Reply to APS and Grading for Equity

Forum Index » VA Public Schools other than FCPS

Reply to "APS and Grading for Equity - Discuss"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The class exists. For special education students it’s called instructional studies. For gen Ed students it’s called core plus.
P.17 of the middle school program of studies
https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/APS-Middle-School-POS-2023-24-FINAL.pdf[/quote]

These require students to use an elective to take, and kids don't get many electives. So it often comes at the expense of other more interesting or engaging electives that can really benefit the child in multiple ways (music, art, a computer science, etc.)  Unless your child is "very special needs" and benefits from constant focus and oversight on their outstanding assignments, a whole class for this is just dreadful for a kid,

Every middle school has a "mascot period" or TA class. This is where those things are supposed to be/should be happening. The students who need specific skills training more would/should be getting it, and those who don't are able to read or work on other assignments. [/quote]

It shouldn't be an elective class because it implies that some students need and some don't. [b]All student in middle school need it. They don't have time management skills. [/b]
The mascot period makes sense and that's when it should happen.
[/quote]

Except for the ones who do. Land the chopper, mom. You spent years protecting your kid from feeling bad by stepping in when they would otherwise face the consequences of their actions, and now you want schools to make up for it and other students to pass up something that interests them so they can sit through a class they don't need. [/quote]

Not the PP you're responding to; but geez! They said mascot period is where this should be happening and, as pointed out previously, the kids who need it could get it there and the others who don't need it can work on other things or read. Every kid is forced to have mascot period and this is where each kid can get what they need. So what's your problem? Your chopper comment is really not appropriate.[/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