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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope - MCPS and school has already been expanded recently - no way they would expand it again any time soon...

Like I say - prinicipal was nowhere close to feeling like there was a flight from her school that was causing any issues.  She has plenty of good testers at her school.  Told us we probably wouldn't get what we needed by choosing public K.

This is very different from DC situation you refer to above - and I totally understand where you are coming from - as my own public elementary was very similar to what you describe.  [b]But I have to say - a small group of us were accomodated academically (with extra challenge) in a way that seems to be no longer done in schools these days.  As long as you are doing good - they don't seem to worry about whether you are challenged because your "test score" is already good and focus needs to be on those whose scores are not good.[/b]  It used to be you could focus attention on the different groups of kids to get what they need and not have resources all depend on the school's mean score on a standardized test.  Too bad - I think that hurts everyone..)[/quote]

In my experience, this is a complaint one hears much more often from parents at the very very highly regarded elementary schools in MCPS than from parents at the less-regarded elementary schools, the generally-ignored elementary schools, and the actively-shunned elementary schools -- from the point of view of the DCUM demographic. (My kids are at a generally-ignored elementary school.) But that is an issue that is endlessly argued on the MD Public Schools forum.[/quote]

So are you saying that at your "generally ignored" elementary school - they do a really good job at meeting the needs of all groups of kids equally?  The supporting the kids that need help to keep on track, not ignoring the kids who are on track and giving more challenge to the kids that need it?  Because I have rarely heard this being the case since the move to all the testing for public school accountability.

I have a family member that teaches inner city kids (not DC area) who says it's very difficult to meet the needs of all the children given the class sizes and the heavy focus on tests.  And the common core makes it even more complicated for these kids from households where many parents can't read.  She has kids that are bright in math but are still at a disdavantage and not allowed to progress (and feel bad about their math skills) because of all the word problems and explaining of answers with words. It's sad.   [/quote]

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