Reply to MoCo is diverse, for sure, but MCPS schools are not

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "MoCo is diverse, for sure, but MCPS schools are not"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]My kids go to a W school and I would say there are great inequities within our school based on family finances.  We are a mixed school with low income families in Section 8 housing to the ubber super rich who probably are in the top 1% of income for families in the United States.  The parents who donate time and ALOT of MONEY to the school receive special favors and treatment for their kids by the school staff and administration.  These practices should be looked into by the Board of Education.  Anything from lenient disciplinary actions, to choice class assignments and the ability to switch classes, to excused absences (for typically non-excused reasons such as family trips), etc.  The inequities run across the board creating a system of discrimination based on a child's and his/her family's financial resources.

The donations also make our school out of wack with the resources other schools in the county have.  I know last year the Board of Education was looking into donations going into a general fund eliminating the practice of school specific donations.  The resources then could be evenly distributed among ALL of the public schools in MCPS.  However, that proposal never came to fruition, at least not yet.  If parents didn't feel they were supporting their child's school specifically and could see no direct benefit for their child, donations are feared to drop off.  MCPS chose to turn a blind eye to the current practices so they could continue to receive the donations and thus have more public funds for eastern county schools.[/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