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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe you are really saying the root cause of problems in MoCo schools are engaged parents at the W schools.  Come on.  Although there have been issues, the stats at those schools are well above average and are in no way showing that there is a problem with kids learning.  If your goal is to help schools with lower stats by moving the W kids around that is not a problem with the W schools but the home schools.    [/quote]

+1000 the W schools succeed where others are failing because parents supplement their child's education to make up for the real MCPS problems - an untested curriculum, administrators who are absent more than they are present, the drugs in our schools, and school staff who abuse and sexually harass children. [/quote]

How would supplementation make up for absent administrators, drugs in schools, and abusive school staff?[/quote]

Supplementation can take many forms. Some ideas to answer questions:

1) tutors to fill in gaps in the curriculum and poor instruction in the classroom

2) club sports instead of school sports for safe sport environment versus coaches who sexually harass and abuse students

3) private educational testing to identify and document a child's learning disability

4) a good educational lawyer to defend a child's rights to accommodations and special education services

5) lawyers are also great when MCPS ignores the IEP or 504 processes

6) sponsor community events to bring awareness of substance abuse issues

7) sponsor and volunteer for student events such as PTA After Prom activity so students have a clean and sober alternative.

8) Vocal and active PTA chairs that donate their time for the entire school community to meet with Central Office staff when school administrators are not present or do not address issues[/quote]

So when people talk about supplementing on the Md Public Schools forum, what they're talking about is hiring lawyers, organizing community events, and putting their children in club sports? I had no idea.[/quote]

Club sports got my son into a SLAC, not MCPS, and certainly not his test scores.[/quote]

Has your son earned his degree?[/quote]

Not yet but well on his way with internships underway.[/quote]

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