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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am also confused why we have so many low performing elementary schools in the area.  It's so great to hear that other parents are upset about this as well.  We live in a middle class neighborhood with high taxes and the schools should equitable across the board.  I have worked as an educator in DC for 12 years and the students begin school at the age of 3, which helps them to be Kindergarten ready.  DC defintely has its share of issues but the one thing that is a constant is universal Pre-K.  PGCPS should have this in [b]all areas of the county not just in some areas.[/b]  While most parents will have to continue to pay out of pocket, which is simply not right.  Also, my daughter will be zoned to Rockledge ES which has a rating of 4, which is completely unacceptable.  When viewing the PGCPS website to look into transfers all of the schools with a rating of 8 or better do not accept transfers due to over population. I find this very convenient!  All schools should have a lottery system and accept a specific amount of students each year.  This would allow the schools to not be viewed as biased and discriminatory.  I have already contacted the District 5 school board representaive, Raaheela Ahem and she has yet to respond.  I will be starting a parent coalition to hopefully make changes in the District 5 area.  If anyone is interested please feel free to contact me VB81805@gmail.com. [/quote]

This is bonkers.  The "lottery" system is only making things worse, not better.  It's bad enough with the magnet schools, you don't want to deal with it for everyone too.  How would everybody even be transported?  You are just mad you are in a lower rated neighborhood.  Why did you move there and do you understand that test scores are not the end-all and be-all?  My daughter's school has gone up and down over the years from 5 to 7 and back to 5 and it is the same place regardless and has been an excellent school for her.

Work on making your neighborhood school better instead of having a hissy fit over test scores.[/quote]

And universal Pre-K is a FANTASTIC idea....but what no one is addressing is where all those children are going to go to school.   Some PGCPS schools are already over enrolled.  Where are they going to put 50-70 more 4 year olds....and another  60-90 children if they want to do Pre-K 3.  Schools like Adelphi elementary would need to add 80 more slots for Pre-K 4....they are already overenrolled by 300 students.

I don't know of any areas of PGCPS that has universal Pre-K so I'm not sure what you are talking about above.  You only have Pre-K if you 1) Are eligible based on an IEP, 2)  Meet income levels, 3) hit the lottery with Montessori

And transfer requests are based on school enrollment, not race or ethnicity.  You can accept a transfer student(s) if a school is already overenrolled.  There are only 2 non-magnet ES that have a GS score over 8 so your sample size is sort of small to suggest a conspiracy.

I'm surprised that someone who has been an educator for 12 years doesn't understand how a school district works.

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