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[quote=Anonymous]Hi,

I'm not the OP, I promise.  And any change such as the one you describe would have no effect on my kids, who will be long gone from RCF.

I just think that it's unlikely that MCPS would redistrict in such a way that more cluster kids from the west part of the district would be moved over to RCF.  if they did this, they would balance it out with lower SES kids, I bet.  Obviously I don't know what they would do, so I can't back it up with facts, but MCPS is not going to make changes that would create a less diverse RCF -- I just can't imagine that happening.

But I can imagine that even if they did bring some kids from other schools in the cluster, it doesn't solve your problem, which is essentially that there are poorer, higher needs kids in RCF who take away attention from your kids.  There's also no way MCPS is going to group kids by needs/reading level in classes, so you will have the exact same issue, just on a larger scale.

I think the real problem would be solved for you if you move further west to a school where you don't have to deal with the issues that these kids bring.  You paid just enough money to be in a cluster that feeds into BCC -- a good move -- but not enough to be rid of the pesky social issues that challenge much of MCPS.  You applied to SI and didn't get in.   You applied to HGC and didn't get in.  Now you feel ripped off and overlooked by MCPS.

I will tell you what I think would help you and others in your situation.  The administration of RCF should look for ways to encourage academic excellence in students and give them the opportunity to participate in some of the many ways MCPS offers to do that.  RCF has no geography club, no spelling bee team, no math olympics.  The administration doesn't encourage participation in county-wide contests in art, etc., and when kids take the initiative to do so, they don't recognize it.  They are so focused on "7 habits" that they don't think about other ways to encourage and shape kids academically.

This attitude has zero to do with SI vs. EA.  It's just a mindset.   If EA parents really wanted to make RCF a better place and do it in time for their own kids to benefit, they would start some of these clubs and activities and invite kids from both programs to join.

Frankly, MCPS isn't all that enriching in its regular ES programs, no matter what the school or language.  But administrations and parents can get some of these enriching programs going.

However, if the PTA is so focused on righting the "wrong" inflicted on them by the presence of the SI program, they are missing opportunities to make a real impact on the kids.  And I'm not talking about efforts to raise money for promethean boards, etc.   I'm talking about ways for kids to find real academic challenge and achievement.

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