Reply to To the parents in "good schools"

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "To the parents in "good schools""

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the whole thread but your post really struck a chord with me, OP. I am in a highly regarded FFX County Pyramid and I am stunned by how mediocre the the education has been overall. There have been a few exceptional teachers but they have been rare. I don't understand why so many parents continue to believe that our elementary school is an excellent school. The scores and test results have everything to do with the parents and the kids themselves, and not with what the school is teaching. I think the best you can say about some of these schools is that they offer a lot of possibilities to do accelerated work--and that isn't nothing. But as to what is taught and how it is taught, I am deeply disappointed.[/quote]

We are at Wolftrap ES.. So far I cannot tell whether my child is learning much in class, or what they may be actually doing. I get very few materials back home, and I'm hoping that just means they keep a lot of it for some reason. They are coming home telling me school is pretty boring. On the bright side this means they often get excited when I teach them something at home.

So far I'm trying hard not to judge until at least half a year passes. It may just be that like PP above I have higher expectations at what is supposed to be a good elementary school. From reading these threads it seems low expectations of teaching seems to be the norm in elementary schools in FCPS. Personally I can't even tell whether it is a teacher quality problem, or just a lack of teaching time because of all the other admin type of stuff they have to do.[/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