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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Completely agree with 8:29-

Saying you hate it when parents want their kids placed in higher level classes than what they are capable is really an arrogant statement.  When you have 30 kids in your classroom, how do you really know the capabilities of each student?

I as a parent will move mountains to ensure that my kids are prepared for class.  If my kid has an average IQ and works twice as hard as the other kids in the class but at the end of the day also earns an A, what's your beef?

I get it that some parents are entitled and want special treatment for their snowflakes in the advanced class.  That would irk me too.  [b]If I'm not asking for special treatment, what's wrong with giving my DS a chance?[/b]

Signed-

A mom whose kids always earn straight A's but still has to[b] fight like hell with teachers like you to keep in them in the highest level[/b]s.[/quote]

Schools would be more likely to let kids try working at higher levels, but people like you will immediately blame the teachers if it doesn't go well. [/quote]

Our principal had a solution to this (back in the day when she was allowed to advance kids at all, and when advancement was predicated on multiple data-based indicators) -- parents had to sign a recommendation sheet which showed the different indicators, and gave the "suggested" placement.  If parents disagreed with the placement (whether they saw it as too "high" or too "low") they were allowed to choose the child's placement but they had to check the placement they preferred and sign and return the placement sheet.  In this way, if they child was placed too "high" and failed, the parents understood that they were responsible for their choice.  And so it should be, IMO.  I think hard school gate-keeping is problematic for a number of reasons. [/quote]

I would have signed the form in a heartbeat.  BTW-In our case our strong student who was not deemed good enough for the most advanced class in MCPS was accepted to an elite college's competitive summer program in the same subject for young students the same year.   I found the MCPS teacher to be ridiculous and insulting.  BTW- my straight A kid earned an A in the class though it was theoretically above my DC's "ability".[/quote]

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