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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I am over the idea that we need to keep kids on the same track because we are worried about segregation.

There is nothing that I can do about the fact that different parts of the County attract people with different incomes. Title 1 schools exist because there are parts of the County that are less expensive to live. Families who don’t make as much live in those areas. We are not going to build affordable housing in McLean or Langley or in the middle of Vienna.

I can’t do a damn thing about the fact that families that are lower SES tend not to be as involved in their kids education as parents with higher incomes. We have tried free preschhol. We have tried programs to get lower income families engaged at school. It hasn’t worked. Some kids have greatly benefited from those programs but most kids follow their parents example. Mom and Dad don’t care if the kid does homework or reads or practices math or attends school, why should the kid?

Until we find a solution for generational poverty and apathy surrounding education, there isn’t a damn thing we are going to do to improve scores and the performance of lower SES kids.

And the answer is not to water down school for the kids whose parents are MC and UMC.

We are not going to bus kids from lower performing schools to higher performing schools. We tried that and it didn’t work. It didn’t work because the parents either are not focused on their kids doing well in school (due to exhaustion from working so many hours or not being able to help their kids or issues with drugs/alcohol or whatever the reason is) or because the kids don’t feel like a part of the school.

We have tried free preschool and head start programs which have a short term gain but that goes away at some point. Why? Because parents are not reinforcing what is being taught at school at home.

I am not willing to sacrifice my kids education because there are kids who are not able to meet the established standard. It sucks but sacrificing my kid is not the solution. Why don’t you tell us how to help low income Black kids and Hispanic kids succeed that doesn’t include lowering the standard for my kid. Title 1 schools get more money, more staff, and more support and we have not made much of a dent in the issue. It isn’t for lack of trying. [/quote]

So let's just drop all the UMC kids in AAP and ignore everyone else is your solution? That makes zero sense, PP.[/quote]

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