT North in the fall.  He is TAG identified.  I have read about the teaching disparities in classes with low performing students on this site.  I have no first hand knowledge of this. Low performing students are in every school.  I would hope that the classes are top heavy and the classes where students need the most intervention are in smaller, close-knit environments.

As a teacher in a school where we ability group, the lower group is challenging, especially at the end of the day.  However, they come with a variety of service providers and resources.  These perks help to make learning more interesting to them and individualization can be achieved (in most cases).

Hope this information helps.[/quote]

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