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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm a teacher and my colleagues and I sometimes joke that the school system should just adopt our students. They already spend from 7-6:30pm at school every day. They get 3 meals a day at school too. [/quote]

If the kids are spending 7 am to 6:30 with you throughout the school year then you can't blame the parent's lack of education and ability or interest to work with them outside of school.

Why not make before and after care a more substantive time? Homework clubs or bringing in middle and high school students to be reading buddies is one option. If MCPS curriculum depends on parents reading to kids at hime then you must know that these kids will never get ahead. If the parents can't read English how are they supposed to be reading to their kids for 30 minutes every night?

My kids are not in middle school yet but if you offered a bus to a lower performing ES school where they could be reading buddies with young kids, they would love this.

How about offering extra homework with instructions in Spanish for the kids to do during aftercare? I make in the upper 6 figures, have several degrees and I can't figure out half the time what the homework or assignments that come home expect. My kids listen and do it independently but if they didn't understand what the teacher said verbally in class then I would not be able to guess what was required. I don't understand why instructions or examples seem to be constantly missing in MCPS materials. It strikes me as very sloppy and damaging for lower performing students. [/quote]

They spend 35-45 minutes a day with me.  I am not a miracle worker.  I have 5-6 year olds who are developmentally are about where my 3 year old son is.  It takes years to overcome the poor early environment these kids grow up in.  [/quote]

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