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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what exactly happens at K Orientation?  
Teachers and principal can QUANTIFY what "Chromebook use" means. 
Teachers and principal can show the class schedule for k, 1,2,3,4,5. Teachers and principal can talk about class sizes caps.  They can share how many standardized tests per year per grade your kid will do.  JUST ASK, MAKE THEM ANSWER.

Parents show up, fill out forms, don't ask tough questions, kid plays around in the classroom and that's it?
Sounds like a missed opportunity to learn what Public School is all about nowadays.

[b]If parents think it is the same strong MCPS ES program as the 1980/1990s/2000s they are in for a rude awakening. Alternatively, they could just stay asleep to it. [/b][/quote]

Unfortunately I think it's simpler than that for most parents. They hear the term "good school" or "good school district" thrown around and make all sorts of assumptions. 
In reality it merely means "good average standardized test scores" at the school or district.  If parents dug 5 minutes deeper they'd found out all their kids do is study 3 subjects a day and half that time on a PC computer and prep for 4 tests a year that do nothing but tell the Head Office how that class might test on the PARCC standardized test in May.

Good schools, good schools.... [/quote]

Exactly. My DH and I had a very similar conversation. When we were looking at where to buy a home, we looked at GS and other websites that rank schools, saw that the neighborhood we wanted to buy in was districted to GS 8/9/10s and thought "great!" We figured the schools were pretty similar to the good public schools we had experienced in CT and NY in the 90s and early 2000s.

Boy were we wrong. Public school is so different than it used to be. I think a lot of parents assume it's the same and don't ask many questions, as long as their kids are enjoying school. I think most parents would be shocked at what they saw if they went into these classrooms and volunteered. [/quote]

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