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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach in a school that currently feeds into the DCC. We do have some high children and they will have access to higher classes as they continue through MCPS. However, the numbers are way (way, way) lower than at other elementary schools, and it is not due to a lack of good teaching. We have amazing and dedicated educators, a fantastic principal, wonderful parents. Really, it's a great place to work. But the majority of the very well-intentioned parents are not educated themselves. It's not a situation of them not knowing English- that's an easy fix. But they were never educated in their home countries. Children are starting at such a disadvantage between lack of language, but also since we know that parents are their first and most important teacher. Parents can't teach what they don't know themselves. So schools fit their population. As 90% of our school is below grade level, then most of our resources are used in that way. Advanced kids will still have acccess to the advanced classes, but not the same peer group which is a very important piece of the puzzle.

Kids in the DCC will have access to the higher classes, but the resources need to be spent on the 90% and not the 10%. If your child is in that 10% and need higher than what is offered, then yes, you will need to be creative. Which means community college. How amazing is it that MCPS students can take dual enrollment classes for FREE so that every student can get the challenge they need. [/quote]

MCPS should be spending the money it gets from the state for FARMS kids to serve FARMS kids. It does not. Schools with more needs should have more funding to address the needs of the 90%. We shouldn't have schools that can't serve the 10% because every penny is being spent on other kids.[/quote]

They are meeting the needs of most students. But trying to meet the needs of every disability, every child with trauma, every child without English, every advanced learner is not easy. You are only trying to get your child into ridiculously advanced classes that do not need to be taken during high school- but if they are can be taken at MC. Every group has their wants. MCPS is trying to meet the majority. It's not as easy as you seem to think.[/quote]

You're confusing me with someone else.[/quote]

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