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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at one of the schools with very few active parents. The majority of my parents are very friendly and appreciative but speak very little English. For other students, I have no contact with their parents.

There are not many schools in the county with very active parents- though those parents are way more likely to be on DCUM and friends with those on DCUM. I can see those parents being frustrating, but that is just not my reality or the reality of anyone who works in my cluster (Seneca Valley). However, that doesn't represent the majority of county schools.

Like a PP, [b]we don't actually talk about the superintendent much, but we do talk over and over again about how far Montgomery county has fallen. How there are no academic expectations. How there are no behavioral expectations. How the schools aren't safe. How there are no substitutes. How we feel like we can't teach anymore. How we are all miserable.

Although these are themes we are seeing around the country, we had hoped that a new superintendent would come in with suggestions. I think that is the part that is so hard. All we are hearing is how it will get worse before it gets better. We already know that there will be more unfilled teacher openings. We are also not hearing that there will be any plan to make discipline in schools a priority. Things like tha[/b]t.

I think that is why there is so much negativity. Everyone wants hope and currently there is no hope in the county.[/quote]

We very much want to be active but our PTA president is the ultimate mean girl along with her friends and either doesn’t respond or refuses help so no good way to participate.  MCCPTA and the school admin are equally cliquey and supports her behavior.  Tired of people complaining about the lack of volunteers when some of us try and get shut out.  [/quote]

I teach in Germantown too.  I don't care if I ever meet our superintendent in person; I just want to know what's happening at the system level to help us in our classrooms? I used to say that we were struggling but we are so far past that. We are miserable with the terrible Benchmark curriculum, student behavior, unrealistic expectations, etc.  I can't even begin to describe the things that go on in schools on any given day.  The job is a far cry from where it was when I started ten years ago. I do love my students and I have some truly wonderful families but it's now more than "just a few" students who are out of control - it's more like 1/3 of a class.  [/quote]

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