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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a comprehensive op-ed in MoCo 360 that addressed chronic absenteeism and specifically used Kennedy as a glaring example of how MCPS is failing, since it's not transparent, targeted or even really strategic in addressing these kinds of problems:

SOURCE: https://moco360.media/2023/08/26/how-to-break-down-mcps-barriers-to-academic-proficiency/

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A good example of the challenge is Kennedy High School in Silver Spring. Last year Kennedy experienced an 50% absentee rate and is a high-needs school with 84% of its students low-income (&gt; 35%have now or in the past received free and reduced meals), 90% Latino/Hispanic and Black, and a very high dropout rate of 9% in the 2022 school year (Schools at a Glance).

Kennedy students are struggling academically. This could be a cause of the high absentee rate.  The most recent public dashboard data for the school year that ended in 2022 shows Kennedy’s 11th grade Hispanic/Latino students had 59.7% literacy proficiency and 36.1% math proficiency, while the smaller cohort of Black students had 76.2% literacy proficiency and 47.6% math proficiency. This performance did not meet the strategic plan’s District wide targets for literacy (65.9%) and math (64.1%) for that school year. Performance for grades 9, 10 and 12 are not disclosed to the public, and may have been worse since Kennedy’s 11th graders were only 14.3% of its students (Schools at a Glance).

Fifty three percent of Kennedy teachers have more than 15 years of experience (per Schools at a Glance), but are they effective?  MCPS doesn’t disclose how many Kennedy students received help from teacher-managed tutoring and teacher interventions, or the percentage of Kennedy parents who were contacted by teachers and told about tutoring and intervention opportunities. Does MCPS collect data on these strategies, and does it guide them with details in its budget, policies or strategic plan?[/QUOTE][/quote]
Montgomery County Taxpayers League is a good and responsible organization and has offered many good and responsible suggestions to MCPS through the years, but no one at MCPS listens.

There is a famous Chinese saying: 对牛弹琴, playing the lute to a cow.[/quote]

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