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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Informal AMA thread. I am already shocked and saddened by the state of public elementary. This is in a wealthy suburb. There’s is a free lunch contingent but test scores are excellent and if you watch morning drop off it’s a lot of luxury vehicles.

I’m shocked at how we enroll and keep some kids who have academic and social needs we can’t possibly meet. Often a helper is assigned to one of these kids to try to keep the kid safe while 20 other 6 years old try to ignore yelling and crying and distraction to learn from their teacher. I’ve heard 7 year olds using language I’d feel guilty about even repeating! I’ve watched teacher be kicked and punched and slapped, again by 6 and 7 year olds! And the hot lunches shocked me. The other day I watched one kid eat the following for lunch: giant chocolate chip muffin, chocolate milk, sugary Dannon yogurt, low fat string cheese. This is a “balanced” meal provided by the school.

Maybe I am just out of touch, but I feel many typical parents would be surprised to hear what elementary school is like for their kids. 
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I wouldn't be surprised at all, because I taught in elementary for 8 years.  I remember feeling like you do - shocked, horrified, dismayed, thinking all the time "if the parents only knew."  But the truth is that the parents will never know, because the county (FCPS) does everything possible to keep them from knowing.  And if you are a parent who does know, and you try to do something about anything at all, they will come down on you hard.  I mean like, you'll be threatened with CPS and things like that kind of hard.  They silence any real dissent and sweep everything  under the rug, and they will just keep on going as they always have.  I have no idea how it can even be solved, when the school board itself is made of people who don't have a clue what goes on in an actual school.
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