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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools should not be in the business of providing wrap around services for families. School counseling, yes, but these counselors can provide only so much support. It is very difficult for most school districts, including MoCo, to provide the kind of extensive support at risk students need. Should Latin make changes that would help at risk kids? Sure. But it doesn't have the staff and resources to provide wrap around services to families.

Latin has all kids do the same level of work in MS, which could be a problem for kids who are already behind. Maybe they could do a better job of offering remedial instruction to kids who need it. At schools with a larger at risk population, it is easier to target the needs of kids who are behind (assuming all at risk kids are behind which I know is not the case)[/quote]

Well schools are providing wrap around services to families and there is evidence it can help outcomes.

That may well not be what’s needed to WL. But to assume that ‘drill and kill’ is the only way at-risk kids achieve is ignorant.

As for changes that only help one group of students ... do you also think that providing support services and specialized instruction to kids with disabilities is unfair since it only helps one group?

It really isn’t any different. A good school needs to meet everyone where they are help them learn.

Or - they could stop taking tax dollars and convert to a private school. The current charter is up for renewal in 2020-21. [/quote]

It's well know that many schools that intentionally serve low income students and offer wrap around programming are highly regimented. This is a well known critique of them, and yet they work. If you study them.i would certainly expect to find some examples of that. If that's what you want WL to be, so that students can excel on a really badly written test, I suggest you may have some unforseen consequences.[/quote]

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