Reply to Mcps has a dropout problem

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Mcps has a dropout problem "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Don't be intentionally obtuse.  This thread is not about meals at school; MCPS already provides free or reduced price school meals.  It's about whether schools have a responsibility to address outside economic factors that impact the dropout rate.  [/quote]

Should schools address factors that affect children's education? Yup, they sure should.[/quote]

I get the feeling that you are writing in generalities to avoid admitting that your position is ill-conceived.

Great.  So if there's a homeless kid, the school should provide housing?

If a kid is being abused, a couple of teachers, the janitor, and the vice principal should go arrest the parent?

Of course not.  If someone at the school is made aware of one of those conditions, they should refer the matter to the appropriate agency that has expertise providing the required services.

Do you disagree with this?

[/quote]

Different poster. Some home problems are relatively easy to address via a school community. Some districts find having a food pantry or clothing closet in schools helpful. Others put a clinic for vaccinations and urgent care level emergencies. My mom taught in a school that opened the computer lab to parents and other household members that wanted to do GED or job search. I’d love my school to offer all of those. Because the sooner kids’ basic needs are met, the dinner they are available for learning. Why send basic things through two to three more levels of bureaucracy when we can do it in house? [/quote]

Because when you stack 4 or 5 "basic" things on top of one another, it becomes a huge undertaking.  And bet addressed by teh appropriate agency, not the school.  
[/quote]

It doesn’t have to be the final stop. Just a first stop. You expect the school nurse to render first aid, right? Why not have the equivalent for a winter coat or dinner until the other services can be arranged?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics